UPEI, Faculty See Settlement Differently

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WAYNE THIBODEAU
The Guardian

A grievance settlement between UPEI and its faculty is being described as a “victory” by the faculty association, but it is being described as “not a substantive change” by the university.
The issue centres on who owns intellectual property, the ideas and research being carried out by the professors and researchers at UPEI.
Wayne Peters, the president of the UPEI Faculty Association, says the university has agreed to include the faculty association in all third-party funded research contracts and grants that could lead to the development of intellectual property.
“This grievance was never about who owned the (intellectual property) in the first place, that was not the primary issue,” Peters told The Guardian. “The issue was more about the union’s involvement in processes like this as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for its members.”