Whats the difference between a Sessional Adjunct and a Term or Continuing Adjunct?
Term and Continuing Adjuncts are appointment categories included in the FLA Collective Agreement, the other QUFA bargaining unit. A Term Adjunct is a limited-term appointment of eight to 36 months duration. A Term Adjunct must teach the equivalent of two or more full courses each year, or perform teaching and related academic activities equivalent to two or more full courses each year, or make a salary higher than half the base salary for a tenure-track professor. A Term Adjunct may apply to become a Continuing Adjunct after having been a Term for at least six years. Continuing Adjuncts enjoy secure appointment status equivalent to tenure. Term and Continuing Adjuncts are eligible for a fuller range of Queen’s benefits than Sessional Adjuncts. It is almost invariably advantageous to be a Term or Continuing Adjunct over a Sessional Adjunct, and the University cannot deny Sessionals legitimate teaching and service opportunities for the sole purpose of preventing them from becoming a Term
