1. An Introduction to CUASA Carleton University Academic Staff Association
Root Gorelick – CUASA President
Josh Horton – Communications Assistant
August 16th, 2018

2. What does CUASA do? Bargaining Member Advising Grievance Handling
Advocacy
Communication

3. Staff
Interim Director / Senior Grievance & Arbitration Officer – Christal Côté Represents the Association, and its members, at all stages of the grievance process.
Office Manager – Deborah Jackson (on leave) CUASA office administration; organizing and digitizing historical records, providing research support to various committees.
Communications Assistant – Josh Horton Provides committee support; responsible for association communications and information technology.
Collective Bargaining Support Services Assistant – Chi Cheng Wat Provides support to the Collective Bargaining Committee.
Assistant to the Office Manager – Hadia Walhad CUASA office administration.

4. Collective Agreement Highlights
Recently ratified a new CA, in effect until April 30, 2021
Confidentiality
Salaries and Benefits
Tenure, Confirmation, and Promotion
Academic Workload
Sabbaticals and Leaves

5. Confidentiality
There is one, and only one, confidentiality statement that you can be asked to sign. Do not sign any others.

6. Salary and Benefits Collective Agreement Articles 39, 40, 44 include:
Career Development Increments (CDI)
Extended Health Benefits
Long Term Disability Benefits
Retirement Benefits
Tuition Waiver
Professional Expense Reimbursement (PER)

7. Career Development Increments (CDI)
Acknowledgement of salary implications of delaying your career, time investment in PhD
Annual assessment
Criteria based primarily on teaching
Read and keep your annual CDI letters!
Watch for ‘cautions’

8. Annual meetings with Your Chair/Director
Required annual meetings/discussions with Chair/Director regarding progress toward tenure and promotion
“A preliminary appointment…is one made with the expectation that, subject to successful reviews, it will be renewed and at some point succeeded by an appointment with tenure.” Most initial preliminary appointments (at the rank of Assistant Professor) are for 3 years.

9. Faculty Tenure and Promotion at Carleton University
Applications for tenure and promotion are made simultaneously, but awarded separately.
University criteria for tenure and promotion in Article 10 of Collective Agreement (
Unit approved standards are tailored to the discipline of the unit and should be shared with new appointees so that expectations are known. Unit standards can be obtained from chair/director.

10. We can help!
CUASA provides annual workshops on the tenure and promotion process.
Before going up for tenure, confirmation, or promotion attend a workshop or contact us.
Sample dossiers should be available in your department.

11. Academic Workload (Article 13)
Faculty workload includes teaching, research/scholarly/creative activities, and service to the University
Approximate proportions are 50%, 35% and 15%, respectively
For each faculty, normal workload is defined by past practice
However, each faculty member’s assigned teaching workload will be less than credits
Each faculty member in a preliminary appointment shall receive a 0.5 credit course release from the unit teaching load in their first year of appointment

12. Instructor Workload (Article 13.4)
Instructors devote about three-quarters of their time to teaching, directly related activities, and/or, where appropriate, duties specified in the employee's job description
Instructors shall not teach more than 3.5 credits, or the equivalent of times the normal full teaching load of faculty employees in the same unit, whichever is less, averaged over each consecutive 24- month period

13. Leaves and Sabbaticals (Articles 19 and 20)
Provides for different types of leaves, including sabbaticals:
Leave Without Pay
Academic and Professional Development Leave
Political Leave
Court Leave
Sick Leave
Compassionate Leave
Parental Leave
Annual Leave
Statutory Holidays
Sabbatical language ensures you have a half sabbatical every three (3) years or a full sabbatical every six (6) years.

14. Where to find us
Contact CUASA with questions or concerns, and for advice and support. We will walk you through your options.
Issues that cannot be resolved informally go through the grievance process.
In person: 2003 Dunton Tower (20th Floor)
Phone: (or ext on campus)
On the web:
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