December 17, 2015
Below are the results of the election for YUFA Officers for the term 1 June 2016 to 31 May 2018. Candidates' names in boldface indicate persons elected and ratified. YUFA extends its sincere appreciation to all those members who ran for office and thanks all those members who took the...
December 17, 2015
YUFA is seeking a total of six (6) members from a range of disciplines to form an ad hoc working group tasked with evaluating the appropriateness of currently available performance analytic tools for measuring scholarly productivity across the disciplines.Many of our colleagues here at York and at other universities have...
November 25, 2015
YUFA is seeking one member for the Joint Implementation Committee on Affirmative Action for Faculty and Librarians (Article 12.22).The mandate of this subcommittee is to ensure that units conform to the Article 12.21 criteria for selecting candidates and to ensure that units actively seek out and give fair consideration in their...
November 19, 2015
Many of you have recently received from your Dean’s Office the annual request for your updated CV and report on outside professional activities. YUFA is concerned about the wording of some of these requests, which appear to impose requirements on members that have not been agreed to by the Association....
November 16, 2015
YUFA is seeking two volunteers to serve as Trustees for the 2015-16 year. The trustees work together to review the activities and operations of the Association for the year, based on the audits and financial statements, minutes from Executive Committee meetings, minutes from Stewards Council minutes and any other material...
November 11, 2015
Nominations for YUFA Officer positions (June 2016-May 2018) have now closed. Voting will take place from 13:00 on December 4, 2015 to 13:00 on December 18, 2015. Eligible voters will receive instructions by electronic mail.Click on the links below for information regarding the elected positions and who is eligible to...
November 02, 2015
Check out SBL's graduation video. Congratulations to all the Success Beyond Limits graduates, and to the SBL staff for implementing such a tremendous programme.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgSAOjzDuDQ
October 18, 2015
As we have outlined in a previous newsletter, the employer has unilaterally imposed new administrative rules changing the portability provisions of the York University Pension Plan. In particular, the new rules prohibit Plan members from transferring the value of their pension entitlement to a “locked-in” registered retirement savings plan or...
October 17, 2015
Along with our Vice-President External, YUFA is sending up to three delegates to the Ontario Federation of Labour's upcoming biennial convention, being held November 23-27, 2015 at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto. The convention theme for 2015 is "The Ontario We Want". This is an important opportunity to meet with other...
October 04, 2015
This summer 100 grade 9 students from the Jane and Finch neighbourhood graduated from SBL summer program. The program was started with the support of YUFA CP and is designed to address low graduation rates in the Jane Finch community by helping student’s transition into high school while earning high...