FAQ: Copyright on Campus

***this information is being provided to WUFA members based on a presentation given to Faculty Council in April 29, 2011. WUFA is not responsible for this copyright on campus program, and invites its members to send any questions or enquiries directly to copyright@uwindsor.ca

Copyright on Campus

The license agreement with Access Copyright to manage copyright for the photocopying of protected materials at the University of Windsor, and all other Canadian universities, expired on Dec. 31, 2010. In lieu of renegotiating a new license, Access Copyright has proposed a tariff that includes financial and other terms that are unfavourable to Canadian universities and colleges as users of copyrighted material. Consequently, the University of Windsor campus is no longer operating under a license with Access Copyright.

Campus Obligations:

Any photocopying and scanning from copyrighted works by students, faculty,
staff and administrators must be limited to what is allowed under the Copyright Act of Canadawith guidance from the Fair Dealing Policy currently in force.

In order to engage in the following activities with copyrighted works permission must be obtained from the person or publisher who holds the copyright to the work:

Making photocopies to distribute to students;
Posting scanned copies in CLEW for students;
Making copies for inclusion in Coursepacks.

Each individual faculty member, staff and student is expected to make every
effort to respect the law and existing license agreements in their use of copyrighted materials for both personal and professional activities.

In order to assist instructors in their efforts to operate responsibly under theCopyright Act of Canada, Leddy Library is piloting a centralized service to clear copyright on protected materials to be used for classroom instruction. If instructors chose to copy from protected materials for coursepacks, CLEW sites, Library Course Reserves or classroom handouts - they can use this service to make sure copyright is cleared. At this time, the pilot is only able to process requests to clear copyright for textual materials.

**For more information and instruction on Copyright on Campus please read the Campus Copyright Information

**For the Copyright Clearance Form click here

**For further information, please contact copyright@uwindsor.ca

What Are Policy Grievances?

A Policy Grievance is a grievance arising directly between the Association and the University concerning the interpretation, application, administration or violation of the provisions of the Collective Agreement. In most cases there are implications for Association members.

(1A) Policy Grievance GR# 0862, Changes in Management of Windsor Faculty Pension Plan.

Status: Tentative arbitration date of October 1, 2013, under arbitrator Pamela Picher

The Badger in Newsletter 3.19 in June 2011 explained in more detail why WUFA has filed this policy grievance. Basically, WUFA has not been notified about altered practices of Board of Governors’ committees that could result in no WUFA bargaining unit representation in the management of pension monies contributed by its members into the Windsor Faculty Pension Plan (WFPP).

WUFA is guaranteed the right to have voice and vote about its pension plan under Article D.2 of our 2008-2011 and 2011-14 Collective Agreements. WUFA is especially concerned about somebody else than the agreed-upon members of this Article’s Retirement Committee administering the WFPP on behalf of WUFA members.

(1B) Policy Grievance GR# 0866, Confidentiality Requirement for WUFA Representatives on Board of Governors Committees.

Status: Tentative arbitration date of October 1, 2013, under arbitrator Pamela Picher

This policy grievance is formally coupled with another policy grievance (#GR0862 above) about the unilateral decision of the Board of Governors to make alterations to its committees for managing the Windsor Faculty Pension Plan (WFPP). This second policy grievance stipulates that when WUFA representatives are restored to those BoG committees, they must be able to report to WUFA about their and the committees’ activities. Signing a confidentiality agreement will obviously muzzle our representatives from reporting back to members of WUFA who are contributing to the WFPP.

(2) Policy Grievance GR# 0870, Failure to Follow Through on Equity Obligations under Article 30

Status: Confirmed arbitration date of August 7, 2013, under arbitrator Brian Langille.

In 2005, then-President Ross Paul commissioned a report from Dr. Rebecca Priegert Coutler about the University’s progress towards implementing employment equity policies and practice for WUFA members.

None of the so-called Coulter Report recommendations have been implemented, despite much subsequent communication between Dr. Paul and WUFA, especially President Brian E. Brown; and more recent communication between President Alan Wildeman and WUFA, especially by our Status of Women, Diversity and Equity Action Committee.

In fact, the University has failed to meet any of the agreed-upon deadlines for its actions in support of employment equity principles and procedures that are in Article 30 of the previous 2008-11 Collective Agreement.

(3) Policy Grievance GR# 0876, Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) / Voluntary Contract Termination.

Status:Confirmed arbitration date of May 24, 2013

In April 2011 it came to WUFA's attention that certain retirees aged 65 years or older were being provided with individually-negotiated retirement packages in violation of the Collective Agreement. The Association launched an OLRB complaint, as WUFA is the sole bargaining agent for its members. The OLRB did not hear this complaint and instead returned it to be adjudicated through arbitration processes in the Collective Agreement.

(4) Policy Grievance GR# 0890 – Email Privacy Issue

Status: Awaiting Administration decision at Step 3.

WUFA is concerned about Administration’s accessing the contents of Members’ personal email accounts stored on the University server without prior authorization or permission.

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