University of Regina
Faculty Association

Sessional Advocacy Committee Update, Fall 2019

September 19, 2019

The Ses­sion­al Advo­ca­cy Com­mit­tee (SAC) meets bi-month­ly to dis­cuss means through which we can inform, encour­age and advo­cate for fel­low Ses­sion­als in rela­tion to the inter­pre­ta­tion and imple­men­ta­tion of our respec­tive Col­lec­tive Agreements.

One of the ways we pro­vide infor­ma­tion is through host­ing our upcom­ing tabling event watch for posters, emails, and infor­ma­tion on our Face­book page. We will be set­ting up infor­ma­tion tables at var­i­ous loca­tions across the Cam­pus­es to offer fel­low Ses­sion­als an oppor­tu­ni­ty to meet us, receive infor­ma­tion on what the Com­mit­tee does, and ask ques­tions regard­ing issues they may be facing. 

Tabling also pro­vides an oppor­tu­ni­ty for us to enlight­en stu­dents of the val­ue Ses­sion­als bring to the Uni­ver­si­ty of Regi­na, First Nations Uni­ver­si­ty, and Cam­pi­on and Luther Col­leges and to their own edu­ca­tion giv­en the sig­nif­i­cant num­ber of the class­es Ses­sion­al lec­tures teach.

In Octo­ber, the com­mit­tee will be mark­ing Fair Employ­ment Week by host­ing a social gath­er­ing and infor­ma­tion shar­ing event which will also offer oppor­tu­ni­ties for Ses­sion­als to ask ques­tions and dis­cuss issues per­ti­nent to our respec­tive Col­lec­tive Agreements.

Anoth­er great place to get some insight and news as to what’s going on in the lives of URFA Ses­sion­als check out our Face­book page.

The SAC is an URFA com­mit­tee and we are wel­com­ing if this is your first semes­ter teach­ing or if you have many class­es under your belt we would like to meet you. If you would like to attend a meet­ing and voice ideas, ques­tions or con­cerns; would like to get involved with the Com­mit­tee; or would like to meet over a cof­fee and chat about day to day chal­lenges you face as a Ses­sion­al instruc­tor we are here to lis­ten and assist in what­ev­er way we can.

Both Co-chairs of the SAC, Chris­t­ian Thomp­son and Bar­bara Meleney’s email address­es are post­ed on the URFA web­page so feel free to con­tact them at any time if you have ques­tions or want to get involved!