There were 2 major objectives to be achieved in this paper on faculty workload: (1) to provide some overview of actual workload conditions in 2-year colleges in selected areas of North America with specific focus on Alberta, Canada; and (2) to devise a system for analyzing the implementation of faculty load levels through legislation, policy, or guidelines so as to be consistent with the philosophical orientation of the Alberta Colleges Commission. To this end, this document presents (1) a review of the literature pertaining to faculty workload; (2) a review of faculty workload procedures and events in the province of Alberta; and (3) an analysis of alternative sources of authority to determine workloads. (HS)