October 06, 2025
In September approximately 10% of members completed a survey focused on workload,teaching, equity and academic freedom. Among the findings were the extraordinarily low ranking given to the leadership of theuniversity by the chair of the Board of Governors and by the President. On a scale of 1 (noeffective leadership at...
October 06, 2025
YUFA continues to defend several of the 18 YUFA colleagues who hold Special RenewableContracts (SRCs). Some contracts were not renewed where they should have been; this isunacceptable. YUFA is taking all measures available to remediate the situation. The Employer'stargeting of some of these colleagues for dismissal is unacceptable and YUFA will continue...
October 06, 2025
YUFA continues with its Wednesday noon drop-in meetings over Zoom. All YUFA members arewarmly invited. The first Zoom drop-in meeting on “Tenure and Promotion (part 1)” is this Wednesday,October 8 at noon. This meeting and the next, on October 15, are especially for colleagueswho will be applying for T&P soon....
October 06, 2025
The union representing YUFA's staff members, CUPE 1281 (YUFA sub-unit), requested a “no-board report” on Friday October 3 at the end of our first day of conciliation, after YUFA hadagreed to conciliation as requested by the staff union, and had withdrawn 45 of our initialproposals. The union refused to discuss...
September 29, 2025
YUFA is currently involved in a round of collective bargaining with our eight staff members, represented by CUPE 1281. The union (1281) has applied for conciliation, a formal, mandatory step in collective bargaining where a government-appointed conciliation officer is made available to assist a union and an employer to reach a...
September 29, 2025
YUFA has sent the following letter raising concerns around the September 18 Town Hall. --- September 26, 2025 Dear President Lenton and Provost Philipps, We write regarding the September 18, 2025, Town Hall. We are troubled by the fact that, once again, there was a last-minute shift from in-person to...
September 25, 2025
The York University Athletics and Recreation office is offering two programs in the Fall. Standard First Aid Course (Staff & Faculty Only) Offered exclusively to York University staff and faculty through YULearn. Duration: 2 days (Tuesday & Wednesday) Time: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Format: In-person, instructor-led training Certification: Lifesaving...
September 25, 2025
More than 10,000 full-time college support workers, members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), have been on strike since September 11 fighting for the future of student supports and public education in Ontario. On Friday, September 19, OPSEU held a solidarity action at their Pond Road Picket Line...
September 25, 2025
In mid-August YUFA colleagues were informed by their Dean/Principal offices of a new policy on Academic Consideration for Missed Course Work that was to be effective as of September 1st. This policy was to be operationalized via an eClass plugin. YUFA members should be aware that the use of eClass...
September 25, 2025
YUFA colleagues are reminded to raise in Faculty Councils that faculty representatives on Senate committees provide service to the university (as part of their jobs as per Articles 11 and 17 of the YUFA Collective Agreement) and represent their Council colleagues. They should have time on Council agendas to report...