April 15, 2025
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) – the national voice for academic staff representing 72,000 teachers, librarians, researchers, general staff and other academic professionals at some 125 universities and colleges across the country – has launched a new campaign in regard to the federal election. Titled "Unlock Education", the...
April 15, 2025
Colleagues affected by program enrollment suspensions are invited to join a drop-in meeting every Thursday at 12:00 noon. The next drop-in is on April 17th. All are welcome.
The Zoom link is:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88685236236?pwd=RSGmfdriSdSMFQb2wp2RjJxoIdyxtd.1
March 28, 2025
A group of YUFA members has prepared a slide deck and accompanying text that can be used in discussions with students regarding program suspensions. The slide deck is posted here, and the text is posted here.
March 28, 2025
The final Wednesday members’ drop-in this term is on April 9 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm, on the topic of “York’s Upcoming Presidential Search”.
The Zoom link is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86781192358?pwd=6V5B5DITARrYREmAxnRWR2KsFaqR9C.1
March 28, 2025
The spring YUFA Annual General Meeting will be on Wednesday, April 23 from 2:30pm to 4:30pm. Members can register now using THIS LINK to allow membership status to be quickly confirmed at the start of the meeting.
March 28, 2025
Universities are in crisis in Canada and around the globe. They face challenges in governance, neoliberal and austerity politics, attacks on supposed “woke” pedagogy, and severe under-funding. This roundtable brings together academics from Canada, the USA and the UK who have all been working and writing on these issues, to...
March 28, 2025
The next meeting of the YUFA Stewards’ Council is Friday, April 4 from 10:30am to 12:30pm.
The Agenda for the meeting as well as the zoom link can be found here.
Stewards’ Council meetings are open to all YUFA members.
March 28, 2025
YUFA is asking all members to come out to defend the key values of our university, particularly in light of the program suspensions by the administration. Please attend the community information sessions (Town Halls) that the administration has scheduled to express your views and concerns. Consider attending in person...
March 28, 2025
On Monday, March 31, from 12:30pm to 2:00pm Prof. Sheila Embleton will speak on “A Brief Summary of Laurentian University’s Recent Financial and Governance History”. The link is: https://yorku.zoom.us/j/92175449683?pwd=aaSDaes2iS9vN9rLPGKuT7Pc1YoJoC.1