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...
January 14, 2025
CUPE 3093 has written an alternative vision of education in response to the Employer’s Faculties of the Future proposal. The report is important reading for YUFA members.
It can be accessed here: https://cupe3903.org/news/faculties-of-the-future-response/ and also as PDF: https://cupe3903.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Contract-Faculty-Response-to-the-Faculties-of-the-Future-Proposal.docx.pdf
January 14, 2025
YUSA has been in negotiations with the Employer since September 2024 for a renewal of its collective agreement. The Employer is pressing for concessions from YUSA and has applied for conciliation, as it did during the YUFA negotiations last summer. YUSA held a strike vote last week. The results of...
January 14, 2025
The results of the recent election for positions on the YUFA Executive are as follows: Philippe Theophanidis has been elected to the position of Chief Steward. Leila Pourtavaf has been elected as Equity Officer. Merouan Mekouar has been ratified at Recording Secretary. In addition, Aparna Tarc has been ratified as...