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