The CFA is committed to excellence in education for our Capilano University students
Capilano University instructors are accomplished, specialized, enthusiastic educators who take great pride in their work and the successes of their students.
We are proud to work with equally engaged partners in education to delivery our work.
One of our key goals is to maintain academic excellence in our institution.
Our faculty is committed to working with current technology and innovation to deliver great learning.
We would like to think that the Cap U Administration is a partner in this work, but often find our goals and the goals of the administration are at odds. This is disheartening (to say the least) for our union membership.
Our colleagues, upon whom we rely to deliver educational excellence, are being treated unfairly
Our MoveUP colleagues want university policies to be administered consistently and fairly to all MoveUP employees.
Currently, the Administration has no policy regarding working from home. There is a memo from HR regard this mode of work delivery, but no policy.
Therefore, the MoveUP team want to have language in their collective agreement to ensure work from home policies and rules will be fairly employed for all members. They want a fair process for decisions regarding work from home.
The MoveUP struggle regarding their collective agreement mirrors the struggle of the CFA negotiation team is experiencing. The Administration is trying to centralize their authority.
CFA members know that our negotiations and the negotiations of MoveUP will be stronger if we support each other and push back against this authority grab currently being undertaken by the Administration.
Our faculty association is committee to upholding and advancing the principles of diversity, inclusion, and equity.
We are committed to upholding and advancing Indigenous ways that foster respect, reciprocity, and relationality.
We are committed to fostering these values and principles in our students, the future leaders and global citizens.
The administration at Capilano University is attempting to create a top-down-managed institution while mismanaging the MoveUP negotiation process
Crux of the negotiation in the need for work from home language in the collective agreement and the fair and consistent implementation of this policy. Ironically, the key negotiator and the VP Education are meeting with MoveUP remotely.
Remote delivery of work is now a norm in our economy. Policy and implementation of the policy must be clearly and fairly documented for modern day workers.
The Capilano University Senate says, “The scale of the disruption of Capilano University’s teaching and learning environment is far out of proportion to the request for wording around equitable assignment and protection of remote work for our academic support staff.” (Read the Open Letter from CapU Faculty Senators to President Paul Dangerfield)
The MoveUP team want a fair process that also advances equitable treatment for those facing barriers or circumstances that may marginalize them from full participation in the labour force.
Administration unilaterally suspended all classes on June 5 in an effort to divide instructors from their students.
Faculty vacation pay is illegally being withheld in an effort to create divides between faculty members and our MoveUP colleagues.
On June 15, the Administration communicated to students that grades and/or Pass/Fail marks will be assigned to Summer 1 students by the Administrators (not the specialized educators) without the completion of teaching and learning, giving the appearance that we ware a top-down-managed credential mill.
The Administration has repeatedly said that the BC Government will not allow this language in the collective agreement for MoveUP. However, UBC, UVic and Justice Institute all have this language accepted in their agreements.
Administration states that the PSEA does not allow this language, yet is it included in the collective agreements of UBC, UVic and JI, and has been accepted by PSEA.
The Administration says, “Trust us…”, but we are shown time and again that they are not trustworthy and do not see to hold the welfare of our students, let alone the wellbeing of their employees, as a priority.