Save the date! SAFA is hosting the 2025 ACIFA conference, May 11-13, 2025, in Banff Springs, Alberta. Registration details will be announced soon.
The call for ACIFA Conference session proposals is open now and will run until January 21, 2025. Please see the attached document for more information about the submission process. The conference theme is “Grow with academic integrity” and detailed descriptions of the theme and strands can be found on the conference website.
ACIFA has also opened the nominations for their annual faculty awards:
- Distinguished Instructor Award: this award aims to recognize teachers who exhibit commitment to teaching, learners, and learning through a variety of measures.
- Innovation in Teaching Award: this award aims to recognize and encourage the use of innovative and creative teaching methods and design.
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award: this award will support a research project related to improving teaching and learning conducted by members of ACIFA.
Nominations are due byDecember 30, 2025, and self-nominations are welcome. Please direction questions to [email protected].
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Your Voice Matters: Contribute to the ACIFA Study on Workplace Discrimination
ACIFA has partnered with the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights (JHC) to gain deeper insights into the experiences of discrimination faced by our members in their workplaces and unions. The You are not Alone project “aims to better understand ACIFA’s members’ experiences of discrimination in 13 different academic institutions. This will inform strategies that ACIFA could incorporate and propose to address discriminatory practices in colleges broadly and in their own union business. With the interests of its members in mind, ACIFA and JHC aims to complete this study in 2025.”1
As part of this project, SAFA invites all members to complete an anonymous survey about their experiences at work – the link is found in the new SAFA member portal. Remember to log-in with password SAFAUnited to access this survey and other member-only information.
SAFA appreciates your time and effort in completing this survey – the final report will be carefully reviewed to inform meaningful change.