Common use of Appointment Procedure Selection Clause in Contracts

Appointment Procedure Selection. 1. Contract Lecturer Appointments Committee (CLAC) (a) Consideration of all applications for teaching functions shall be undertaken by a Contract Lecturer Appointments Committee. The Committee shall consist of the Chair or the Chair's nominee as Chair of the Committee and of two regular/tenured faculty members of the Department chosen by the Chair. If the Chair considers that, on the basis of the above formula, a regular/tenured faculty member with an adequate background in the academic specialty concerned cannot be obtained, a suitable substitution or addition from amongst the regular/tenured faculty in another department within the Faculty may be made. In choosing such persons the Chair or Chair’s nominee shall take into account University equity policies concerning designated groups. (b) In Departments where the composition of the CLAC is problematic (i.e. there are insufficient numbers of regular/tenured faculty members, the Union agrees that the Chair of the Department may appoint a probationary faculty member in the Department or a regular/tenured or probationary faculty member in another Department within the Faculty to the CLAC. Limited Term Faculty members are not eligible for appointment to the CLAC. (c) It shall be the duty of the Chair of the CLAC to arrange a workshop(s) to be held each year in September or October. If they so wish CLACs may hold joint workshops with other CLACs in the same Faculty. The workshop(s) shall include instruction by the University with regard to the CLAC’s applicable legal obligations and applicable duties under the Agreement, and University policies, including equity. Any CLAC member who does not attend the workshop(s) shall not be eligible, for the period until the next annual workshop(s), to be a member of a CLAC, except that where a member who missed his/her workshop(s) provides a reasonable explanation for his/her absence to his/her Chair/Director (or where it is the Chair/Director of the Department who is concerned, to the ▇▇▇▇), or should any member need to be replaced for any reason, this member and/or any replacement person shall attend a special workshop(s), under the conditions outlined in this paragraph. Such persons as referred to in the previous sentence may attend an CLAC workshop(s) of another department in the same Faculty, where such is available and where the chair of the proposed host CLAC has no objection. (d) The Human Resources Department shall provide the local Union with a list of the composition of each CLAC and shall verify that each member has completed the workshops reference in 14. 1 (c) above. (e) The Union may, if it so wishes, appoint one of the members of the Bargaining Unit to be present at the meetings of the Committee, the date, the time and place of which shall be communicated to the Union no later than five (5) working days prior to the expiry date of the posting. (f) Members of the bargaining unit who are appointed to attend meetings of the CLAC shall be governed by the same guidelines and principles as Committee Members as outlined in the “Rights and Obligations of Ryerson University Committee Members.” (Appendix VII) (g) Decisions of the Committee shall be made by a majority vote but if there is no majority the vote of the Chair of the Committee shall prevail. (h) In determining eligibility for new appointments, the Contract Lecturer Appointment Committee shall consider current qualifications in relation to the work available for discharge, and the quality of the applicants work in previous appointments, if applicable, as per Article 17, 18 and 27. Applicants who held a previous appointment with the University and who are judged to be unsatisfactory performers by a process which includes student evaluation, among other criteria, shall not be offered new appointments.

Appointment Procedure Selection. ‌ 1. Contract Lecturer Appointments Committee (CLAC) (a) Consideration of all applications for teaching functions shall be undertaken by a Contract Lecturer Appointments Committee. The Committee shall consist of the Chair or the Chair's nominee as Chair of the Committee and of two regular/tenured faculty members of the Department chosen by the Chair. If the Chair considers that, on the basis of the above formula, a regular/tenured faculty member with an adequate background in the academic specialty concerned cannot be obtained, a suitable substitution or addition from amongst the regular/tenured faculty in another department within the Faculty may be made. In choosing such persons the Chair or Chair’s nominee shall take into account University the University’s equity, diversity and inclusion obligations including those concerning, equity policies concerning designated groups. In a brief written report to the ▇▇▇▇, the VP Equity and Community Inclusion, the Union and the VPFA, the Chair of the committee shall explain how the appointments to the committee will serve these goals.‌ Where appropriate, in large Schools/Departments with ten (10) or more tenure stream faculty members, the Chair can increase the size of the CLAC by one additional appointed member. The term of office for CLAC members shall be September 1st to August 31st. The Chair of the CLAC shall report the names of the members to the CLAC to the Office of the Vice-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Faculty Affairs by June 15th for the upcoming term of office. (b) In Departments where the composition of the CLAC is problematic (i.e. there are insufficient numbers of regular/tenured faculty members, the Union agrees that the Chair of the Department may appoint a probationary faculty member in the Department or a regular/tenured or probationary faculty member in another Department within the Faculty to the CLAC. Limited Term Faculty members are not eligible for appointment to the CLAC. (c) It The University shall be the duty of the Chair of the CLAC to arrange a workshop(s) to be held each year in September or Octoberyear. If they so wish CLACs may hold joint workshops with other CLACs in the same Faculty. The workshop(s) shall include instruction by the University with regard to the CLAC’s applicable legal obligations and applicable duties under the Agreement, and University policies, including the values of equity, diversity and inclusion. Any CLAC member (including those who are appointed from another Department/School within the Faculty) who does not attend the workshop(s) shall not be eligible, for the period until the next annual workshop(s), to be a member of a CLAC, except that where a member who missed his/her their workshop(s) provides a reasonable explanation for his/her their absence to his/her their Chair/Director (or where it is the Chair/Director of the Department who is concerned, to the ▇▇▇▇), or should any member need to be replaced for any reason, this member and/or any replacement person shall attend a special workshop(s), under the conditions outlined in this paragraph. Such persons as referred to in the previous sentence may attend an CLAC workshop(s) of another department in the same Faculty, where such is available and where the chair of the proposed host CLAC has no objection.objection.‌ (d) The Human Resources Department Office of the Vice-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Faculty Affairs shall provide the local Union with a list of the composition of each CLAC and shall verify that each member has completed the workshops reference in 14. 1 (c) above. (e) The Union may, if it so wishes, appoint one of the members of the Bargaining Unit to be present present, as a Union representative to observe the process, at the meetings decision meeting(s) of the Committee, the date, the time and place of which shall be communicated to the Union no later than five (5) working days prior to the expiry date of the posting. (f) Members of the bargaining unit who are appointed to attend meetings of the CLAC shall be governed by the same guidelines and principles as Committee Members as outlined in the “Rights and Obligations of Ryerson University Committee Members.” (Appendix VII) (g) Decisions of the Committee shall be made by a majority vote but if there is no majority the vote of the Chair of the Committee shall prevail. (h) In determining eligibility for new appointments, the Contract Lecturer Appointment Committee shall consider current qualifications in relation to the work available for discharge, and the quality of the applicants work in previous appointmentsappointments , if applicable, as per Article 17, 18 18, and 27. Applicants who held a previous appointment with the University and who are judged to be unsatisfactory performers by a process which includes student evaluation, among other criteria, shall not be offered new appointments.

