October 05, 2016
Dear members,YUFA will host a town hall meeting for members in each of the five faculties affected by the Research Release Program, Article 18.15 in the Memorandum of Settlement: AMPD, Education, Glendon College, Health, and LA&PS.As you know, YUFA has expressed concerns that the blanket rejection by Deans of academic units'...
September 22, 2016
As we start this new year, and you look at your paycheque and wonder ... where is this 2$ levy going? Here's where is went last year. Helped fun a summer program to support kids from the Jane Finch community transition to high school called Success Beyond Limits Supported Readers...
September 20, 2016
How York is opting for a narrow, competitive and selective approach to supporting researchThere is growing concern among YUFA members that the York administration is rushing to embrace the call by the provincial government and advisory agencies to be more selective and narrow in supporting the research activities and ambitions of...
September 20, 2016
The Student Mentorship program at York Centre for Education and Community . This is an exciting initiative designed to provide support to York undergraduates with mentoring opportunities by upper year students, drop in times for students to get advice from student interns and volunteer faculty. YUFA CP and it members...
September 20, 2016
The York administration has recently introduced a new funding model for graduate students that will all but eliminate Graduate Assistantships (GAs) at the university. In just one year, the number of GAs has dropped from over 700 to about 130. Even more will disappear next year.Those GAs were represented by...
September 12, 2016
YUFA conducted a ratification vote from August 29 at 5:00 p.m. to September 12 at 5:00 p.m. for the two positions of Stewards' Council Representatives to the Executive Committee. Voting was by electronic ballot.Elections and by-elections are governed by YUFA's by-laws (see: 1. Election Procedures). Only two candidates were nominated for a total of two positions....
September 12, 2016
The YUFA Caucus of the Joint Committee on the Administration of the Agreement (JCOAA), per Article 7.03 (d) of the Collective Agreement, is seeking a member to fill a vacancy on the Joint Financial Information Subcommittee (FISC) (Article 7.04).The mandate of the Subcommittee is to serve as the channel for the...
September 08, 2016
Dear members,One of the key achievements of last year's negotiations was the establishment of a program (article 18.15 in the Memorandum of Settlement) to ensure that professorial stream faculty members in units with a 2.5 load, and who are active in research, will be able to reduce their teaching load to 2.0 courses...
September 01, 2016
Dear members,The annual Labour Day parade is this Monday. For those interested, a YUFA contingent will be joining other unions from York University to march in the parade together, along with affiliates of the Toronto & York Region Labour Council.The details are as follows:Labour Day ParadeMonday, September 5Assemble: 8:30 a.m.March: 9:00 a.m.Meeting...
August 07, 2016
The deadline for nominations for the two Stewards' Council Representatives to the Executive Committee has been extended to August 15.These positions are elected by Council (YUFA Constitution Article 5.2). The members of Stewards' Council are: members of the Executive Committee, all elected Stewards, and one representative from each Recognised Caucus (YUFA Constitution Article 4.2). The Stewards' Council Representatives...