November 25, 2025
YUFA’s Fall General Membership Meeting was held on November 19th. Reports from the Executive Officers were received and members were invited to consider running for election for Executive Officer positions. The Treasurer discussed YUFA’s current financial situation, presented a financial forecast, and answered questions from members. The projection is for...
November 25, 2025
Who is bargaining? YUFA’s eight employees are unionized members of CUPE 1281. Their Collective Agreement with YUFA expired on May 31, 2025 and we have been bargaining their renewal Collective Agreement since June. Six YUFA Executive members make up the YUFA Bargaining Team: Ena Dua, Gertrude Mianda, Merouan Mekouar,...
November 17, 2025
YUFA has learned that the AI survey will protect participants’ confidentiality, but not their anonymity. OIPA (York’s Office of Institutional Planning and Analysis) will be analyzing the results. The survey is optional; please exercise care with any information that could be sensitive in nature.
November 17, 2025
To commemorate the Athens Polytechnic uprising that began with a student strike on November 14, 1973, the Hellenic Canadian Academic Association of Ontario will be hosting a screening of Tragoudia tis fotias (Greek for "Songs of Fire"), a 1975 documentary and musical film made by Nikos Koundouros. The film opens...
November 16, 2025
YUFA member Lisa Myers has prepared a petition for YUFA members, and others, to express their support for actions on the part of the Employer on the deferral of essential maintenance at the university. The YUFA Executive encourages all members to read the petition and add their names at:...
November 16, 2025
The agenda package and zoom link have been distributed to members.
November 16, 2025
YUFA encourages all eligible colleagues to apply for upcoming leaves, funds and fellowships that the YUFA Executive has negotiated with the Employer as part of the Collective Agreement. November 17 is the application deadline for the three opportunities listed below. Rather than using the Application link on the YUFA website,...
November 03, 2025
YUFA members have access to a range of health insurance benefits (dental, drugs, travel, paramedical, vision, etc.) as negotiated by YUFA and the Employer. Our benefits are listed here and are managed by Sun Life Insurance. Some types of coverage have annual maximum limits which end this year on December 31, 2025. For some...
November 03, 2025
YUFA continues to support several of the 18 YUFA colleagues who hold Special Renewable Contracts (SRCs). Some contracts were not renewed by the Employer when they should have been. YUFA is taking all steps available to remediate the situation.
November 03, 2025
Each semester the YUFA Executive meets with the President of York University to discuss matters of concern. These meetings are important in allowing YUFA to communicate directly with the President on a range of items that impact YUFA members. This term the meeting is scheduled for December 2. A summary of the meeting will be shared...