MSVU Faculty Association

DEFINITIONS

Agreement:	this Collective Agreement.

Alternate Dean:	for Arts and Science members, the Dean of Education. For Professional Studies members, the Dean of Arts and Science. For Education members and Librarians, the Dean of Professional Studies.

Association:	the Mount Saint Vincent University Faculty Association.

Board:	the Mount Saint Vincent University Board of Governors.

Chair/Director:	a faculty member elected to undertake administrative responsibilities in an academic Department; for the purposes of this Agreement, Directors in the Faculty of Education shall be considered the equivalent of Chairs, unless otherwise stated.

Dean:	the Dean of Arts and Science, Professional Studies, or Education.

Department:	an academic unit of the University; for the purposes of Articles 18 and 20 of this Agreement (and where otherwise stated), the Faculty of Education shall be considered the equivalent of a Department.

Distance Education:	Courses developed and delivered according to the terms and conditions of a DLCE contract authorized by the Dean and issued by the Office of the Vice-President (Academic).

Employee:	a member of the bargaining unit.

Employer:	the Mount Saint Vincent University Board of Governors.

Faculty:	when used with a capital letter, an academic division of the University (Arts and Science, Professional Studies, or Education).

Full-time Appointment:	a type of appointment whose workload is as specified in Articles 23.1 and 23.2 or 45 for faculty, or Articles 24.1 and 24.2 for librarians.

Member:	a member of the bargaining unit.

Partial-time Appointment:	a type of appointment whose workload is either one -half or three-quarters of the load specified for full-time appointments.

President:	the President of the University.

Unit of Teaching:	two half-units consisting of 36-39 contact hours each, pursuant to Article 23.2.

University Librarian:	Chief Librarian under the terms of Appendix A. When this position is vacant, the Dean of Arts and Science will act as University Librarian for the purposes of this Agreement.