Meeting of the OCUFA Status of Women and Equity Committee February 8, 2019

Meeting of the OCUFA Status of Women and Equity Committee February 8, 2019 1. Table of Contents Page 1 2. Meeting Agenda Page 2 3. Registration List Page 3-4 4. SWEC Mandate Page 5-6 5. SWEC Ground Rules Page 7 6. September 2018 Meeting Minutes Page 8-11 7. Chair’s Report Page 12-13 8. OCUFA President Report Page 14-24 9. Workshop Materials Page 25-36 a. Backgrounder on government announcements related to the PSE sector b. OCUFA letters and statements 1 Meeting of the OCUFA Status of Women and Equity Committee February 8, 2019 Agenda 8:00 a.m. Breakfast Please note that there will be a hot buffet breakfast served at 8am in the meeting room. This is a great opportunity for folks to connect with each other about what is happening on your campuses. 9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions 9:15 a.m. Land Acknowledgment 9:25 a.m. Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes Business arising from the minutes 9:35 a.m. Report of OCUFA Executive and Board 9:50 a.m. Report of SWEC Chair 10:25 a.m. Report of the SWEC vice Chair 10:30 a.m. Break 10:45 a.m. Member reports 11:45 a.m. Wrap up Other Business 12:00 p.m. Lunch 1:00 p.m. Workshop – Responding to Ford’s anti-equity agenda 2:15 p.m. Break 2:30 p.m. Workshop - continued 4:30 p.m. Adjourn 2 OCUFA Status of Women and Equity Committee Meeting Friday February 8, 2019 Pier 4/5 Room Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto List of Participants Algoma Anthony Fabiano Brescia Helene Cummins Brock Debra Harwood Huron Donna Kotsopoulos Interpreter Angela Core Interpreter Sean Power King’s Cathy Chovaz Lakehead Karen Poole Laurentian Reuben Roth Nipissing Sal Renshaw Nipissing Lanyan Chen OCUFA Staff Cheryl Athersych OCUFA Staff Abe Nasirzadeh OCUFA Staff Mina Rajabi Paak OCUFA President Gyllian Phillips Ottawa Kathryn Trevenen Queen’s Leslie Jermyn 3 Ryerson Rachel Berman Toronto Azita Taleghani Trent Michele McIntosh UOIT Elita Partosoedarso Waterloo Weizhen Dong Wilfrid Laurier Rebecca Godderis Windsor Brandi Lucier York Ellie Perkins 4 Status of Women and Equity Committee Mandate (Section 22 of the OCUFA Bylaws) a. There shall be an OCUFA Status of Women and Equity Committee which shall be a standing committee of the OCUFA Board of Directors that reports to the Board and carries out its activities subject to the approval of the Board. b. The Committee shall build upon the work of OCUFA's previous Status of Women Committee and act as a centre and source of information regarding issues of concern to women and other equity-seeking academic staff members at Ontario universities, such as those related to gender, ethnicity, race, indigeneity, disability, sexuality, religion, or age. The Committee shall: i. serve as a resource for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information regarding issues of concern to women and other equity-seeking academic staff members encountered at Ontario universities; ii. in coordination with the OCUFA Executive Director and staff, provide committee members with information and advice about provincial legislation and government policies that have implications for terms and conditions of employment for women and other equity-seeking academic staff members; iii. at committee meetings, serve as a forum where faculty association status of women and/or equity representatives or their designates can exchange information on issues and trends that have significance for women and other equity-seeking academic staff members; iv. through its meetings, presentations by invited guests, workshops and other means assist members with issues relevant to their role as faculty association status of women and/or equity representatives; v. act as an advisory committee to local faculty association status of women and/or equity representatives seeking information and/or advice on issues relevant to their role within their association; vi. initiate and, with the assistance of OCUFA professional staff, carry out such research studies as may from time to time seem desirable, on subjects directly related to issues of concern to women and other equity-seeking academic staff members; vii. make recommendations to the OCUFA Board of Directors on policy matters relating to issues of particular concern to women and other equity-seeking academic staff members; 5 viii. submit a report to the Board of OCUFA prior to each Board meeting, on the activities of the Committee: this report may include recommendations regarding the composition and terms of reference of the Committee. c. The Committee shall consist of one representative from each Member in OCUFA. The representative shall normally be the Chair of the association's status of women and/or equity committee, OR member of the association's Executive responsible for status of women and/or equity concerns, OR otherwise elected officer of the association responsible for status of women and/or equity issues. d. The Committee shall elect a Chair and a Vice-Chair annually, at the last meeting of the fiscal year, from among its members. Those elected will serve in that capacity