This Collective Agreement
between
CARLETON UNIVERSITY
(hereinafter called the employer)
and
CARLETON UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC STAFF ASSOCIATION
(hereinafter called the Association or CUASA)
May 1, 2009 to April 30, 2010

• Definitions
• Article 1: Preamble
• Article 2: Definition of the Unit
• Article 3: Recognition
• Article 4: Academic Freedom
• Article 5: No Discrimination
• Article 6: Past Practices and Policies of the University
  • 6.1 University Governance
  • 6.2 Tenure and Dismissal Document
  • 6.3 Continuation of Past Practices
• Article 7: Management Rights
• Article 8: Amendments to the Carleton University Act
• Article 9: Appointments
  • 9.1 Appointments
  • 9.2 Canadian Candidates
  • 9.3 Employment Equity
  • 9.6 Ranks for Professional Librarian
  • 9.7 Librarian Appointments
  • 9.8 Instructor Employees
  • 9.10 Reduced-Time Appointments
• Article 10: Promotions
  • 10.1 Faculty Rank Promotions - Procedures
  • 10.2 Departmental Procedures
  • 10.3 Faculty Procedures
  • 10.4 University Level Procedure
  • 10.5 Appeal Procedure
  • 10.6 Criteria for Promotion of Faculty Employees
  • 10.7 Professional Librarian Promotions
  • 10.8 Instructor Rank Promotion Procedures
  • 10.9 Criteria for Promotion of Lecturer (Instructor) Employees
• Article 11: Professional Librarian Employees
  • 11.1 (a) University Library Committee
  • 11.2 Job Descriptions
  • 11.3 Confirmation
  • 11.4 Suspension or Dismissal for Cause
• Article 12: Instructor Employees
  • 12.1 Types of Instructor Positions
  • 12.2 Criteria for Evaluation of Instructor Employees: Principles
  • 12.3 (a) Renewal of Appointment
  • 12.4 Appointment to Faculty Ranks
  • 12.5 Criteria and Procedures for Dismissal or Suspension
• Article 13: Academic Workload
  • 13.1 Workload of Faculty Employees
  • 13.2 Teaching Workload of Faculty Employees
  • 13.3 Librarian Workload
  • 13.4 Instructor Employees
  • 13.5 Reduced Workload with Pro-Rated Pay
  • 13.6 Reduced-Time Provisions for Long-Service Employees
  • 13.7 Temporary Assignment of Professional Librarian Employees
  • 13.8 Committee on Workload
• Article 14: Innovation Transfer, Patents and Copyright
  • 14.1 General
  • 14.2 Innovation Transfer
  • 14.3 Patents
  • 14.4 Copyright
  • 14.5 Trade-marks
  • 14.6 Dispute Resolution Mechanism
  • 14.7 Intellectual Property General Provisions
  • 14.8 Interpretation
• Article 15: Rights and Responsiblities
  • 15.1 General
  • 15.2 Rights and Responsibilities of Faculty Employees as Teachers
  • 15.3 Rights and Responsibilities of Instructor Employees
  • 15.4 Rights and Responsibilities of Professional Librarian Employees
  • 15.5 Rights and Responsibilities as a Scholar/Researcher
  • 15.6 Rights and Responsibilities of Self-Governance
  • 15.7 Rights and Responsibilities as Members of the Learned Professions and of the Community at Large
• Article 16: Confidentiality and Access to Personnel Files
• Article 17: Financial Stringency and Program Redundancy
  • 17.3 Procedures Relating to Identification of Faculties, Departments, Programmes, Schools, Institutes, Colleges, the Library, and Fields within Departments which May be Affected
  • 17.4 Procedures Related to Identification of Individual Faculty Employees
  • 17.5 Procedures Related to Identification of Individual Professional Librarian Employees
  • 17.6 Procedures Related to Identification of Individual Instructor Employees
  • 17.7 Implementation and Grievance
  • 17.8 Compensation and Protection of Benefits of Laid-off Employees
  • 17.9 Hiring Freeze
  • 17.10 Alternate Procedures in Connection with Financial Stringency
• Article 18: Rights and Privileges of the Association and Its Members
• Article 19: Committee on Non-Traditional Course Delivery
• Article 20: Leaves
  • 20.1 Leave of Absence Without Pay
  • 20.2 Leave for Academic and Professional Development
  • 20.3 Political Leave
  • 20.4 Court Leave
  • 20.5 Sick Leave
  • 20.6 Compassionate Leave
  • 20.7 Parental Leave
  • 20.8 Annual Leave
  • 20.9 Statutory Holidays
• Article 21: Sabbaticals
  • 21.1 Faculty Employees
  • 21.2 Instructor and Professional Librarian Employees
  • 21.3 Sabbatical Allowance
  • 21.4 General Provisions
  • 21.5 Extended Sabbatical and/or Study Leave
• Article 22: Other Terms and Conditions of Employment
  • 22.4 Off-Campus Teaching
  • 22.5 Resignations
  • 22.6 Voluntary Separation
  • 22.7 Ergonomic Workstations
• Article 23: Information
  • 23.1 Information Concerning Employees
  • 23.2 Information for Contract Administration and Collective Bargaining
  • 23.3 Release of Information to Governmental Bodies
  • 23.4 Information from the Association
• Article 24: Amalgamation, Consolidation, Merger or Expansion of the University
• Article 25: Duties and Remuneration of Chairperson
  • 25.1 Remuneration
  • 25.2 The Duties of a Chairperson of a Department
• Article 26: Teaching Evaluation
  • 26.3 Student Evaluations
  • 26.4 Peer-Evaluation
• Article 27: Employment of Non-Members
• Article 28: Dues Check-Off
  • 28.2 Dues Remittance
• Article 29: Correspondence
• Article 30: Complaints, Grievances and Arbitrations
  • 30.4 Definitions
  • 30.5 Employee Grievances
  • 30.6 Grievance Sub-Committee
  • 30.7 Association Grievance
  • 30.8 Employer Grievance
  • 30.9 Exclusions from the Grievance Procedure
  • 30.10 Failure to Respond
  • 30.11 Arbitration
  • 30.12 Appointment of Arbitrator
  • 30.13 Limits on Arbitration
  • 30.14 Expenses
  • 30.15 Time Limits
• Article 31: Strikes or Lock-Outs
• Article 32: Negotiation Procedure
• Article 33: Duration and Continuance of the Agreement
• Article 34: Binding Arbitration
• Article 35: Joint Committee for the Administration of the Agreement
• Article 36: Health, Safety and Security
• Article 37: Term Appointments 
• Article 38: Transfers
  • 38.1 Faculty and Instructor Transfers
  • 38.2 Librarian Transfers
  • 38.7 Secondment
• Article 39: Copies of the Agreement
• Article 40: Benefit Plans
  • 40.2 Health Benefit Plans - Cost-Sharing Arrangements
  • 40.3 Health Benefit Plans - Premium Increases and Rebates
  • 40.4 Health Benefit Variations
  • 40.5 Information and Reporting
  • 40.6 Bilateral Health Benefits Committee
  • 40.7 Athletic Facilities
  • 40.8 The Carleton University Retirement Plan
  • 40.9 Benefits for Retired Employees
  • 40.10 Guaranteed Housing Loan Plan
  • 40.11 Free Tuition
  • 40.12 Professional Expense Reimbursement
• Article 41: Career Development Increments
  • 41.1 Purpose
  • 41.2 Procedures
  • 41.3 Criteria
  • 41.4 Reporting of Information
  • 41.5 Operation of the Career Development Plan
• Article 42: Achievement Awards
• Article 43: Summer School Stipend
• Article 44: Salary Rationalisation
• Article 45: Financial Compensation
• Article 46: Method of Payment

