2022-2023 BUFA Executive Committee – Nominations
2022-2023 BUFA Executive Committee – Nominations BUFA encourages all members to consider running for election as a member of the 2022-2023 BUFA Executive. Nominations are now open. [...]
BUFA Executive Statement: FairPlay Proposal / CRTC Intervention
There is currently a proposal before the CRTC which would allow Internet Service Providers (such as Rogers, Bell), to block websites of their choosing in order to address supposed issues of [...]
Be Part of an Active Senate in 2018 – 2019
BUFA strongly encourages its members to run for Senate. Senate nominations are due March 12, 2018 at 4:30 pm. The nomination form is available at [...]
BUFA Update: Search for Acting President and Vice-Chancellor
At its meeting on Sept. 6, 2016, Senate passed motions requesting an open call for internal, academically-qualified nominations for the position of Acting President and Vice-Chancellor, as well [...]
BUFA Selected Senate Issues
Core and Context Requirements At its April 13th meeting, Senate engaged in a discussion of core and context credits and then requested that Provost and Vice-President, Academic Neil McCartney [...]
BUFA Selected Senate Issues from the March 16, 2016 Senate Meeting
A troubling thing A troubling thing happened at last week’s Senate meeting. The Senate Undergraduate Program Committee (UPC) brought forward a motion for approval of calendar changes for courses [...]
BUFA Senate Update: Selected Issues – February 4, 2015 Meeting
The Draft Report of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Program Review and Prioritization This Committee was established in February 2014, with the mandate “to examine how academic programs [...]
BUFA Senate Update: Selected Issues – January 15, 2015 Meeting
Cancellation of 2015 Wiley-Blackwell Journals. An important issue for Senate is the Library’s recent cancellation of our subscription to 1,363 Wiley-Blackwell journals. At the January 14 Senate [...]