Fall 2020

Collective strength in precarious times

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Editorial Matters: The collective challenges of COVID-19

Ben Lewis

This has been a challenging year. We were just putting the final touches on this issue of Academic Matters when the COVID-19 […]

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Courage, strength, and resolve: How the King’s University College Faculty Association unionized in the middle of a pandemic

Stephanie Bangarth, King’s University College Faculty Association

Facing a global health pandemic and an uncooperative administration, the King’s University College Faculty Association decided it was time to unionize. Now […]

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Rising to the challenge: Reflections on a round of pandemic bargaining

Larry Savage, Brock University

Bargaining is an intensive and complex process during the best of times, but what happened when the Brock University Faculty Association found […]

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The parties agree that… The role of collective bargaining in advancing university goals

Michelle Webber and Linda Rose-Krasnor

Universities play a vital role in society and the principles of academic freedom, tenure, equity, and institutional autonomy are foundational to their […]

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How the government restricts free and fair collective bargaining: An examination of faculty bargaining history as constrained by the “Ontario Labour Relations Act”

Donna Gray

Looking back over half a century of bargaining by university faculty and librarians, it is clear that not all academics have seen […]

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Advancing equity and fairness through collective bargaining

Geoffrey L. Hudson

Building more equitable and diverse universities is vital, but it can be challenging. By integrating equity into their bargaining process and prioritizing […]

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Pushing ahead: Advancing collective bargaining rights in the library

Jennifer Dekker

Well-resourced libraries are core to advancing the goals of the academy and the work of faculty and students. Often overlooked due to […]

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Bargaining in the shadow of BC’s Public Sector Employers’ Council

Annabree Fairweather

For three decades, the wages, benefits, and language British Columbia’s faculty associations are able to negotiate have been restricted by the government. […]

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