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Copyright and Intellectual Property

Mar 19, 2020

With the sudden move to online delivery, you may have questions about your Intellectual Property (IP) rights over the material you post for your students. The College generally assumes that they own anything and everything that faculty produce in the teaching of their courses, but this is not actually the case.  Further, in a situation… Continue reading Copyright and Intellectual Property

Covid-19: Moving to an online model for your courses

Mar 17, 2020

The cancellation of face-to-face classes has come with the directive that classes will be moved online.  We want to emphasize to all faculty that you should not put yourself under unnecessary stress in trying to get content online for students. Some courses will have a lot of ‘online-ready’ content and others will have very little. … Continue reading Covid-19: Moving to an online model for your courses

The Faculty Voice

Apr 07, 2019

We are very fortunate to have fantastic leadership at the divisional level of our union. Those faculty who were around during the negotiations and strike of 2017 will remember the consistent, calm and relevant messaging coming from the DivEx leadership. Our leadership team continues to be active in promoting key areas of concern and working… Continue reading The Faculty Voice

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7 months ago
The academy’s neoliberal response to COVID-19: Why faculty should be wary and how we can push back - Academic Matters

So true. Working hard was said to lead to a full-time position 😞

"However, at the best of times, not all faculty can drop everything to re-design all their courses, and the COVID-19 crisis has presented additional child care, elder care, mental health, and homeschooling responsibilities, among other challenges that disproportionately affect women (especially women of colour), differently-abled faculty, and contract faculty (who, at some institutions, are putting multiple summer courses online at once while receiving notice that their fall courses have been cancelled)." ... See more

The emergency shift to remote teaching that universities have made in response to the COVID-19 crisis has been justified as an exceptional [...]

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7 months ago
Students upset as some Canadian universities hike tuition fees

Some Canadian universities are raising tuition fees for the new school year much to the consternation of students, who argue their costs should be going down, not up in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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7 months ago
How the pandemic impacted post-secondary students' work placements

Students speak via StatsCan.

Co-op placements, internships, practicums and residencies are valuable forms of work experience for post-secondary students in Canada. But for this year’s students, COVID-19 has put a halt to many of these opportunities. ... See more

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