Series documents the collective bargaining and negotiation process between the MRFA and the Board of Governors of Mount Royal University. Series illustrates the work of the MRFA and its committees related to developing negotiation positions, engaging with membership, and representing the Association's interests during negotiations. Series contains one subseries containing draft and finalized collective agreements. Series also contains statements of negotiation interests, draft article amendments, agendas, meeting notes, correspondence, memoranda, tables summarizing faculty workloads, salary statistics and comparisons with other institutions, grid adjustment calculations, surveys and survey result summaries, budget and revenue figures, consumer price index figures, negotiation updates, and draft proposals.

Subseries contains draft and final collective agreements between the MRFA and the Board of Governors of Mount Royal College/Mount Royal University.

File contains draft versions of collective agreements and definitions of terms.

File contains memoranda, a press release, and a two-year collective agreement between Mount Royal College and the MRFA.

File documents collective bargaining negotiations between Mount Royal College and the Mount Royal Faculty Association. File contains draft and final copies of collective agreements and memoranda of understanding.

File contains finalized collective agreements between Mount Royal College and the MRFA. File also contains an agreement for an interpersonal communication workshop between the Alberta Government and the Mount Royal College Professional Management Centre.

Item is a collective agreement between the MRFA and the Mount Royal Board of Governors.

Item is a collective agreement between the MRFA and the Mount Royal College Board of Governors.

File contains two copies of a collective agreement between the MRFA and the Mount Royal College Board of Governors.

File contains drafts and a final signed copy of the 1970 collective agreement between the MRFA and Mount Royal College.

Item is a collective agreement between the MRFA and the Mount Royal College Board of Governors.

Item is a collective agreement between the MRFA and the Mount Royal College Board of Governors.

Item is a collective agreement between the MRFA and the Mount Royal College Board of Governors.

Item is a 'living' collective agreement between the MRFA and the Mount Royal College Board of Governors. This document includes changes that were ratified prior to July 1998 and salary schedules that apply to the period of July 1, 1997 until June 30, 1999.

File contains two copies of a collective agreement between the MRFA and the Mount Royal College Board of Governors.

Item is a collective agreement between the MRFA and the Mount Royal College Board of Governors.

Item is a collective agreement between the MRFA and the Mount Royal College Board of Governors.

Item is a collective agreement between the MRFA and the Mount Royal College Board of Governors.

File documents the incorporation of the MRFA, collective bargaining, and governance. File contains correspondence, draft association bylaws, draft revisions to the Societies' Act, copies of the constitution for the Association of Alberta Junior College Faculties, minutes, an MRFA collective agreement, and a MRFA certificate of incorporation.

Item is a collective agreement made between the MRFA and the Mount Royal Board of Governors.

Item is a collective agreement between the MRFA and the Mount Royal College Board of Governors.

Item is a collective agreement between the MRFA and the Mount Royal College Board of Governors.

Item is a collective agreement between the MRFA and the Mount Royal College Board of Governors.

Item is a collective agreement between the MRFA and the Mount Royal Board of Governors.

File documents negotiations related to faculty salaries. File contains correspondence, memoranda, committee minutes, charts comparing faculty and non-teaching staff salaries and benefits, comparisons of salaries at other colleges, projected costs of increases to faculty salaries, and results of a faculty work load survey.

File documents a conference between the Mount Royal President, Board of Governors President, Board of Governors chairmen, and Personnel Committee chairmen. File contains agendas, faculty salary grids, and a diagram of potential adjustments to faculty merit pay.

File documents contentious contract negotiations between the MRFA and Mount Royal College. File contains correspondence, memoranda, draft contract articles, salary scales, notes, faculty workload calculations, MRFA minutes, a report from the Exploration Committee, the MRFA's constitution, a list of association members, and a conciliation submission from the Board of Governors to the MRFA.