at the next meeting of the Committee. The maximum number of consecutive terms that a Chair or Vice-Chair may serve in any one position is three consecutive one-year terms. The Chair of the Committee, or designate of the Chair, shall report to the Board at its regular meetings. e. The Chair of the Committee, or designate of the Chair, shall have voice but not vote at Board. The Chair, or designate of the Chair, shall be entitled to move and/or second motions. f. The budget of the Status of Women and Equity Committee shall be established annually by the Board of Directors. g. An OCUFA staff member shall act as Secretary to the Committee 6 SWEC Ground Rules/Rules of engagement Preamble This document reflects the ground rules that were developed by SWEC members who attended the September 29, 2017 meeting. As such, it represents a living document that will change and evolve as the committee grows and changes in order to accommodate the needs of all members. This document will be included in each meeting package to encourage common understanding between all members, and it will be revisited at the first meeting of each year. With this practice, SWEC strives to build a safer working space. Scheduled breaks and lunch times will be respected Name plates will be provided, along with the institution, to facilitate discussion and community-building Confidentiality: o No attribution or sharing of member reports without express permission from the member o No sharing of other members’ personal experiences o Make explicit when information being shared during meetings must remain confidential o If we wish to use confidential information for leverage at our own institution, ask first Use of language: be mindful of potentially violent and/or offensive terms, expressions. Language is political and evolving. The committee will build common language through an organic process Be open to feedback, open to learn (constructive criticism). Conversely, be open to questions and offer feedback, acknowledging that other members may have a different level of expertise or experience with an issue (invite people into the conversation rather than “calling them out”) Assume that everyone comes from positive intentions. This can be both a caring and rigorous space Be open to raising an issue for someone else; i.e. do not rely on the same people to voice the same concerns, as it can be exhausting to be that person all of the time. 7 Meeting of the OCUFA Status of Women and Equity Committee- Minutes September 21, 2018 Present: Anthony Fabiano – Algoma University Faculty Association Debra Harwood – Brock University Faculty Association Donna Kotsopoulos – Huron University College Faculty Association Karen Poole – Lakehead University Faculty Association Reuben Roth – Laurentian University Faculty Association Kathy Mantas – Nipissing University Faculty Association Lanyan Chen – Nipissing University Faculty Association Rebecca Godderis, Chair – Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association Cathy Chovaz, Vice-chair –King’s Faculty Association Diane Beauchemin – Queen’s University Faculty Association Azita Taleghani – University of Toronto Faculty Association Marina Morgenshtern – Trent University Faculty Association Weizhen Dong – Waterloo University Faculty Association Brandi Lucier – Windsor University Faculty Association Ellie Perkins – York University Faculty Association Frances Latchford – York University Faculty Association Helene Cummins—Brescia Faculty Association Kathryn Trevenen—University of Ottawa Faculty Association (APUO) Mark Rosenfeld, Executive Director – OCUFA staff Gyllian Phillips—OCUFA President Cheryl Athersych – OCUFA staff Mina Rajabi Park – OCUFA staff Abe Nasirzadeh—OCUFA Staff Angela Core – Interpreter Sean Power - Interpreter 1. Call to order The chair called the meeting to order at 9:05. 2. Land Acknowledgment The chair provided a land acknowledgment. 3. TRC Workshop The chair introduced the workshop facilitators, Lori Campbell the Director, Shatitsirotha’ (pronounced sa-di-gee-ROW-da) at Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre at St. Paul’s University College; Shannon Dea, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Vice-President of the Faculty Association at the University of Waterloo, and Laura McDonald, Community Relations Coordinator with the Faculty Association. The facilitators encouraged attendees to ‘get uncomfortable’ in order to make steps to respond to the TRC calls to action. The workshop allowed participants to talk about the actions on their 8 campuses and then the facilitators outlined what (and why) WLUFA has been doing and how those actions might be translated to other faculty associations. Everyone was invited to think about what they personally wanted to do as a next step and were given additional resources for learning outside of the workshop. 12:30 pm: Lunch break 4. Review of Guiding Principles for SWEC The chair called the meeting back to order at 1:31pm. She reminded the room that everyone should use microphones when speaking to accommodate those who are hard of hearing.

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