Contract Faculty

Contract faculty currently comprise over 50% of the membership of the MRFA, and contract faculty are Members of the Association.  As such, contract faculty enjoy the same benefits of membership as their full-time counterparts, and they are entitled to the same representation by the Association and its Executive Board.

Contract faculty are eligible for election to the MRFA’s Executive Board for all positions .  Contract faculty are also eligible for election to the various MRFA committees, as well as many MRFA-MRU joint committees.

Contract faculty are encouraged to review the Contract Faculty Orientation Slide Deck and the Contract Faculty Hiring Information Session (Winter 2026 Recorded Session) presentation for Contract Faculty for more details on sessional workload allocation. Also, Contract Members are encouraged to sign up for mentorship and/or to join the MRFA’s Contract Faculty Professional Learning Community. Learn more here. 

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Publications on Precarious Employment and Related Initiatives

• Out of the Shadows – Experiences of Contract Academic Staff – CAUT Contract Academic Staff Survey Report Sept 2018
• Out of the Shadows”, Cross Referencing MRFA’s Census with CAUT’s National Survey of Contract Academic Staff
• CAUT Fair Employment Campaign
• MRFA 2018 FEW Week Events