File documents salary negotiations as part of the the collective agreement bargaining between the MRFA and Mount Royal College. File contains correspondence, news articles, lists of faculty salaries, proposed changes to faculty salary grids, recommendations from a Conciliation Commissioner, a tenure proposal, report from the Exploration Committee, and a collective agreement between the Calgary School District no. 9 and the Alberta Teacher's Association.

File documents collective bargaining negotiations between the MRFA and the Mount Royal College Board of Governors. File contains presentation transparencies charting the annual changes in faculty purchasing power, Economic Policy Committee meeting notes, negotiation agendas and minutes, newsletters, a memorandum, statement of principles regarding part-time faculty, work-to-rule action plan update, and a Workload Committee final report.

File contains notes, excerpts from the faculty handbook, roles and responsibilities of the Negotiation Committee, correspondence, an article titled "The Price of Knowledge 2004: Alberta," a memorandum of agreement, and a committee charter.

File contains two copies of a negotiation briefing prepared for MRFA members by the Negotiating Committee. Briefing contains explanations of the articles open for negotiation, memoranda from sub-committees, meeting dates, and mediator candidates.

File documents the negotiation process between the MRFA and the Mount Royal Board of Governors to establish a collective agreement covering 2000-2002. File contains documents prepared by the MRFA to justify their proposed amendments including tables summarizing lab hours, release time, instruction hours, the number of sections taught by full- and part-time faculty, lab sections not paid lab rates, salary comparisons with other institutions, the costs of grid adjustment increases, presentation handouts, faculty time log statistics, faculty workload survey study results, budget and revenue figures for Mount Royal College, consumer price index figures, a workload proposal, and a phased retirement proposal.

File also documents the work of the Association and its Economic Policy Committee in developing the Association's negotiation position and engaging with the membership. File contains statements of negotiation interests, draft article amendments, draft discussion notes, agendas, meeting notes, negotiation tracking tables, correspondence, negotiation priority survey results, negotiation updates, a list of part-time faculty concerns, an institutional response on faculty recruitment and retention, and an amendment to the collective agreement.

File contains, memoranda, meeting notes and minutes, current and proposed faculty salary grids, and a recommendation from the MRFA regarding the proposed college budget.

File contains tables of consumer price index information by city, and a table of MRC nominal and real salaries from 1976 to 1998.

File documents the preparations made by the MRFA for upcoming contact/collective bargaining negotiations with the Mount Royal Board of Governors. File contains consolidated financial statements for Mount Royal College, survey summaries, notes, negotiation survey questions, Bachelor of Arts growth statistics, salary statistics and comparisons with other institutions, notes from the School of Nursing Scholarship Review Committee, a summary of the budget planning process for the Bachelor of Nursing program, summary of reassigned time for the nursing program, negotiations report, recommended budget plan, and an interim report on funding for part-time service opportunities.

File contains draft article amendments, correspondence, cost adjustment calculations, notes, inflation and consumer price index statistics, agenda, minutes, negotiation updates, tables comparing the MRFA and Board of Governors negotiating interests, draft definitions of terms, draft memoranda of understanding, draft letters of understanding, reduced workload worksheets, a draft academic scheduling policy, professional development expense claim policy, table of part-time instructional hours by semester, arbitration report, collective bargaining summary from the Alberta Colleges & Institutes Faculties Association, a model for Academic Council, extraordinary review of performance policy, policy statement on retirement, and a draft committee charter. File also contains collective agreements, partial agreements, negotiation updates, policy manuals, and annual reports from similar post-secondary institutions such as Red Deer College and Grant MacEwan College.

File documents the negotiation process between the MRFA and the Mount Royal Board of Governors to reach a collective agreement covering 2004-2006. File contains draft article amendments, notes, draft memoranda of understanding, projected cost increases, statements of negotiation interests, negotiation schedules, correspondence, draft policy amendments, MRFA bylaws, slides from a presentation on interest-focused bargaining, a communication plan, financial overview of Mount Royal College, profile of instructional faculty, arbitration report, and an academic scheduling policy. File also contains the collective agreement covering July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2006.

