February 14, 2025
Dr. Hannah Scott and doctoral student Amy Webster from the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at Ontario Tech University are recruiting Canadian university faculty members to participate in a survey detailing their experiences of workplace bullying in academia. The purpose of the study is to understand tenured or untenured faculty...
February 14, 2025
On Friday January 31st, a network of civil society leaders made a call for Canadians to forcefully defend Canada’s sovereignty in the face of threats from the Trump administration. At a media conference on Parliament Hill, they launched the non-partisan Pledge for Canada/Engagement pour le Canada, endorsed by a wide...
February 14, 2025
With a federal election likely to take place this spring, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has launched its Unlock Education campaign. CAUT is encouraging members of the organization, including faculty at York University, to join the campaign to: Make college and university affordable for everyone Ensure that Canadians...
February 14, 2025
The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) OCUFA has developed an advocacy platform guide for the upcoming provincial election. The key priorities are: Increase total provincial university funding by 11.75 percent annually for a five-year period to bring Ontario close to the Canadian average in per-domestic student funding. Boost...
February 14, 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 February 12th is “Faculties of the Future? Alternative visions for York”. The meetings are held over Zoom from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. The Zoom link for all meetings is:...
February 06, 2025
At last week's members' drop-in meeting, YUFA members shared information with York University security officers from CUPE 1536. Did you know that security officers wearing yellow vests don't work for York University? They are from an outside security firm named Hydra, one of two firms (the other is Omni) with whom the...
February 06, 2025
YUFA understands that York University is considering external funding from outside organizations for new hires and is in discussion with the Employer about the Association’s concerns related to this issue. The Association is encouraging members who become aware of unusual hiring practices or who are concerned about interference with existing...
February 06, 2025
Are you looking for data about racialized populations and/or ethnic populations in Canada? In the past couple of years, there have been several calls to actions from the research community calling for governments to collect more ethno-racial data, especially as it relates to social determinants of health, employment, health care,...
February 06, 2025
YUFA continues to fight for members who hold Special Renewable Contracts. Last week, three more YUFA members with special renewable contracts received non-renewal letters from their Dean. YUFA is in discussion with these members about next steps. All YUFA members are encouraged to stand up for collegial governance, pedagogical integrity,...
February 06, 2025
YUSA has reached a tentative settlement for a new Collective Agreement, which is subject approval by the YUSA membership in a vote scheduled for Thursday, February 6th.