Faculty Relations
Faculty Relations provides advice and assistance to senior leadership, administrators,
supervisors, and HR Partners on a range of academic human resource and labour relations
issues, including:
● academic appointments, secondments, leaves, compensation, and medical
accommodations;
● faculty and academic teaching staff evaluation committees (FEC and ATSEC), including
training, coordination, and appointment of President Review Committee (PRC)
representatives;
● interpretation and application of the Academic Faculty, Faculty Services Officer (FSO),
Librarians, and Academic Teaching Staff (ATS) schedules of the collective agreement
between the University and AASUA;
● collective bargaining with the Association of Academic Staff University of Alberta
(AASUA) on the collective agreement between the University and the AASUA;
● collective bargaining with the Graduate Students' Association (GSA) on the Graduate
Student Assistantship Collective Agreement;
● collective bargaining with the Postdoctoral Fellows Association (PDFA) on the
Postdoctoral Fellows Collective Agreement;
● application of various policies relating to the conduct of academic staff, including the
Conflict of Interest and Commitment and Institutional Conflict Policy, the Research and
Scholarship Integrity Policy, Ethical Conduct, and the Discrimination and Harassment
Policy;
● informal and formal resolution of conflicts, grievances, appeals (including GAC), and
complaints that involve academic staff;
● administration and coordination of dean selection and review processes.
Faculty Relations works collaboratively with Human Resources Health, Safety and
Environment (HRHSE) in interpreting academic agreements and administering terms and conditions for allacademic staff.
First Point of Contact: facultyrelations@ualberta.ca
Directory (In alphabetical order
Maryam Bagheritari, Faculty Relations Officer
Wendy Dechant, Faculty Relations Officer
Scott Jeffrey, Special Advisor
Tyler Kuhnert, Faculty Relations Officer
Brian Pearson, Senior Faculty Relations Officer
Sheila Stosky, Selection and Review Initiatives Manager
Michelle Strong, Director, Faculty Relations
Lise Warick, Faculty Relations Officer
Jaime-Lyn Ziegler, Faculty Relations Assistant