CUPE 3902, Which Represents Approximately 7000 Education Workers on Less Than

CUPE 3902, which represents approximately 7000 education workers on less than one year contracts (teaching assistants, writing instructors, and sessional lecturers) at the University of Toronto, wishes to extend its warmest support to you during your certification drive.

Best wishes, Erin (on behalf of the CUPE 3902 executive committee)

On behalf of the Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo, I send out sincere congratulations to you for this historic move. We wish you all the best in your newly recognized status that will enable a stronger and more spirited defence of academic freedom, collegial governance and principles of equity.

Thank you for sharing the good news!

Cheers,

-David.

Dr. David Porreca President, Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo Associate Professor Department of Classical Studies University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1

Tel: +1 519 888 4567 x32436

On behalf of the St. Mary's University College (Calgary) Faculty Association, congratulations and warmest support to the UVic Faculty Association as it pursues this important step forward. Although we are not ourselves a unionized association, we welcome the news of your certification drive and recognize its importance not just to your members, but to the entire academic community in Canada.

We wish you success in your efforts to represent and defend the interests of faculty at UVic.

Luke

Dr. Luke Bresky, President St. Mary's University College Faculty Association

Assistant Professor, English St. Mary's University College, Calgary 14500 Bannister Road SE Calgary, Alberta T2X 1Z4 Canada Phone: 403 254 3712

All best wishes from Lakehead University Faculty Association in your drive to certify your membership. Now over 400 strong, LUFA certified in 1979 and members have benefited directly over the intervening years from the many rights earned through that hard work. We wish you every success in your certification drive.

Glenna Knutson, LUFA President

Bonjour,

Congratulations to UVicFA for taking steps to certify.

ABPPUM was certified in October of 1976 and in September of 2007 received certification of a second unit for part-time faculty. Like MAFA and other FA’s we’ve been a central force in improving the terms and conditions under which our members work.

We firmly believe that maintaining and continuing to improve working conditions and protecting and advancing academic freedom and academic values are constant challenges better faced in numbers through unionization.

En toute solidarité,

Le Bureau de direction de l’ABPPUM,

Marie-Noëlle Ryan, présidente Francis Weil, président, Unité II (membres à temps partiel) Étienne Dako, vice-président externe Danielle Charron, vice-présidente interne Miguel Rojas, secrétaire-trésorier

On behalf of the more than 900 members of MUNFA (Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty Association), and of the MUNFA Executive Committee, I am writing to congratulate you on taking this step, and wish you success in your certification drive. MUNFA was certified in 1987, and we have all experienced the power of solidarity and of speaking with one voice.

Good luck,

Sincerely,

Bill Schipper Past President and CAUT Delegate

On behalf of RRUFA I'd like to send you strong, unequivocal support for your certification drive. We are fully behind you in your efforts to complete your unionization and wish you all the best!! sincerely

Ken

To the Members of the University of Victoria Faculty Association,

On behalf of the Queen's University Faculty Association, let me extend our heartiest congratulations on initiating certification and the very best of luck for a positive outcome. Since certifying in 1995, QUFA has been able to make huge improvements in the lives of academic staff and to defend those improvements through bargaining and grievances. We look forward to welcoming you into the national union fold.

In solidarity, Diane Beauchemin President, Queen's University Faculty Association

The University of Manitoba Faculty Association's 1,245 faculty members, librarians, and instructors proudly stand in solidarity with the University of Victoria Faculty Association on this most meaningful day. UMFA was formally certified as the bargaining agent for full-time academic staff at the University of Manitoba in 1974. Congratulations and we wish you all the very best outcome as you launch your certification drive today.

In solidarity Sharon

Sharon Alward President, University of Manitoba FACULTY ASSOCIATION Professor, School of Art Senior Fellow, St. John's College ______100-29 DYSART RD. WINNIPEG, MB. Canada R3T 2M7 204.474.9846

Greetings from the middle of the prairies,

The University of Regina Faculty Association warmly support the certification process of UvicFA. In addition to all the benefits of unionization that you are already aware of, you will not feel alone anymore.

