Academic Unit Scholarly Activities Fund

The Employer recognizes the necessity of supporting Academic Unit scholarly activities that promote Acadia’s role in the academic community and shall allocate Academic Unit Scholarly Activities Funds within the University budget. A sum of $2,250 shall be provided to each Academic Unit and the Research Services Sector each fiscal year (1 April to 31 March next) to support Academic Unit scholarly activities such as the hosting of academic conferences, hosting of visiting speakers, hosting of workshops, or execution of ongoing Academic Unit seminar series. Unspent funds remain in Academic Unit budgets and may be carried forward for up to one fiscal year. (Art. 25.56)