Appointment Procedure Selection. 1. Contract Lecturer Appointments Committee (CLAC) (a) Consideration of all applications for teaching functions shall be undertaken by a Contract Lecturer Appointments Committee. The Committee shall consist of the Chair or the Chair's nominee as Chair of the Committee and of two regular/tenured faculty members of the Department chosen by the Chair. If the Chair considers that, on the basis of the above formula, a regular/tenured faculty member with an adequate background in the academic specialty concerned cannot be obtained, a suitable substitution or addition from amongst the regular/tenured faculty in another department within the Faculty may be made. In choosing such persons the Chair or Chair’s nominee shall take into account University the University’s equity, diversity and inclusion obligations including those concerning, equity policies concerning designated groups. In a brief written report to the ▇▇▇▇, the VP Equity and Community Inclusion, the Union and the VPFA, the Chair of the committee shall explain how the appointments to the committee will serve these goals. (b) In Departments where the composition of the CLAC is problematic (i.e. there are insufficient numbers of regular/tenured faculty members, the Union agrees that the Chair of the Department may appoint a probationary faculty member in the Department or a regular/tenured or probationary faculty member in another Department within the Faculty to the CLAC. Limited Term Faculty members are not eligible for appointment to the CLAC. (c) It The University shall be the duty of the Chair of the CLAC to arrange a workshop(s) to be held each year in September or Octoberyear. If they so wish CLACs may hold joint workshops with other CLACs in the same Faculty. The workshop(s) shall include instruction by the University with regard to the CLAC’s applicable legal obligations and applicable duties under the Agreement, and University policies, including the values of equity, diversity and inclusion. Any CLAC member (including those who are appointed from another Department/School within the Faculty) who does not attend the workshop(s) shall not be eligible, for the period until the next annual workshop(s), to be a member of a CLAC, except that where a member who missed his/her their workshop(s) provides a reasonable explanation for his/her their absence to his/her their Chair/Director (or where it is the Chair/Director of the Department who is concerned, to the ▇▇▇▇), or should any member need to be replaced for any reason, this member and/or any replacement person shall attend a special workshop(s), under the conditions outlined in this paragraph. Such persons as referred to in the previous sentence may attend an CLAC workshop(s) of another department in the same Faculty, where such is available and where the chair of the proposed host CLAC has no objection. (d) The Human Resources Department Office of the Vice-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Faculty Affairs shall provide the local Union with a list of the composition of each CLAC and shall verify that each member has completed the workshops reference in 14. 1 (c) above. (e) The Union may, if it so wishes, appoint one of the members of the Bargaining Unit to be present present, as a Union representative to observe the process, at the meetings decision meeting(s) of the Committee, the date, the time and place of which shall be communicated to the Union no later than five (5) working days prior to the expiry date of the posting. (f) Members of the bargaining unit who are appointed to attend meetings of the CLAC shall be governed by the same guidelines and principles as Committee Members as outlined in the “Rights and Obligations of Ryerson University Committee Members.” (Appendix VII) (g) Decisions of the Committee shall be made by a majority vote but if there is no majority the vote of the Chair of the Committee shall prevail. (h) In determining eligibility for new appointments, the Contract Lecturer Appointment Committee shall consider current qualifications in relation to the work available for discharge, and the quality of the applicants work in previous appointmentsappointments , if applicable, as per Article 17, 18 18, and 27. Applicants who held a previous appointment with the University and who are judged to be unsatisfactory performers by a process which includes student evaluation, among other criteria, shall not be offered new appointments.