In solidarity,

Sylvain Rheault

Sylvain Rheault, Chair

University of Regina Faculty Association Room 122 Campion College Regina, Sask. S4S 0A2 email: [email protected] office: (306) 585-4317 URFA fax: (306) 585-5208

On behalf of the Acadia University Faculty Association (AUFA), I wish you well in your pursuit of certification. Surveying the landscape of Canadian universities reveals, I believe, the absolute necessity of collective representation and bargaining on the part of faculty. Well done!

As you know, AUFA was the first faculty association ever established outside of England, and their union office was used as the set for the movie "The Titanic." They still demand a blood-rite of passage for full membership, in the local Mi'kmaw tradition, and they remain the only association to paint themselves in glow-in-the-dark Wode for general meetings.

Oh. Wait. OK. Never mind that second paragraph. . .

But our hearts are with those on the Left Coast, in all your certification endeavours!

Robert Seale, President AUFA

On behalf of the 900 or so Members of the Dalhousie Faculty Association, may I wish you success in your certification drive. The DFA has been unionized since 1978 and the strength of the union and our collective agreement has been exclusively responsible for advancing the interests of our members whilst protecting the integrity of our programs.

All the best from your colleagues on the right coast (not politically, at least)!

Cheers, Kevin Grundy, President Dalhousie Faculty Association.

Mount Saint Vincent University Faculty Association (MSVUFA) extends heartfelt support to UVicFA! We have been certified for over 25 years. Each and every round of collective bargaining has had its challenges but the benefits to our membership over the years have been well worth the efforts. We wish you all the best.

In solidarity / en toute solidarité, Linda

Linda L. Mann / PDt, MBA / MSVUFA President / Associate Professor, Department of Applied Human Nutrition / Evaristus 317 / Mount Saint Vincent University / 166 Bedford Highway / Halifax, NS B3M 2J6 / office: 902-457-6146 / cell: 902-489-2010 / [email protected] / http://www.msvu.ca/nutrition/LMann / @lindlmann

Au nom de l’APUC / Cufa, je vous félicite de votre démarche. Les syndicats me semblent encore la meilleure façon de défendre nos droits et de travailler pour les futures générations de professeurs.

Meilleurs vœux de succès

Lucie Lequin

CUFA President /Présidente de l'APUC Professeure titulaire Études françaises Université Concordia 1455, boul. de Maisonneuve ouest Montréal, Québec Canada H3G 1M8

We wish you all the best in the certification drive. It can be a hard trail but one that brings with it much reward. At this time of incredible pressure for change, it is important that we stand together. On behalf of the Trent University Faculty Association, we look forward to standing with you and we are ready to help if needed.

David Newhouse President, TUFA ______tradition is a guide not a jailer

On behalf of NUFA, let me say congratulations on your launch towards certification. As you well know from your time at Nipissing, certified unions are the ONLY way to go.

All best Rob Breton

FAUST wholeheartedly supports UVicFa's certification drive. We are currently researching the history of our own certification drive in the 1970s, and have come to appreciate the protections and solidarity which certification brings.

Congratulations as you make your own bit of BC labour history today!

In Solidarity

Bonnie Huskins, FAUST Professional Officer, on behalf of the FAUST Executive, and the members of the Full-Time and Part-Time bargaining units

We at FPSE are heartened to hear you are launching your certification drive. Being unionized means your members will share power more equally with your employer, and it also means you will never stand alone in a dispute. FPSE committed significant resources to organizing in the proliferating private sector here in BC and the newly organized members can tell you that their working lives have improved significantly. We wish you the best of luck in your drive and if we can be of any help, don’t hesitate to ask. In solidarity Cindy

Cindy Oliver, President Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC 400- 550 West 6th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Z 1A1 604-873-8988

Jason, on behalf of the Carleton University Academic Staff Association we wish you all the best in your quest for certification. CUASA is the oldest academic/university faculty union in Ontario (certified in 1975) and one of the oldest in Canada. We can no longer imagine an academic environment without a faculty association that oversees the fundamental rights of academics in their quest for the creation and dissemination of knowledge, the right to academic freedom, fairness for all, and other privileges that have been bargained over the years and that have since become commonplace in a university environment. We remain at your disposal should you require some assistance. Sincerely, Angelo Mingarelli President

On behalf of the Saint Mary’s University Faculty Union (SMUFU) I would like to wish your faculty association a successful certification. SMUFU was certified as a union 40 years ago and we have made significant improvements ever since in our working conditions through many rounds of collective bargaining.

