Windsor University Faculty Association

The Faculty Association is proud to announce that Dr. Charlene Senn, Department of Psychology and Interdisciplinary & Critical Studies is the 2024 recipient of the "Mary Lou Dietz Equity Leadership Award."
The Windsor University Faculty Association’s Status of Women, Diversity and Equity Action Committee bestows the award to honour individuals who demonstrate leadership through their contributions to creating an equity culture on campus. The award is named after Mary Lou Dietz, a late UWindsor faculty member and head of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, in recognition of her contributions to the advancement of women in Canadian universities and colleges.

Join us as we celebrate Dr. Senn's outstanding commitment, contributions, and accomplishments to diversity and equity! The celebration will be held in the Assumption University’s Freed-Orman Centre on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

RSVP by email: [email protected] by May 27, 2024.

It doesn't have to be this way. OCUFA is proposing an 11.75% annual increase to provincial funding over the next 5 years, to ensure job security and

WUFA is participating in the ’s Parliament Hill Day to advocate for post-secondary education that is high quality, affordable, and accessible across Canada.

WUFA supports students across the province and coast to coast in their demand for free and accessible education for all through the Fight the Fees campaign. Today, November 8th, is the Day of Action.

Fair Employment Week (FEW) is taking place from October 16 – 20, 2023. FEW is an annual event designed to raise awareness about precarious employment at the University of Windsor (and other campuses) and to support the University of Windsor Faculty Association’s efforts to improve the working conditions of contract academic staff (CAS).

Today, April 28, Canadians observe the National Day of Mourning. On this day, workers who have been killed, injured or suffered illness due to workplace accidents are commemorated. Join us in paying our respects to the thousands who have been seriously injured or lost their lives because of work-related incidents.

WUFA and our members demanded action from the federal government to protect public institutions by changing corporate legislation. We can’t let another Laurentian disaster happen again in Canada. So, Freeland, Trudeau and -Philippe Champagne – what’s the next step? It’s been two years since we first demanded change - we’re waiting and watching.

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Today is Social Media Day of Action in support of Contract Faculty
Join us through Social Media to support better working conditions for contract faculty and all precarious workers on campus.
Contract faculty provide high-quality education to thousands of students, they deserve high-quality working conditions. WUFA stands with contract faculty in their fight for fairness! Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA)

Today, April 28, Canadians observe the National Day of Mourning. On this day, workers who have been killed, injured, or suffered illness due to workplace accidents are commemorated. Join us in paying our respects to the thousands who have been seriously injured or lost their lives because of work-related incidents.

Equity-deserving groups are overrepresented in precarious jobs including contract faculty across the country.
A commitment to means fairness for contract faculty and all precarious workers.

Fair Employment Week is an annual event designed to raise awareness about precarious employment at UWindsor (and other campuses) and to support WUFA's efforts to improve the working conditions of contract academic staff. Today is social media day of action-let's make labour fair in post secondary education; to many academics work on short term, and poorly paid contracts.

April 28, 2021 is the National Day of Mourning and workplaces across Canada dedicate the day to recognize workers who have been killed, disabled, injured or suffered illness as a result of work-related incidents.

We not only remember and honour those who have been killed or injured on the job BUT we also recommit to our fight for the living. Let’s not forget our co-workers and other workers who may have succumbed to an Occupational Disease after being exposed to a hazard at work. Many have died from work related hazards.

Every employee has a right to safe working conditions, and fair compensation.

Remember, honour, and participate by proudly displaying a "Lighted Candle" in your front window or on your balcony. At 8:21 p.m. for 21 minutes for 2021. LIGHT UP! Let it shine for the safety of all frontline workers.
Take a picture, a video and share it on any social media platform.

We need to address the big elephant in the room.
Contract Faculty deserve job security, equal pay and fair working conditions. Adequate, stable and long-term funding of postsecondary education is needed to end precarity on campus.
WUFA supports the Social Media Day of Action!