At its regular Thursday meeting, Western’s Board of Governors approved a new four-year contract (July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2019) with the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association-Librarians and Archivists (UWOFA-LA), a union representing 49 librarians and archivists at the university. UWOFA-LA members voted 86 per cent in favour of the agreement in balloting that closed Nov. 13.
Pulling up roots after 46 years
If you glance out Janet Williams’ office window in Middlesex College, you’ll see a lovely, mature 35-year-old beech tree. She remembers the day it was planted. “There used to be two, but about three years ago one suddenly died,” said Williams, an academic counsellor...