In solidarity,

Marc Lamoureux SMUFU President

On behalf of the 190 full-time and part-time members of the Mount Allison Faculty Association, I would like to congratulate the leadership and members of the UVicFA for taking this step to certify. Since MAFA certified the full-time members in 1982, the part-time members in 2004 and the not-for-credit teachers in 2013, MAFA has been a central force in improving the terms and conditions under which our members work.

Allow me to echo others in saying that, in a world in which the corporate university is on the rise, certification is an important means of protecting and advancing our academic freedom and academic values.

Best wishes,

Loralea Michaelis President Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA) P. O. Box 6314, Sackville, NB E4L 1G6 Room G2 Centennial Hall Tel: 506-364-2206 Fax: 506-364-2288 [email protected] www.mafa.ca

My best to you and your colleagues in UVicFA, Jason. Yours is a welcome proclamation to accompany the Day of Action marking the 250th anniversary of the Royal Proclamation!

In my experience, certification is the best instrument (bar none) for preserving and promoting academic freedom, and academic stewardship by academic staff. No mission statement or administrative regime can do the work of a good collective agreement in serving the interests of students, academic and support staff, and the public good.

I therefore hope you and your colleagues choose to unionize.

Best wishes,

Len Findlay, Chair AF&T

L. M. Findlay M.A. D.Phil. D.Litt. F.R.S.C. Distinguished Professor, University of Saskatchewan, President, Academy One (Arts and Humanities), The Royal Society of Canada

Best wishes for success in your certification drive from the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association!

It has been 15 years since we certified here at Western, transitioning from a relationship that we liked to refer to as "binding supplication" with the Employer to one in which we can bargain effectively for the rights and working conditions of our members. Gaining those collective bargaining rights through certification was definitely the right decision for us.

In solidarity, Jeff ------Jeff Tennant President The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) 1201 Western Road Elborn College, Room 2120 London, Ontario, Canada, N6G 1H1 [email protected] Téléphone / Phone: (519) 661-2111 xt 86231 Télécopie / Fax: (519) 661-3946

Greetings from the St Francis Xavier Association of University Teachers.

Certification is the very bedrock upon which can be built a democratic and representative relationship with university administrators. Lacking the legal and procedural protections offered by certification no union has a realistic chance of attaining a fair and equitable collective agreement. It is for this very reason groups such as the Fraser Institute seek to remove the right to certify and bargain collectively, thus pushing university faculty/staff back decades in terms of organizational capacity.

We strongly encourage our colleagues at UVic to take this vital step towards defending the basic right t workplace fairness.

Peter S. McInnis President, StFXAUT St. Francis Xavier University This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender does not waive any related rights and obligations. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than an intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this e-mail in error, please advise me (by return e-mail or otherwise) immediately.

LUFA (Laurentian University Faculty Association) is happy to learn of your certification drive and wishes you success in this great endeavor. As you are aware, being a union bestows upon you legal rights and binding agreement with the employer which are not available to non-unionized employees. A collective agreement in a unionized environment brings workplace protection, improves the working environment, compensation and benefits, and provides the faculty the right to grieve unjust actions by the employer. It is difficult to think of any negative consequence as a result of becoming a union. We look forward to the University of Victoria joining the ranks of unionized universities. Good luck and best wishes.

Anis

______Dr. Anis Farah, PhD, P.Eng. President / Président Laurentian University Faculty Asssociation (LUFA) / Association des professeures et des professeurs de l'Université Laurentienne (APPUL) Tel.: 705-675-1151 ext. 4291 Fax: 705-673-6536 Email: [email protected]

Dr. Anis Farah, PhD, P.Eng. Professor, School of Engineering Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada Tel.: 705 675-1151 ext. 2241 Fax: 705 675-4862 Email: [email protected]

The Federation of New Brunswick Faculty Associations unconditionally supports the UvicFA in its process for certification. We wish you the best of luck and plenty of courage. Union certification and collective agreement bargaining can be rocky roads, to be sure. But the universities of New Brunswick have demonstrated time and time again that the benefits of unionization far outweigh the costs.

