November 23, 2023
A Leave Fellowship Fund (Article 19.30 of the YUFA Collective Agreement of $500,000 is available to provide peer-adjudicated additional grants up to 10% of academic base salary to sabbaticants. The grants shall be subject to the conditions set out in Article 20.17 (b) of the Collective Agreement. The Leave Fellowship...
November 23, 2023
The current collective agreement between YUFA and the York University Board of Governors (the body representing the Employer) expires on April 30, 2024. Congratulations to the YUFA Members appointed to the YUFA 2024 Bargaining Team: John Amanatides: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Lassonde Mary-Helen Armour: Science and Technology Studies, Science...
November 20, 2023
YUFA is inviting all interested members to consider submitting nominations for Executive Officers of the Association for the term beginning June 1, 2024 and ending May 31, 2026. The timeline for nominations and voting is as follows: Monday, November 20, 2023: nominations open beginning at 10:00 am Monday, December 4, 2023: nominations...
November 14, 2023
On November 7, 2023, the Employer provided YUFA with two options regarding retroactive salary increases now that Bill 124 is no longer in force. Bill 124 limited increases in salary to 1% each year for the past three years. Below is a summary of the two options that the Employer...
November 09, 2023
YUFA has been made aware of alarming disruptions of York University lectures. During a recent disruption on October 31st, a group of individuals concealed their identities, entered and took over the class, and rapped about dropping out of university. Disturbingly, one of these individuals made reference to a weapon, and...
November 08, 2023
On November 7, 2023, YUFA joined other unions on campus in sending a statement to President Rhonda Lenton. The statement expresses disappointment in how the Employer has approached discussions on increasing salary now that Bill 124 is no longer in force. For context, the most recent YUFA communications pertaining to...
November 03, 2023
At the November 3, 2023 meeting of YUFA's Stewards' Council, the body that directs the affairs of the Association between general membership meetings (Article 4.1 of the YUFA Constitution), Stewards passed, by strong majority, the following motions regarding the importance of academic freedom in times of crisis and the current...
November 01, 2023
The York University Faculty Association extends deep and sincere condolences to faculty, staff, and students who are impacted, either directly or indirectly, by the ongoing crisis in Israel and Palestine. York University is a diverse intellectual community consisting of many views on a range of numerous pressing political and social...
October 25, 2023
YUFA will hold a General Membership Meeting on Tuesday, November 21, 2022, from 2pm to 4pm. A zoom link, agenda and meeting package will be circulated over email in the coming weeks.
October 25, 2023
The Joint Financial Information Committee met for an hour on October 12, 2023. Our focus was the University’s multi-year budget: how faculty targets and budgets cuts are determined; why contributions to the University and Capital Funds are being increased when faculties are struggling to maintain course and program commitments; and...