Budget Cuts and Your Stories
February 7, 2024
Please warmly welcome these new APSA members who have joined us in the past month.
Hines, Sommer
Program Manager, Graduate Programs
New to SFU
Beedie Graduate Programs
Beedie School of Business
Jin, Lina
Undergraduate Advisor
Additional Job
Negotiations
Compensation Negotiations Payouts: Your retro GWI pay have been paid out on December 29. Please contact your department's HR Business Partner if you have any questions.
Basic Agreement Bargaining: APSA and SFU will begin renegotiating the Basic Agreement on January 15-19.
"Your energy is currency. Spend it well." — Adrienne Bosh
Often, APSA members — dedicated to their work with faculty and students — try to continue providing the same level of service with less staff to do the job. Great supervisors will work with their reports to devise creative solutions during these difficult times, but APSA members have felt ground down and burnt out since the pandemic, and this has only continued with the announcement of a hiring freeze.
Welcoming in 2024
Happy New Year
It's January and the start of a new year! Here's a quick list of benefits that reset each calendar year.
1. Vacation time AD 10.8
You now have access to your yearly vacation allotment. Here's a table below for reference.
Number of Calendar Years of Employment
Length of Vacation Entitlement
Hello APSA Members,
I want to thank you all for attending the AGM on November 28th. As I said then, it has been a difficult year on campus, and unfortunately, with the Budget announcements, it looks to be another challenging year ahead. Please remember that APSA members are extremely important. Your work supports our students, the faculty, and each other, and I appreciate the integrity and commitment evident in APSA members' work!
Please warmly welcome these new APSA members who have joined us in the past month.
Adetiba, Olubanjo
Lead Systems Administrator
New to SFU
Servers and Storage
IT Services
Boe, Amanda Michelle
Coordinator, Executive Education
Temporary Promotion
Beedie Executive Education Programs
Beedie School of Business
Bridgman, Alyssa Katherine
Executive Assistant
Promotion
VP Academic Office