Advocacy Campaigns

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2023 – 2024

• Fair Employment Week 2023
• Advocacy Week 2024

2022 – 2023 

• Fair Employment Week 2022 
• Academic Unit Practices Survey 
• Winter 2023 Lobbying 
• 2023 AB Election Primer
• Teach in on AB PSE

2021-2022

• Advocacy Matters 
  • Unpacking Alberta 2030 (2021-09-27) 
  • Governance Under Assault (2021-10-25)
  • Faculty Salaries in Alberta (2022-02-06)
  • 2022 Provincial Budget (2022-03-04)
• Fair Employment Week – October 18 – 22, 2021 

2020-2021

• AB PSE 2030 Sector Review 
• Fair Employment Week (October 19 – 23, 2020)  – 2020 FEW Wrap Up Panel Notes
• Advocacy Week 2021 (Jan 25 – Jan 29) – AB PSE Sector Review 

2019-2020 Events

• Advocacy Week 2020 Page
• Faculty and Student Profiles highlighting the value of PSE (see twitter @MRUfaculty and Facebook)
• MRU Coalition Petition to Alberta Politicians
• CAUT Petition to the federal government on PSE
• CUPE Petition to the Federal Government to Support PSE
• AUPE Rally – Fight the Cuts
• Alberta Government Budget Consultations

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2018-2019 Events

Fifth Annual Advocacy Week January 28 – February 1, 2019

• Ask The Faculty Handout
• PSE Data Sheet – January 2019
• MRFA Regular Meeting 
• Get Cracking on How to #BeAnAdvocate

Fair Employment Week – October 22 – 26, 2018

• 10th Annual Canadian Labour International Film Festival 
• Main Street Information Table 
• Contract Appointment Information Sessions 
• Comparative Analysis of CAUT Report on Contract Faculty and MRU Data
• Out of the Shadows- Experiences of Contract Academic Staff – CAUT CAS Survey Report 2018

2017-2018 Events

Fair Employment Week October 23 – 27, 2017

• Information booth and Test Your Awareness game
• Postcard campaign
• Open Discussion in the RLLC
• Streaming tweets #MakeItFair on the RLLC Ideas Visualization Wall
• WAC²S – Wine and Cheese Contract Socials: October 25 and 26

Fourth Annual Advocacy Week, February 26 – March 2, 2018

• MRFA Advocacy Week 2018 Press Release
• Advocacy Week Events List
• Film Screenings 
• Art Exhibit – REMEMBER | RESIST | REDRAW – A RADICAL HISTORY POSTER PROJECT
• Breakfast Discussion on Provincial Taxes and Advocacy (Registration Page)
• MRFA Regular Meeting (Faculty Only)
• MRFA Social Event: Be an Advocate and Bring an Advocate (Faculty Only)