File documents preparations for upcoming collective bargaining negotiations with the Board of Governors. File contains notes, memoranda, correspondence, reassessed time reports, survey responses and result summaries, presentation slides, agendas, minutes, negotiation principles and rules, draft statements of MRFA negotiating interests, draft faculty surveys, a table of full and part-time grid distributions, a teaching load summary, and part of the collective agreement for Ryerson University.

File contains draft article amendments, correspondence, minutes, salary schedules, a draft proposal, and a copy of the July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1996 MRFA collective agreement with notes.

File documents the approval of a new faculty pension plan. File contains correspondence and a draft pension plan agreement.

File contains drafts of the MRFA statement of interests and negotiation issues, draft article amendments, salary comparisons, notes, instructional work load models and proposals, negotiation updates, correspondence, consumer price index tables, negotiation status reports prepared by the Board of Governors, tables comparing the MRFA's and the Board of Governor's position on issues, faculty time log results, cost adjustment calculations, agendas, minutes, negotiation schedules, presentation slides, meeting guidelines, an Economic Policy Committee report, report on the justification and means for a reallocation of Mount Royal's budget, report on the budget development process, Mount Royal budget and business plan for 2001-2005, draft copyright contract, portion of the University of Calgary collective agreement on sessional instructors, information package for MRFA Economic Policy Committee members, report on instructional workloads in Alberta's public colleges, a proposal for a continued enrolment partnership, a table classifying instructional types, and a draft list of instructor responsibilities.

Item is a newspaper clipping reporting on pay boost for Mount Royal faculty which narrowly avoided job action.

Series documents records that were produced by Mount Royal College/University and distributed to the MRFA and faculty members for informational or review purposes. Series contains one subseries, Financial statements and budget planning, contains financial records for Mount Royal College/University. Series also contains reports, discussion papers, reference manuals, survey results, policies, campus trends and statistics, legislation, and bylaws.

File contains the 1993-1994 budget plan for Mount Royal College and a memoranda requesting faculty input on the plan.

Item is an information package, produced by the vice-president of Administrative Services, for MRC managers regarding preparing for the 1995-1998 budget process. The package contains budget assumptions, tuition recommendations, draft operating and capital budget plans, and performance indicators.

Item is a report contextualizing the budget for Mount Royal College in light of changes to funding received from the provincial government.

Subseries documents the finances of Mount Royal College and financial planning. Subseries contains financial statements, auditor reports, and budget plans.

Item is a budget plan for Mount Royal College.

File contains tables of actual and projected budget information for Mount Royal College.

File contains auditor's reports and financial statements for Mount Royal College.

Item is a reference manual covering the constitution and bylaws for the Mount Royal College Academic Council.

Item is a budget plan for Mount Royal College.

Item is an auditor's report and financial statements for Mount Royal College ending June, 1996.

Item is a budget plan for Mount Royal College.

File contains policy updates to the constitution, bylaws, and articles of the Mount Royal College Academic Council.

File contains an organizational chart for Mount Royal College's 7th Avenue Campus.

Item is a report produced jointly by the Research Ethics Subcommittee, Scholarly Pursuits Committee, and the Academic Development Centre. The report reviews current faculty research and recommends creating formal policies and procedures regarding faculty research ethics.

Item is a report profiling fall applicants by department. Report is produced by the Office of Institutional Analysis & Planning.

Item is a report summarizing the responses to a previous reorganization discussion paper, and proposing a strategy to move forward with reorganizing the Division of Academic Affairs. Report was prepared by Judith Lathrop, Vice-President, Academic.

Item is a reference manual covering the constitution and bylaws for the Mount Royal College Academic Council for the period of 1994-1995.

Item is a discussion paper regarding the reorganization of the Division of Academic Affairs prepared by Judith Lathrop, Vice-President, Academic.

Item is a report presented by the Task Force on Student Flow Model.

Item is a proposal by the Committee of Faculty and Students regarding the establishment of academic and faculty councils.

Item is a report prepared by the Office of Institutional Analysis and Planning.

