Dear AUNBT Members, Please see the first of a new series of newsletters from your AUNBT Communications Committee.
Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) on strike
Dear Colleagues, As you are likely aware, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) is on strike. Yesterday, April 20, 2023, CAUT Council unanimously passed an emergency motion to support striking members of PSAC. Their statement can be found here:
UPEI Faculty Association on strike
AUNBT stands in solidarity with the UPEI Faculty Association (UPEIFA) and its members who are currently on strike. According to the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), in the last decade, enrolments at UPEI have increased 26% and tuition has risen
Letter to the President Regarding Food Service Workers at UNB
Dear Colleagues, As you may be aware, UNB is in the process of changing one of its food service providers. AUNBT has sent a letter to President Mazerolle noting our concerns regarding the impact this change will have on our
MUNFA and CBUFA on strike
AUNBT stands in solidarity with the Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty Association (MUNFA) and the Cape Breton University Faculty Association (CBUFA) who are both on strike. “The association representing faculty, librarians and counsellors at Memorial is striking on several key
Letter from the President to CAUT Regarding the Provost Position Process
UNB President Paul Mazerolle has sent a letter to the CAUT in response to the CAUT’s letter of August 2022 regarding the provost position process. AUNBT’s concerns were outlined in letters to the President and Board of Governors on May
Letter from CAUT to the President Regarding the Provost Position Process
CAUT has sent a letter to President Mazerolle outlining concerns with the process surrounding the planned provost position. This letter follows on our concerns as outlined in letters to the President and Board of Governors on May 31, 2022.
Letters to the President and Chair of the BOG Regarding the Provost Position
AUNBT has sent a letter to President Mazerolle and another to Robyn Tingley, Chair of the Board of Governors, outlining our concerns with the process surrounding the planned provost position and given the results of the recent vote at a
Report released: Preliminary Perspective on Laurentian University
The Ontario Auditor General has released a preliminary report on Laurentian University’s administration and the financial crisis experienced at Laurentian. The report may be read here: Preliminary Perspective on Laurentian University (PDF)
Letter to UNB regarding the Human Rights & Positive Environment Office.
AUNBT has sent a joint letter, with fellow campus unions (Unifor Local 4504, CUPE 3339, PTSU PSAC Local 60551), to UNB President Paul Mazerolle concerning the Human Rights & Positive Environment Office (HRPEO). The letter may be read here: Letter