January 30, 2025
The next meeting of Stewards' Council is Friday, February 7th from 10:30am-12:30pm. Meetings of Stewards’ Council are open to all YUFA members.
The Zoom link for the meeting is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87152235081?pwd%3DWUKZhO0NzyVo5D57u8cUUbK8Ki4ix4.1 [Meeting ID: 871 5223 5081 Passcode: 783335]
January 30, 2025
During the Winter term, feel free to join other members at our Wednesday drop-in meetings. The topic of focus for the meeting on January 29 is “Security on campus”. The meetings are held over Zoom from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. The Zoom link for all meetings is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86781192358?pwd=6V5B5DITARrYREmAxnRWR2KsFaqR9C.1 Future dates and...
January 22, 2025
The Employer is now accepting applications for the EDI Course Load Reduction Program, which was negotiated by YUFA (Article 19.33). The program offers YUFA members course load reductions to “support service relating to/in support of Decolonizing, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (DEDI) by faculty and librarians and archivists who self-identify as...
January 22, 2025
On January 17, the Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa (APUO) announced that they had reached a tentative two-year extension of their Collective Agreement. APUO’s campaign with the University of Ottawa Students' Union, titled “Take Back Our University”, calls on their Board of Governors to protect high quality...
January 22, 2025
The YUFA Executive has signed a solidarity statement to express YUFA’s support of YUSA in its current bargaining with the Employer. YUFA condemns the concessions demanded by the Employer in negotiations. The statement of support can be read here.
January 22, 2025
During the Winter term, YUFA is continuing with Wednesday drop-in meetings. The next meeting is Wednesday, January 29th on the topic of “Security on campus”. The meetings are held over Zoom from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. The Zoom link for all meetings is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86781192358?pwd=6V5B5DITARrYREmAxnRWR2KsFaqR9C.1 Future dates and topics are: Feb 12...
January 22, 2025
YUFA continues to fight for colleagues who hold members who hold Special Renewable Contracts. All YUFA members are encouraged to stand up for collegial governance, pedagogical integrity, and the protection of valued long-term academic workers at York and pledge support for these colleagues and the renewal of their contracts. This...
January 22, 2025
At its meeting on Thursday, January 23, the York Senate will consider a motion to approve "in principle" a new School of Medicine to be housed in the Faculty of Health. If you are a Senator, please make sure to attend that meeting and vote. Senate needs firm evidence that...
January 14, 2025
The Employer has announced that the Moodle environment (https://moodle.yorku.ca) will be decommissioned on January 31, 2025. The infrastructure that supports this system will no longer be supported as of January 1, 2025, and after January 31, access to the Moodle environment will be unavailable. Currently, moodle.yorku.ca hosts academic courses from...