September 22, 2025
Alarm is being sounded over prospective Ontario legislation that could redefine the power the government has over university and college operations, and the well-being of their most marginalized attendees. Read more here.
September 22, 2025
In fall 1975, the York University Graduate Assistants’ Association (GAA) won (enough of) their case before the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) to allow for the certification of the third union representing “part-time” academics in Canada. This was the first academic union in Canada to include both teaching assistants and sessional instructors, and the...
September 22, 2025
The CAUT Journal is an online refereed publication of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). The journal is a vehicle for the dissemination of occasional articles, papers and presentations on topics of vital interest to academic staff in the post-secondary sector, including academic freedom, the rise of precarity, government policy,...
September 22, 2025
It has come to YUFA’s attention that faculty members who have offered to sit on at least one School of Medicine accreditation committee have been required to sign a confidentiality waiver before they can participate in the committee. YUFA members have rights to sit on such committees and share information with...
September 22, 2025
More than 10,000 full-time college support staff, represented by Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union (OPSEU), began a strike across Ontario’s 24 public colleges on September 11. There are picket lines at the Seneca@York Campus located on the Keele campus of York University. YUFA encourages members to express their solidarity with OPSEU members...
September 22, 2025
When a faculty association in Canada is locked out by its employer, or goes on strike, YUFA provides support. Last year, YUFA supported the Association of McGill Professors of Law during their seven-week strike. This year, at Dalhousie University, faculty were locked out for over three weeks by the employer. YUFA,...
September 22, 2025
As detailed in recent YUFA-M messages to members, YUFA is awaiting conciliation meetings on October 3 and 7 to continue our negotiations for a renewal Collective Agreement with our eight accomplished staff members who are represented by CUPE 1281, YUFA sub-unit. Their Collective Agreement expired on May 31, 2025, and they...
September 11, 2025
Team members from the Ontario Digital Literacy and Access Network (ODLAN) will share insights from their recent report ‘Navigating Digital Harms: An Investigation of Transphobic Online Hate Against 2SLGBTQIA+ Organizations”. This event is hosted by the Institute for Research on Digital Literacies (IRDL), in collaboration with The Institute for Technoscience & Society (ITS) and The Center for...
September 11, 2025
Colleagues in New Brunswick have organized a March To Ottawa by people from across Canada who willgather on Parliament Hill on Sept 15-19, 2025 for a Vigil for Palestinian children, saying the names of more than 18,000 children who have been killed in Gaza. They will demand an end to...
September 11, 2025
YUFA is conducting a survey of its members focused on workload, teaching, equity and academic freedom. The survey requires approximately 8-10 minutes to complete. Please complete the survey before September 25th. The results will help YUFA to better represent your interests. All responses are confidential and anonymous. You can start...