If, as a sessional, you have taught 630+ hours over the last 52 weeks you are eligible for EI.*
One 3-credit studio course = 112 hours One 3-credit academic course = 140 hours
To apply for EI, contact our Payroll department directly to request a Record of Employment (ROE). Turnaround time is pretty quick.
* It is possible to get approval for higher number of hours. There are occasions where people can report higher numbers that accurately reflect what was actually worked.
If you have stopped working because of COVID-19, the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) may provide you with temporary income support. The CERB provides $500 a week for up to 16 weeks.
BC is the only province so far to provide financial relief to renters. The Temporary Renter Supplement will pay up to $500 per month (for 4 months) directly to landlords on behalf of workers who qualify for the federal CERB.
Not for the sickness, not for the social distancing, not for the sudden end of our collective lives together on campus.
Not for an online class, not for teaching remotely, not for learning from home, not for mastering new technologies, not for varied access to learning materials.
2.
The humane option is the best option.
We are going to prioritize supporting each other as humans.
We are going to prioritize simple solutions that make sense for the most.
We are going to prioritize sharing resources and communicating clearly.
3.
We cannot just do the same thing online.
Some assignments are no longer possible.
Some expectations are no longer reasonable.
Some objectives are no longer valuable.
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We will foster intellectual nourishment, social connection, and personal accommodation.
Accessible asynchronous content for diverse access, time zones, and contexts.
Optional synchronous discussion to learn together and combat isolation.
5.We
will remain flexible and adjust to the situation.
Nobody knows where this is going and what we’ll need to adapt.
Everybody needs support and understanding in this unprecedented moment.
Tuesday Feb 11, 11:30am to 12:30pm The Working Studio, which is located in the atrium in the east end of the 2nd floor. Emily Carr University Wheelchair accessible.
In 2018, student Terra Poirier became concerned with the under compensation and lack of job security faced by most of her instructors and decided to make labour issues at Emily Carr University the focus of her graduation project.
She created a photographic installation outside the president’s office to draw attention to the lack of work space for sessional instructors (underpaid contract faculty), and she created the artist book “Non-Regular: Precarious academic labour at Emily Carr University of Art + Design” in collaboration with 26 instructors and other artists (published by UNIT/PITT Projects). The project earned local and national media attention and was launched to a standing-room-only audience.
Unfair labour practices continue to be a concern at ECU. Join Poirier for a talk on her process and motivations, and a discussion of what students can do to educate and mobilize on these issues.
The theme of this exhibition—which features work by Emily Carr University of Art and Design instructors—focuses on the relationship between labour and creative practice, inspired by “the challenging working conditions faculty face at this institution.”
January 31–February 14, 2020
Opening: Thursday, January 30th 4:00 – 7:00
Emily Carr University, 2nd Floor
Organizers are still looking for more faculty contributors to include images of your studio and projects that you are working on. There will also be a working studio where you can create work in person for any duration while the show is up. Get in touch with Alex Phillips <bphillips@ecuad.ca> for more info and to participate.
We would like to wish all faculty a happy new year!
The big news here is that Collective bargaining at ECU has begun! Not only is this a time to reflect on all the work we put into our various roles as members of the Faculty Association, it is also a time for action. Some important things we are focusing on in this round of bargaining are Right to Available Work, Compensation, and Teaching Load.
Join us at the monthly Faculty Association meeting to hear updates in person and let us know if you have questions.
In March 2019, the ECUAD Faculty Association’s 2014-2019 contract with ECUAD Administration will expire.
The ECUADFA is looking for faculty members to research and prepare materials that will be used to assist our Bargaining Committee renegotiate our contract.
Regular and Non-Regular faculty members are welcome and encouraged to participate in this project, to best represent the priorities of our entire membership.
The Future of Education Contest invites Emily Carr students to propose artworks that could describe personal stories of struggle and/or triumph, fictional scenarios, systemic critiques, wild ideas and dreams for a society that values affordable and accessible higher education for all. $10,000 in project funding will be distributed amongst ten finalists to execute their concepts. Upon successful completion of the projects, each finalist will be awarded an additional $1,000 in prize money! The artworks will be on view at an All-Candidates meeting and launch party leading up to Provincial election on May 9, 2017.
