Occasionally instructors ask “What does ACIFA do for an individual faculty member like me?” and understandably so. Because ACIFA is an association of associations, it primarily interacts with faculty associations and less so with individual faculty members. Nevertheless, ACIFA is driven by academic concerns which affect members as a group, as well as concerns experienced by individual faculty members, as relayed through your faculty association. In brief, ACIFA: - Serves as a provincial voice for faculty members - Provides labour relations support to all ACIFA members - Establishes and manages a province-wide defence fund - Puts together well-researched opinion papers on issues which are important to instructors - Advocates for quality post-secondary education - Conducts annual workplace climate surveys - Facilitates information exchange between ACIFA’s Faculty Association Presidents - Exercises our voice on the stakeholder boards of our pension fund - Organizes an annual teaching and learning spring conference - Maintains two special focus committees: NAC and PAC - Makes submissions to the Alberta Labour Board - Draws from the experience of like-minded associations in other provinces - Represents members at the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) - Provides a way to be part of a larger community