Hello APSA Members,
You're invited to attend Conversations with the Board — Spring edition. Come by for a coffee and chat with an APSA board member at your campus. We'd love to discuss your work life and how APSA can help you.
Tuesday, April 15, from 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. at Burnaby Campus, Room HAL 114
Recently past Conversations:
Tuesday, February 25, from 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. at Harbour Centre at Vancouver Campus, Room 2250
Tuesday, March 4, from 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. at Surrey Campus, Room SRYC 2746
As SFU's staff and faculty hiring freeze persists and APSA positions continue to be eliminated, some troubling issues surround SFU's people-centred approach in which these position eliminations are conducted.
While there are HR Strategic Business Partners who conduct these meetings with the care and compassion necessary for the circumstances, there are far too many instances where our members feel like SFU’s treatment of them is more punitive and less like they were valuable employees whose positions had to be eliminated due to a budget crisis.
February Update
Transparency and SFU’s Budget
On January 23, 2025, the SFU Provost office announced the closure of the Vancity Office of Community Engagement and SFU’s Office of Community Engagement, eliminating several key positions in those programs.
SFU has apparently made this decision without a well-communicated plan or approval by the Board of Governors. It was deeply disappointing to many of SFU’s staff and students that SFU did not present solutions on how the work of these vital offices, which evidently continues, will be supported.
We love our volunteers.
Why volunteer for APSA?
Volunteers are an essential part of the operation and culture of APSA. Every volunteer makes a difference to APSA members from all of SFU’s campuses. We would love for you to be one of them. Please have a look below for the volunteer opportunities, time commitment for each chance and details below. You could improve the workplace and work lives of over 1700 people.
What’s in it for me?
APSA has been hearing more and more about issues with SFU's current Hybrid Work Arrangements.
We wanted to learn about your concerns about returning physically to work at SFU and what you’re looking for in hybrid work arrangements. Below are the results from our recent survey on hybrid work arrangements at the University.
*Please note that some questions remained the same as those in the 2021 survey for benchmarking purposes.
Please warmly welcome these new APSA members who have joined us in the past month.
Chen, Winston C.Y.
Senior Financial Analyst
New to SFU
Research Accounting