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YUFA Executive Officer Elections – nominations open from December 1 - 15

YUFA is inviting all interested members to consider submitting nominations for Executive Officers of the Association for the term beginning June 1, 2026, and ending May 31, 2028.  As per the YUFA Constitution, the Executive Officers are members of YUFA Executive Committee that is responsible for administering the affairs and activities...

YUFA Executive Officer Elections 2026-2028 Term

YUFA is inviting all interested members to consider submitting nominations for Executive Officers of the Association for the term beginning June 1, 2026, and ending May 31, 2028.  As per the YUFA Constitution, the Executive Officers are members of YUFA Executive Committee that is responsible for administering the affairs and activities...

Report from YUFA’s Fall General Membership Meeting

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...

Q&A for members on YUFA’s bargaining this year with our staff

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,...

Members are urged to exercise care when completing the Employer’s AI survey

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.

Film Screening of Tragoudia tis fotias (Songs of Fire) on Friday, November 28

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...

Petition regarding essential maintenance on existing infrastructure

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:...

Applications for upcoming leaves, funds and fellowships

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,...