Cheers
Brian
May 17, 2022 at 6:12 AMHi Eugene, they are supposed to. Article 8, Section 5 of the Collective Agreement notes:Where the University intends to introduce or modify a policy or procedure that substantially impacts the professional duties, responsibilities or privileges of Members, it will consult with the Association, through the Joint Committee, and will consider in good faith any comments received from the Association. When proposed modifications to policies or procedures are drafted, the Association will be provided with copies of those drafts and given reasonable opportunity to respond.That said, I suppose there is wiggle room there in that the University might have decided that allowing themselves to change definitions in policy without consultation or review would not "substantially impact the professional duties, responsibilities or privileges of Members.”DanMay 17, 2022 at 5:59 AMHi,
If it’s of use or interest, a couple of student activists have asked me to share their ‘action toolkit’ on this policy change issue. It includes email templates and an automatic email generator for responding to the proposal. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GMVldhHPU4qkRUEggNQs28fMDZ2grIrsxleUDdZUzlk/mobilebasic
The group that put it together, who I know nothing about beyond the two who contacted me, have a twitter account too, in case you’re interested: @democracy_sfu
Beyond all that, I’d repeat something I’ve asked on here before (something that I think I must not understand about SFUFA’s relationship to the employer): Why do we get these consultation emails? Why does the university not have to consult with us through our union? Their preferred “community” consultation model (besides the obvious problems with short deadlines) seems to individualize us. Surely we have a union for this sort of stuff. But, again, I think I’m probably misunderstanding!
Best,Eugene
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May 11, 2022 at 12:27 PMHi all,Apologies for the interruption. Some of you may be interested in the proposed revisions to the SFU Policy on Policies. Given that the university is only offering a one week window for feedback, I figured it might make sense to highlight the request and share with you my own concerns about both the timeline for feedback and the revised language allowing the General Counsel and Unversity Secretary to change the definitions within policies without review.Details below. Thanks all,DanSuggested changes to 6.4:The General Counsel and University Secretary is responsible for approving Eeditorial Aamendments, to UniversityPolicies, and at their discretion, amendments to any definitions applicable to a University Policy or to a University Procedure, and for making those amendments.
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Professor | School of Interactive Arts and Technology
Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology | Simon Fraser University
Rm. 7475 | 13450-102 Avenue, Surrey BC, V3T 0A3
T: +1 (778) 873 -7324
At Simon Fraser University, we live and work on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.