November 08, 2024
Program suspensions and restructuring, course cancellations, closure of course sections, increased class sizes are being rapidly implemented across the university with little, or no, consultation via long-established collegial processes. These changes have many implications for academic programs.
November 05, 2024
Please see the following eight (8) reminders and updates, covering: YUFA's fight to protect Special Renewable Contracts (SRCs) YUFA drop-in session: Tenure and Promotion - Part 1 - November 6 Teach-In session for former international students facing mass deportation Workshop: "Supporting Scholars: Preventing, Mitigating & Responding to Scholarship-Based Harassment" -...
October 30, 2024
Please see below for eight (8) updates, reminders and information items. YUFA members drop-in session, October 30 Next Stewards' Council meeting, November 1 YUFA Executive Committee endorses YUFA Race Equity Caucus report on Palestine Solidarity at York University Teach-In session for former international students facing mass deportation Thinking about Retirement?...
October 24, 2024
CUPE 1356, CUPE 3903, Osgoode Hall Faculty Association, YFS, YUFA and YUSA joing together in calling for a revised 2024 winter holiday schedule.
October 22, 2024
There are six (6) updates and reminders YUFA members should be aware of, covering the following issues: YUFA stands in solidarity with the more than 200,000 international student graduates in Canada facing deportation The Discover York Academics (DYA) initiative (formerly known as eCV) The Centre for Sexual Violence Response, Support...
October 09, 2024
Please see below for six (6) updates and reminders for YUFA members,
October 03, 2024
Please see below for seven (7) updates and reminders. 1. The next YUFA Members’ Zoom drop-in session is Wednesday, October 2, from 12:00 noon to 1:00pm. The topic for the session is “Restructuring and Faculty Councils.” All members are invited to attend. Faculty Council Chairs and Executive members particularly welcome. The Zoom link is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86781192358?pwd=6V5B5DITARrYREmAxnRWR2KsFaqR9C.1...
September 24, 2024
URGENT: CUPE 3903 has requested support in reaching out to their former members who have not yet received their Bill 124 pay settlements because they are no longer at York. The Employer (York University) requires former 3903 members to submit their banking information by the end of September to receive Bill...
September 24, 2024
Please see the following story in the Excalibur (Sept 16) A story on “Keele and Glendon campuses in “critical disrepair” — the real cost of Markham campus” in the Excalibur (Sept. 16, 2024). Wednesday, September 25, from 11:45am to 1:00pm York University students and workers unions will hold a rally with the...
September 23, 2024
Please see the following seven (7) announcements: 1. On September 25 from 11:45am to 1:00pm York University students and workers unions will hold a rally with the theme of Reclaiming York for Students and Workers. The rally will begin in front of William Small Centre and conclude at the Kaneff...