TENURE FOR FACULTY MEMBERS. 18.01 GENERAL TENURE CONSIDERATIONS
a) Tenure as an academic status means continuing appointment in a full-time faculty position as Professor or Associate Professor until resignation, retirement, or termination under the provisions of this Collective Agreement.
b) Tenure is granted as a means to ensure academic freedom, a principle to which the university community is dedicated.
c) The granting of tenure is a confirmation of a person's competence and commitment to the creative task of higher education.
d) The Board of Governors confers tenure only on the basis of a judgment made by the members' peers in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article.
e) Tenure shall be granted only to Canadian citizens or permanent residents. A member whose tenure is approved by the Board of Governors prior to obtaining Canadian citizenship or permanent resident status shall be granted nominal tenure status until citizenship or permanent residency is obtained.
f) Tenure shall not apply to administrative offices or to any other position outside the bargaining unit. However, a faculty member with tenure shall not relinquish tenure upon receiving such an appointment. When the administrative term of office of a faculty member with tenure is completed, or should that person resign prior to the end of the term of office, she or he shall revert to faculty status with uninterrupted tenure.
g) A tenured faculty member who transfers from one (1) academic unit to another within the University shall retain her or his tenured status.
h) A tenured faculty member on reduced-time appointment as per Article 25 shall retain status as a faculty member with uninterrupted tenure.
i) Only members who hold a probationary appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor and above shall be eligible for tenure consideration.
j) A faculty member holding a joint appointment shall be considered separately by the DTC for each of the academic units. The DTC of each secondary unit shall submit its reasoned report to the DTC of the primary unit which shall take it into consideration in preparing its own reasoned report for submission to the FPTC of the Faculty in which the primary unit is located.
k) A faculty member holding a cross appointment shall be considered by the DTC of the primary unit which shall solicit a written submission from the secondary unit.
l) To be eligible for mandatory or early consideration for tenure a candidate may not have been on leave for any extended period during the ...
TENURE FOR FACULTY MEMBERS. General Tenure Considerations
