May 30, 2025
At its meeting on May 22, despite the absence of assured sources of private-sector funding for new buildings, or even for renovations on the Keele campus to create required labs and classrooms, the York University Senate approved the administration’s proposal for a new School of Medicine. This will be the...
May 30, 2025
At the May 22 All Union Pension Committee meeting, YUFA and other York University unions proposed a modest change in defined-benefit pensions that was unfortunately rebuffed by the Employer, although this low-cost change would make retirement more attractive for most York employees (Pension Explainer available here). Is the administration really...
May 30, 2025
The Employer’s VSA announcement misleadingly states that salaries make up 71% of York’s operating expenses and the Employer wants to “limit unwanted job loss”. Members are urged to read Article 24 of the YUFA Collective Agreement, which makes clear that only when “total bargaining unit” (total YUFA) salaries and benefits...
May 30, 2025
Some YUFA colleagues have received a Voluntary Separation Agreement (VSA) invitation to retire voluntarily and forego post-retirement teaching and graduate supervision entitlements under the YUFA Collective Agreement, in return for a year of salary (for retirement on July 1, 2025) or 85% of salary (for retirement on July 1, 2026). ...
May 21, 2025
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) provides free virtual training courses for members of all affiliated faculty associations. Topics include communications, grievance handling, organizing, collective bargaining, and labour action for equity. All interested are invited to check the schedule and enroll.
May 21, 2025
A coalition of organizations including Faculty for Palestine (F4P) and the Coalition Against Antisemitism , Anti-Arab Racism and Islamophobia (CAAART) has written to the Canadian Association of University Teachers expressing alarm at the “repression of Palestinian scholarship and solidarity activities on university campuses” and calling for a “comprehensive, open, and...
May 21, 2025
Faculty of Education colleagues are not in favour of the renewal of Dean Robert Savage for a second 5-year term. With 67.4% of eligible voters participating, 58.1% were not in favour of his renewal. The results of the poll, and comments from colleagues, are here.
May 21, 2025
We remain concerned that the employer is suspending much-needed investment in faculty complement renewal. If planned faculty hires are suspended in your unit, please contact YUFA.
May 21, 2025
More than 150 YUFA colleagues have signed a letter of protest regarding the sudden firing of two YUSA staff members and 2 CPM (Confidential Professional & Managerial) staff members at the Teaching Commons, the university’s main pedagogical support centre. The Teaching Commons was created through consultative work by a cross-Faculty...