Fair Employment Week 2025

Fair Employment Week 2025 call to action! Join us to confront precarious employment, strengthen contract faculty rights, and champion fairness, stability, and respect in our workplaces. Every voice counts—come, participate, and make change happen.

Attend Events to Learn More!

• Attend the MRFA Fair Employment Week Panel – spotlighting members’ experience with contract academic work and its implications – September 20, 11:20 – 12:00pm (Second Floor of Wyckham House)
• Attend a national webinar on the impacts of Precarious Employment in Post-Secondary – September 20, 3:30 – 5:00pm (online)
• Keynote address “A Discussion on Academic Freedom and Precarity.” October 22 at 10am. Register here. 

Take Action!

• Educate Students on the Issues and Encourage them to Show Support (share this infographic in class and post it on your D2L Site)
• Share your Support on Social Media on October 22 (download images on the Impacts on Learning Conditions, the Impacts on Academic Freedom and Scholarship, the Impacts on Contract Academic Staff, or customize your own social media post here)
• Share Your Story of Precarious Employment – email facultyrelations@mrfa.net to schedule a short interview
• Sign up here to have a meeting scheduled for you with your MLA to talk about the impacts of Precarious Employment in Post-Secondary Education (see talking points for Fair Employment Week and related talking points for enhanced funding for Post-Secondary Education).