• Appendix A: Procedures Concerning Tenure, Dismissal and Related Matters As Approved by the Board of Governors of Carleton University on June 27, 1972, and as Amended by the Board of Governors on October 4, 1972.
• Appendix B: Guidelines for Promotion
• Appendix C: A Description of the Carleton University Academic Staff Association Bargaining Unit, from the Ontario Labour Relations Board Decision Dated April 4, 1975.
• Appendix D: Document on the Release of Teaching Staff in times of Financial Stringency
• Appendix E: Salary Rationalisation
  • Faculty Salary Rationalisation Diagram
  • Librarian Salary Rationalisation Diagram
  • Instructor Salary Rationalisation Diagram
• Appendix F: Approved List of Charities
• Appendix G: Research Achievement Award Procedures for Inter-faculty Cross-appointees
• Appendix H: Redeployment Procedures Pursuant to Senate Resolutions Dated December 5, 1997.
• Appendix I: Agreement with respect to In Class ITV Teachingx
• Appendix J: Salary Re-Negotiation upon change from Term to Faculty Status
• Appendix K: Materials and Services Committee
• Appendix L: Tenure Consideration in the Sprott School of Business
• Appendix M: Letter of Intent:  Workload Principles
  
• Letters of Understanding:  Teaching Evaluations; List of Arbitrators (Article 30.12);
  and, Parity Committee on Tenure and Promotion