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Friday, February 3, 2023Fox and Crow4:00pmAwards will begin at 4:15pm Join us in Celebrating our Incredible Student Award Recipients!There will be complimentary appetizers and drinks. We cannot wait to celebrate with you! 

Negotiations Update

On January 6, 2023, the UPEIFA received notification from Minster Bloyce Thompson (Economic Growth, Tourism, and Culture) that he is exercising his authority under the PEI Labour Act (s. 34) to appoint a mediator rather than permit the parties to return to direct negotiations. The Minister’s letter is available here. Pursuant to the Act, a mediator has fourteen (14) days to bring agreement about between the parties. Although Minister Thompson once again has discretion to extend these timelines, in

The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Defence Fund (https://defencefund.caut.ca/) has voted unanimously to provide the UPEI Faculty Association with funding to support a legal challenge to the PEI Government’s unprecedented interference in collective bargaining. UPEI and the Faculty Association (FA) have been in negotiations for a new contract since April. In August, having made no meaningful progress, the FA filed for concili collective bargaining, by appointing a neutral third-party to efficiently and effectively clarify

On CBC’s Compass, Kerry Campbell provides a report on UPEI’s third party external review that was commissioned over a year ago. The Faculty Association’s VP, Margot Rejskind, is interviewed for the story.