June 13th: Award-Winning Faculty/AGM Voting Outcomes
SAFA Congratulates Our Award-Winning Faculty
Saitsa has announced the winners of its annual Instructor Excellence Awards. We would like to congratulate everyone who was nominated, especially the winners from each school:
- School of Transportation — Harley Breadner
- School of Energy — Chuck Cheng
- School of Manufacturing and Automation — Stephen Kenny
- School of Construction — Jay Reid
- School of Hospitality — Michael Allemeier
- School of Business — Dan Wong
- School of Health and Public Safety — Rodel Padua
- School for Advanced Digital Technology — Ali Moussa
- Academic Services — Limei Wang
Additionally, we would like to recognize the following faculty for their recent awards from SAIT:
- Tim Wong, an instructor with the School of Manufacturing and Automation, has received the 2023/24 Cadmus Trades Teaching Chair Award for his Machinist Outreach Program project.
- Sanoop Sadique, a new instructor at SAIT, was announced as the recipient of SAIT’s President’s Medal to celebrate outstanding student achievement. Sandoop is also a recent graduate of the IT Computer Systems program.
If you know of an award-winning SAFA member (or have an achievement you’d like to share), please send that news to [email protected] to be featured in a future communication.
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AGM Voting Outcomes
We are reporting the following results from the motions presented at our Annual General Meeting:
MOTION of SAFA Table of Officers & Executive Council: That the SAIT Academic Faculty Association remains a member of the Alberta Colleges & Institutes Faculties Association (ACIFA) during the 2023/24 year, Sept. 1, 2023, to August 31, 2024; at a total membership cost of $84,000. Note: As a member of ACIFA, we will automatically be included in the ACIFA Defence Fund.
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MOTION of SAFA Table of Officers & Executive Council: That the accounting firm of BDO Canada be appointed to conduct an independent outside audit of the financial statement for the 2022/23 fiscal year.
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MOTION of SAFA Table of Officers & Executive Council: That the 2023/2024 proposed SAFA Budget be adopted as presented.
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MOTION from Bill Neufeld, to be seconded from the floor: That all future labor contracts shall be available in a searchable PDF 48 hours before a ratification vote.
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