Dear colleagues:

Happy New Year from YUFA!

Please see below for three (3) updates, reminders and information items.

1. Voting for YUFA officer positions
2. Presentation on York University’s financial situation – Monday, January 13
3. YUFA Wednesday drop-in meetings for Winter semester

1. Voting for YUFA officer positions

Voting is underway and will close on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at 10:00am. If you have not yet voted, please check the email sent to you on December 12^th with a link to the vote.  

Should you not have received the email on December 12^th, please contact YUFA at [email protected].

The names of the candidates for each YUFA office and their respective statements are below. To access a PDF version of a candidate's statement, click on the candidate's name.

Open Positions and Written Statements:

• Chief Stewards (1 of 2 positions)
  • Philippe Theophanidis
  • Gertrude Mianda
    
    
• Equity Officers (1 of 2 positions)
  • Maurice Kwong-Lai Poon
  • Leila Pourtavaf
    
    
• Recording Secretary
  • Merouan Mekouar
    
    
• JCOAA Co-Chair
  • Aparna Tarc

Only dues-paying members of YUFA are eligible to vote. Eligible voters who are not reflected on our dues list for some reason are asked to contact the Returning Officer, Minoo Derayeh (by emailing [email protected], stating “Returning Officer verification” in the subject line), to update your eligibility by sending a copy of a photo ID and a current York University pay slip.  Thank you.

2. Presentation on York University’s financial situation

Professor Shanker Trivedi, from the Schulich School of Business, will be presenting a talk for YUFA members titled “York University--Financial Situation and Challenges” on Monday, January 13 from 12:30pm to 2:30pm.

Please join us on Zoom at: https://yorku.zoom.us/j/94583789990?pwd=z2UxgYGkFRXSYwVs7eOuGoRLYyKUJ0.1

3. YUFA Wednesday drop-in meetings for Winter semester

During the Winter term, YUFA will continue with Wednesday drop-in meetings. These are held over Zoom from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. The dates and topics are listed below. The Zoom link for all meetings is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86781192358?pwd=6V5B5DITARrYREmAxnRWR2KsFaqR9C.1

Jan 15 – Updating YUFA’s Code of Conduct

Jan 29 – Security on campus

Feb 12 – Faculties of the Future? Alternative visions for York

Feb 26 – Markham campus: How is it going?

Mar 12 - Teaching Stream and SRC colleagues: Support campaign and updates

Mar 26 – York’s Board of Governors and the York University Act

Apr 9 – York’s presidential search