This year, the following FA Members served on the Communications Committee: Michael Arfken (Co-Chair) Kim Mears (Co-Chair) David Hickey (Member-at-Large) Ariana Patey (Member-at-Large) Nia Phillips (Member-at-Large) Chris Vessey (Member-at-Large) For much the year, the committee provided support for collective bargaining preparations. This included generating stock pictures and video for use in future communications. In addition, committee members provided support for the “We Are UPEI” campaign in the lead up to collective bargaining. Now that we

The Awards and Scholarships Committee oversees awards and scholarships that are sponsored and co-sponsored by the Faculty Association, as well as the events celebrating FA award recipients. As Co-Chairs, we are assisted this year by committee members Cora Gilroy, Susan Graham, Krishna Thakur, Raquel Hoersting, and Armin Bodaghkhani. During a virtual FA Time on April 8th, we will celebrate the 2021 Faculty Association entrance scholarship recipients and medalists. Thanks to the support of the Social

According to its formal mandate, the UPEIFA Research and Advocacy Committee is: “tasked by the Executive with completing research and making recommendations on issues being discussed by the Executive. In addition, the Committee serves an advocacy function to external groups and organizations, and to governments.” In practice, the Committee has generally focussed on its research role, supporting the FA Executive (and the Negotiating Team, in years when negotiation positions are being prepared), and this continued

The role of the FA Equity Committee is to promote and advocate for equity in its broadest sense through research and education, and work to advance equity issues in University and Association policies, practices and activities. Members this year were Ann Braithwaite, Elizabeth Blake, Susan Dawson, Philippe Messier, Yuliya Rashchupkina, Margot Rejskind (Co-Chair), and Marva Sweeney-Nixon (Co-Chair). The Equity Committee held a half-day retreat last summer to discuss issues of concern and priority, and made