Item is report that reviewing the operation of the Learning Skills Centre. Report was prepared by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and the Office of Institutional Analysis and Planning.

Item is a policy.

Item is a set of minutes from a joint meeting of the Communications Outcome Team and the Composition Committee discussing issues of student testing and placement.

Item is a report examining the intentions and goals of applicants based on an entrance survey. Report was created by the Office of Institutional Analysis & Planning.

Item is a report examining the survey responses of graduated students. Report is prepared by the Office of Institutional Analysis and Planning.

File documents a proposal, submitted to the Alberta Advanced Education, pursing degree-granting status for Mount Royal College. File contains memoranda, a department statement, news bulletin, status report, and a proposal.

Item is a booklet of quick facts about Mount Royal's programs, student composition, fees, scholarships, and employees.

Item is a report examining the survey responses of new students. Report is prepared by the Office of Institutional Analysis and Planning.

Item is a report highlighting Mount Royal's mandate, vision, performance statistics, and future challenges.

File contains a table comparing college wide trends from 1985 to 1989 and a report on college trends and issues prepared by the Office of Institutional Analysis and Planning.

File contains a preliminary college expansion process, profile on the Faculty of Arts, and a memorandum.

Item is a long-rage plan for Mount Royall College sent to all members off the campus community.

File contains copies of Government of Alberta Acts that effect the administration of Mount Royal College. File contains copies of The Colleges Act the Technical Institutes Act, and the Universities Act, and revised statutes.

Item is an annual report for Mount Royal College submitted to David J. Russell, Minister, Alberta Advanced Education. Item contains a President's report, financial statements, and an organizational chart.

File contains memoranda, college mandates, lists of faculty Chairs, lists of current faculty members, organizational charts, college statistical trends, tenure application forms, a summary of student evaluations of faculty, summary of part-time faculty interviews, profile of part-time faculty, list of new faculty, list of important calendar dates, list of faculty activities, and a list of faculty appointments in Academic Affairs.

Item is an application for AUCC membership submitted by Mount Royal College. The application is divided into the following sections: 1. letter of application 2. mission and structure 3. academic programs 4. faculty 5. research and scholarly activities 6. enrollment 7. finance 8. library 9. additional documents.

File contains Mount Royal College annual reports covering the years 1983-1984, 1994-1995, and 1992-1993.

Series documents professional development opportunities sponsored or supported by the MRFA. Series contains photographic slides, newsletters, taped conferences and presentations, and brochures.

Item is a brochure outlining professional development funding opportunities for Mount Royal faculty.

Item is an album containing slides from a conference in Banff and caricatures of faculty.

Item is a list of workshops and training opportunities offered by faculty.

Item is video recording (tape one of two) of a faculty professional development workshop. Topics discussed include cooperative learning, interdisciplinary approaches to adult learning, and classroom atmosphere.

File contains correspondence, recommendations of the MRFA Professional Development Committee, and a report to the Alberta Association of College Faculties.

Item is a video of a faculty seminar.

Item is a detailed itinerary of events for a faculty retreat held at the Delta Lodge, Kananaskis.

File contains issues of the newsletter, Professional Development Quarterly, produced by the MRFA.

Item is a video recording (tape two of two) of a keynote speech given by Dr. Mary Valentich during an MRFA-sponsored professional development workshop. The tape was produced by Mount Royal College Media Production Services.

File contains photographs from a faculty conference in Banff entitled: Crisis 76.

Series documents social events organized by the MRFA for its members. Series contains photographs and a videotape.

File contains photographs from a faculty conference in Banff entitled: Crisis 76.

Item is a video recording (tape one of two) of a keynote speech given by Dr. Mary Valentich during an MRFA-sponsored professional development workshop. The tape was produced by Mount Royal College Media Production Services.

File is an itemized description of the photographic slides from the faculty conference in Banff, Crisis 76.

Item is video recording (tape two of two) of a faculty professional development workshop. Topics discussed include critical thinking and student motivation.