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Using geospatial technologies in local decision making process. Participatory budgeting in Portugal. December 12, 2016. I know this is not quite related to spatial participatory tools, but still I find it quite interesting to share the article. Portugal has announced the world’s first participatory budget on a national scale. The project will let people submit ideas for what the government should spend its money on, and then vote on which ideas are adopted. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Notify me of new co...
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FAUW: November 2016
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016. The Hagey Lecture Perspective: 2003. The Hagey lectures are the University of Waterloos premier invitational public lecture series. Since 1970, outstanding individuals, who have distinguished themselves internationally in some area of scholarly or creative endeavour have given talks intended to challenge, stimulate and enrich not only the faculty, staff and students of the University of Waterloo, but all members of this community. Monday, November 28, 2016. Gathered data on le...
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FAUW: President's Report to Members
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Friday, November 4, 2016. President's Report to Members. Sally Gunz, FAUW President. This is one of my semi-regular updates on what is happening with FAUW. It is timely as we have recently received the results of the vote on the proposed changes to the performance evaluation provisions. Now approved by the Board of Governors) of the Memorandum of Agreement. MoA) and can now move forward to other topics. Thanks very much for your participation in this exercise. New sexual violence policy. You may well hav...
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FAUW: Lecturers Survey Report Released
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Monday, November 28, 2016. Lecturers Survey Report Released. FAUW’s Lecturers Committee has just released its final report on the results of last year’s survey of all lecturers at Waterloo. The survey results cover five main topics:. Questions about terms of appointment. Gathered data on length of employment at Waterloo; the ratio of research, teaching, and service; and the possibility of promotion. There is also a lack of clarity around what is expected of lecturers in terms of service roles. The survey...
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FAUW: October 2016
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Monday, October 24, 2016. Putting a Face on Contract Faculty Members: A Recent Study. Guest post by Kate Lawson. 160;for CAUT’s Fair Employment Week. Most of us would agree that academic jobs should be good jobs. But many of us have little knowledge of the real working conditions and academic background of contract faculty members, colleagues who are also known as “sessionals” or “part-timers.”. In their study, classics sessionals comprise 24.8% of those surveyed. So who are the “precarious session...
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FAUW: December 2016
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Tuesday, December 6, 2016. Lessons from the CAUT New Activists Workshop. Elise Lepage, FAUW Board member. The workshop started with an open discussion to identify the challenges faced by post-secondary education. The list was long and it appears that despite the major differences in terms of size, location, and mission of each university, all of us share very similar concerns. We summed this list of concerns up in four keywords:. Austerity, solidarity, equity, and. Overview of indigenization efforts.
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FAUW: New Writing Support Programs for Faculty
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Wednesday, January 4, 2017. New Writing Support Programs for Faculty. 8211; Nadine Fladd, University of Waterloo Writing Centre. Faculty often recommend that their undergraduate and graduate students visit the Writing Centre for individual consultations or attend our workshops, but all writers – including professors – can benefit from working with someone who will listen as they talk through their ideas, read rough work, and ask questions to clarify the ideas they want to express. If so, a regular writin...
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FAUW: April 2016
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Monday, April 18, 2016. FAUW Highlights: Visiting the School of Pharmacy. The FAUW Board recognizes that the University of Waterloo includes satellite campuses as well as the main campus. In mid-April, the FAUW Board took a field trip to the School of Pharmacy, located at the Downtown Kitchener Health Sciences Campus. This experience was the perfect opportunity for the FAUW Board to learn more about the perspectives, ideas, and innovations of a key University group. Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Known across...
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FAUW: Lessons from the CAUT New Activists Workshop
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Tuesday, December 6, 2016. Lessons from the CAUT New Activists Workshop. Elise Lepage, FAUW Board member. The workshop started with an open discussion to identify the challenges faced by post-secondary education. The list was long and it appears that despite the major differences in terms of size, location, and mission of each university, all of us share very similar concerns. We summed this list of concerns up in four keywords:. Austerity, solidarity, equity, and. Overview of indigenization efforts.
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