Terms of Reference

Uni­ver­si­ty of Regi­na Fac­ul­ty Association

Stand­ing Committees

APT Advo­ca­cy Com­mit­tee — rep­re­sents the inter­ests of all APT mem­bers at First Nations Uni­ver­si­ty of Cana­da and the­Uni­ver­si­ty of Regi­na, includ­ing the satel­lite campuses.

Exec­u­tive Com­mit­tee — man­ages the affairs and busi­ness of the Association.

Coun­cil of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives Com­mit­tee - pro­vides pol­i­cy advice and rec­om­men­da­tions to the Exec­u­tive Com­mit­tee for the ben­e­fit of the Association.

Equi­ty Com­mit­tee — rep­re­sents the inter­ests of equi­ty seek­ing groups at Cam­pi­on Col­lege, First Nations Uni­ver­si­ty of Cana­da, Luther Col­lege and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Regi­na, includ­ing but not lim­it­ed to: Indige­nous peo­ple, peo­ple from racial­ized groups and eth­nic minori­ties, per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties, women, as well as gay, les­bian, bi-sex­u­al, trans­gen­der, and two-spir­it­ed persons.

Finance Com­mit­tee — is respon­si­ble for advis­ing URFA Exec­u­tive Com­mit­tee on finan­cial mat­ters con­cern­ing URFA.

Griev­ance Com­mit­tee — func­tions to ensure that the pro­vi­sions of the URFA col­lec­tive agree­ments are main­tained and that all mem­bers of the Asso­ci­a­tion are treat­ed accord­ing to the prin­ci­ples of nat­ur­al justice.

Pen­sion and Ben­e­fits Com­mit­tee — pro­vides advice and rec­om­men­da­tions to the URFA Exec­u­tive con­cern­ing all mat­ters relat­ed to ben­e­fit pro­vi­sions, of the col­lec­tive agree­ments, and any pro­posed revi­sions or exten­sions of them, plus poli­cies and pro­pos­als relat­ed to manda­to­ry and ear­ly retirement

Ses­sion­al Advo­ca­cy Com­mit­tee — advo­cates on behalf of the ses­sion­als at Cam­pi­on Col­lege, First Nations Uni­ver­si­ty of Cana­da, Luther Col­lege, and Uni­ver­si­ty of Regina.

Trust Fund Com­mit­tee - admin­is­ter­ing of the URFA Trust Fund. The terms of ref­er­ence are being devel­oped by the committee.

Bylaws and Res­o­lu­tion Com­mit­tee — the terms of ref­er­ence will be draft­ed in the near future. 

Joint Uni­ver­si­ty Committees

First Nations Uni­ver­si­ty of Canada

Pen­sion and Ben­e­fits Com­mit­tee — a joint com­mit­tee of vol­un­teer URFA aca­d­e­m­ic and APT rep­re­sen­ta­tives and mem­bers of the First Nations Uni­ver­si­ty admin­is­tra­tion that advis­es the mem­ber­ship and Senior Man­age­ment on mat­ters relat­ing to the pen­sion and ben­e­fits plans.

Uni­ver­si­ty of Regina

Aca­d­e­m­ic and Admin­is­tra­tive Ben­e­fits Com­mit­tee — a joint com­mit­tee of vol­un­teer URFA aca­d­e­m­ic and APT rep­re­sen­ta­tives and mem­bers of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Regi­na admin­is­tra­tion respon­si­ble for the terms and admin­is­tra­tion of the Aca­d­e­m­ic and Admin­is­tra­tive Pen­sion Plan, the Group Insur­ance Plan, the Salary Con­tin­u­ance Plan, the Den­tal Plan and any oth­er sim­i­lar plans which may be estab­lished and placed under the aegis of the Com­mit­tee by the Uni­ver­si­ty Board.

Aca­d­e­m­ic Mar­ket Sup­ple­ments Com­mit­tee — a joint com­mit­tee of vol­un­teer URFA aca­d­e­m­ic rep­re­sen­ta­tives and mem­bers of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Regi­na admin­is­tra­tion which was estab­lished to review mar­ket sup­ple­ment proposals.

APT Mar­ket Sup­ple­ments Com­mit­tee — a joint com­mit­tee of vol­un­teer URFA APT rep­re­sen­ta­tives and mem­bers of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Regi­na admin­is­tra­tion which was estab­lished to review mar­ket sup­ple­ment proposals.

Employ­ment Equi­ty Con­sul­ta­tive Com­mit­tee — a joint com­mit­tee of vol­un­teer URFA Aca­d­e­m­ic and APT rep­re­sen­ta­tives and mem­bers of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Regi­na admin­is­tra­tion whose over arch­ing goal is to proac­tive­ly move the Uni­ver­si­ty of Regi­na towards becom­ing a rep­re­sen­ta­tive and diverse workforce.

Instruc­tion­al and Infor­ma­tion Tech­nol­o­gy Com­mit­tee — a joint com­mit­tee of vol­un­teer URFA Aca­d­e­m­ic rep­re­sen­ta­tives and mem­bers of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Regi­na admin­is­tra­tion to study and make rec­om­men­da­tions con­cern­ing the appli­ca­tion and use of Instruc­tion­al and Infor­ma­tion Tech­nol­o­gy in teach­ing and impli­ca­tions for duties and work­loads of members.

Occu­pa­tion­al Health and Safe­ty Col­lege Avenue Cam­pus Com­mit­tee — a joint com­mit­tee of vol­un­teer URFA Aca­d­e­m­ic and APT rep­re­sen­ta­tives and mem­bers of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Regi­na admin­is­tra­tion that over­sees the Uni­ver­si­ty of regi­na Safe­ty Pol­i­cy 20.105.

Occu­pa­tion­al Health and Safe­ty Main Com­mit­tee — a joint com­mit­tee of vol­un­teer URFA Aca­d­e­m­ic and APT rep­re­sen­ta­tives and mem­bers of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Regi­na admin­is­tra­tion that has been estab­lished to assist the Uni­ver­si­ty of Regi­na in meet­ing the require­ments under the Occu­pa­tion­al Health and Safe­ty Act and Reg­u­la­tion­sI and all applic­a­ble Provin­cial and Fed­er­al leg­is­la­tion and Munic­i­pal by-laws.

Park­ing Com­mit­tee — a joint com­mit­tee of vol­un­teer URFA Aca­d­e­m­ic and APT rep­re­sen­ta­tives and mem­bers of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Regi­na admin­is­tra­tion that has been estab­lished to attempt to ensure the Uni­ver­si­ty of Regi­na Park­ing Ancil­lary pro­vides the best pos­si­ble park­ing ser­vice to stu­dents, fac­ul­ty, staff and guests of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Regina.