To protect from COVID-19, ASPA highly encourages all members to get vaccinated when eligible and receive all required booster shots when necessary.
Book your Health Canada approved vaccine here:
https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine
On behalf of the ASPA Executive
NOTICE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY
PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION (ASPA)
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Wednesday, APRIL 21 2021 VIA ZOOM VIDEO MEETING
1:00 pm (Call to order)
LI-HUMEN, Erica
My name is Erica Li-Humen. I graduated from Edwards School of Business with my MBA in 2003. Prior to joining the university, I worked with provincial government for over 10 years as business development manager. I have been with the university since 2019. I worked with the Controller Officer as Institutional Approver, and a Finance Analyst with College of Medicine. In December 2020, I started my new career path with Global Institute for Water Security as Financial Analyst. Although my roles and responsibilities were quite different in the past, I gained a numerous skill with different university units. I appreciate people who I have been working with to provide me the opportunity to challenge myself and help me to achieve my goals.
Continue reading “2021 List of Executive Nominations with Biographies”The application form for the 2020-2021 ASPA Tuition Reimbursement Fund is now available online at: paws.usask.ca/go/awards. Students can apply online through their PAWS account as follows:
Please note the following:
The Tuition Reimbursement Fund is available for members’ immediate family (spouses, partner, and children).
ASPA continues to have several open grievances, eighteen (18) to be exact. To date, of those eighteen (18); ten (10) were filed in 2020. This compares to the eight (8) and nineteen (19) filed in 2019 and 2018, respectively. We have however over the recent months been able to resolve a few the grievances related to the Employer’s failure to deduct Association dues. Many of these grievances have been resolved by having positions moved within the scope of ASPA that were not previously in any bargaining unit. The theme of the other bulk of our grievances relate to the assertion that the employer has wrongfully laid off a member.
Continue reading “Grievance Update”Alex MacPherson • Saskatoon StarPhoenix
The union representing University of Saskatchewan administrative workers was ”blindsided” by the institution’s attempt to force a vote on its final contract offer, says the union’s president.
Continue reading “U of S Union Surprised by Attempt to Force Contract Vote”Parking Fees during COVID-19 Pandemic Campus Shutdown
Good Afternoon ASPA Members,
Continue reading “Parking Fee Update”Written by Darcy Hryn-Bird, ASPA Member Services Officer
As you are probably aware the University of Saskatchewan (the employer) announced on April 28th how they will manage their workforce moving forward. You should have received an email from People and Resources outlining their plans.
The people leaders in your area will be reviewing the work that is being done in your area over the upcoming days. The employer identified in this communication that “Staff working in essential campus operations will continue, some work in isolated areas of campus or sites outside the main campus may partially re-start, and work that can be done remotely will continue to be done off-campus.”
Continue reading “Temporary Layoffs”MOSIER, Karen
Karen E. Mosier is a Research Coordinator for the Department of Surgery in the College of Medicine. Karen has her BA in Psychology and MSc in Pharmacy. Karen has over fourteen years’ experience in research administration at the University of Saskatchewan.
Karen was the ASPA representative on the Non-Academic Pension and Benefits Committee for 3 years until it was disbanded in June 2019. Karen has been on the ASPA communications committee since April 2018. In August 2019, she stepped up to chair two combined committees to form the Communications & Public Relations Committee. Karen has written 21 ASPA member highlights and 13-member interest articles for the ASPA Advocate website. Karen is also a member of the Canadian Association of Research Administrators. She is the co-leader of the CARA Member Engagement Committee and has written 30 articles for the CARA Connection newsletter. Karen recently published her first book entitled “Soft Skills and Professional Tips for the Office”.
Continue reading “2020 List of Executive Nominations with Biographies”NOTICE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY
PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION (ASPA)
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 28 2020 VIA ZOOM VIDEO MEETING
2:00 pm (Call to order)