In solidarity,

Jean Sauvageau, president

I extend best wishes to you on behalf of the approximately 400 members of the UPEI Faculty Association.

The UPEIFA certified in 2001. It was the right decision for us, and it will be the right decision for you.

Go for it!

Betty Jeffery UPEIFA President

The Algoma University faculty Association knows well the benefits of unionism. Without it we would not have progressed as quickly as we have in terms of rights or remuneration. We wish all the best.

Pelham

Pelham Matthews President AUFA Associate Professor Department of Business and Economics Algoma University 1520 Queen Street East Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 2G4

Tel: 705-949-2301 Ext. 4329 Fax: 705-949-6583 Email: [email protected]

All the best with certification drive from the Cape Breton University Faculty Association. We have been certified for a long time, but until 2000 had never managed to achieve a full collective agreement. It was a struggle for us to get that but since then, over 4 further collective agreements, our remuneration and our working conditions are unbelievably better.

Cheers, Scott

Robert Scott Stewart, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy & Chair of Philosophy & Religious Studies President, CBUFA Cape Breton University Sydney, NS Canada B1P 6L2 [email protected] (902) 563-1252

On behalf of the Association of Nova Scotia University Teachers (ANSUT) I would like to wish you every success in your endeavours. All of our member associations are now unionized, and I know that each one would attest that being unionized has been crucial to the achievement of fair and equitable working conditions.

In solidarity

Dr. Chris Ferns President Association of Nova Scotia University Teachers c/o Mount Saint Vincent University Faculty Association Mount Saint Vincent University Halifax Nova Scotia B3M 2J6

902-457-6223

Greetings from the University of Saskatchewan Faculty Association,

All the best with your certification drive. We wish you success. A collective agreement in a unionized environment is the best way to improve the working conditions, compensation, and benefits of faculty. We look forward to the University of Victoria joining with all the other unionized universities in Canada.

Michael Vice-Chair University of Saskatchewan Faculty Association

The Rev. Fr. Michael Wm. MacGregor, Ph.D., R.D.Psych., A.P.E. Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Associate Member, Department of Religion and Culture 9 Campus Drive Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A5

(306) 966-2525 (Telephone) (306) 966-6630 (Facsimile) [email protected]

The Rev. Fr. Canon Dr. Michael Wm. MacGregor Rector Rondo Junior Seminary and St. Cyprian's Theological College P.O. Box 212 Lindi Tanzania

(306) 717-6040 (Cellular Telephone) [email protected]

A congratulations on your decision to certify. A critically important step in working towards significant improvements in the terms and conditions of your employment. Wishing you the very best from your colleagues in the Ryerson Faculty Association.

ANVER SALOOJEE, Ph.D; President Ryerson Faculty Association Ryerson University 350 Victoria Street JOR432 Toronto, ON M5B 2K3 (T): 416-979-5000 x2054; (F): 416-979-5289 [email protected] ______

The York University Faculty Association strongly supports your certification drive.

Professor Arthur J. Hilliker President, York University Faculty Association

Congratulations on your certification! ASTFA has only been certified since 2010, but we have seen slow and steady improvements to our terms and conditions of work since then. Best wishes for your future negotiations, and for the union transforming the culture of the university.

In solidarity, Alyda

Alyda Faber Associate Professor Christian Theology and Ethics Atlantic School of Theology 660 Francklyn Street Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3B5 (902) 423-2242 [email protected]

Congratulations on the official launch of your certification drive. We at WLUFA wish you success in your drive to certify and hope for a positive outcome.

Since certifying, WLUFA has been able to make huge improvements in the employment conditions and income of our full time academic staff and librarians, and our contract academic staff and to defend those improvements through bargaining and grievances. We look forward to welcoming you into the Canadian academic labour movement.

Judy Bates Past President, WLUFA

Congratulations on your decision to certify. Best decision that the NSCAD faculty ever made. This is the first step toward improving your terms and conditions of employment and, in so doing, improving the university.

In solidarity,

Your friends at FUNSCAD, A Small but Mighty Union

Alvin Comiter FUNSCAD President Faculty Union of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design NSCAD University 5163 Duke Street Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3J6 Canada

Work: (902) 494-8312 Home: (902) 423-6546 Cell: (902) 403-6546

Email: [email protected]