NEWS
Dr. Bob Barnetson Receives Inaugural AUFA Academic Freedom Award
AUFA has awarded its first Academic Freedom award to Dr. Bob Barnetson. Read the Press Release here.
AUFA expresses concerns over Bill 10 to government
AUFA has sent a letter to the Government of Alberta to express its serious concerns over Bill 10, which has implications for not only AUFA's members but all members of the Universities Academic Pension Plan (UAPP ). Click here to read the letter .
Warning about "trigger warnings " used to censor university curriculum
CAUT has alerted Canadian university faculty associations to an emerging concern about the use of "trigger warnings " in university curriculum , use with serious implications for quality of teaching and academic freedom.
Read about what "trigger warnings " are and why they impact academic freedom and quality of teaching in this short briefing posted to the AU Landing .
AU faculty , coordinators , instructors, tutors , learning designers , editors, production group members , and deans who are aware of any request or demand to use trigger warnings in AU course development or teaching are urged to contact AUFA .
AUFA supports AUPE in opposing Bills 45 and 46
AUFA has written a letter to the MLA for Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater to declare our solidarity with AUPE and our opposition to the anti-labour Bills 45 and 46 that the Redford government has just passed.