FrançaisAs you are aware, the Union has been working on maintaining pedagogically sound class caps and for McGill to respect those caps in place when Members agreed to their summer teaching contracts. We had requested a meeting to find a reasonable formula that would both respect Members’ work conditions and meet student demand for more summer courses. Our position that class caps should not be increased by 100%-300% was fully supported by the Students’ Society of McGill University including other sister Unions and associations at McGill. The University, as usual though, decided to the contrary when the Principal issued a letter that ignored our concerns and those of the students.
Therefore, the Union asks Members to continue their commitment to the students in this time of uncertainty. But, if you are teaching this summer, please send us your course number, name, department, cap size when you signed your contract and cap size at the start of the summer term to the following email: mail@mcliu.ca.
The Union, in its own name will demand that each Member should be assigned a TA where the number merits and will also file a general grievance for the extra students. Any monetary gain made by the Union through the grievance will be divided amongst all Course Lecturers who had increased caps for the summer.
Our future and that of our students depends on collaboration and respect. McGill needs to see and learn how other Quebec universities are respecting their Course Lecturers and supporting students in their academic quest in these difficult times. McGill pretends to support students’ needs by increasing class cap sizes, but there is no financial compensation to Course Lecturers for the tremendous extra work needed to deliver these courses while maintaining the quality, nor Teaching Assistant, nor other resources and no psychological wellness support. Where is the extra money from the increased class caps going?
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