October 18, 2017
York and Seneca students join the picket line at Seneca @ York on the first day of the strike by 12,000 Ontario college faculty. (credit: YUGSA)Over 12,000 Ontario college faculty, including our colleagues at Seneca @ York, are currently on strike. Their demands include: A 50:50 ratio of full-time to contract...
October 14, 2017
An image of the slogan, "I support College Faculty," and the OPSEU logo below it, inside a red circle (credit: OPSEU College Faculty website)YUFA is proud to be a signatory to the York Cross-Campus Alliance statement in support of Ontario College Faculty (please see below).If YUFA members would like to...
October 11, 2017
Dear alternate-stream members,In the coming weeks, YUFA will host several meetings for alternate-stream faculty that will focus exclusively on issues related to the alternate stream (please see full details below).The first meeting will focus on changes to tenure and promotion criteria for alternate-stream members that have been proposed by the Senate Tenure...
October 04, 2017
Richard Wellen, the YUFA president, welcomes members back to campus for the Fall 2017 semester, and reports on YUFA activities over the last year, and on what's coming up in the year ahead.Get involved in YUFA; your involvement makes all the difference!To view more videos, please visit the YUFA YouTube...
October 04, 2017
YUFA is seeking one (1) member to serve as Returning Officer for the Association. The Returning Officer's primary duties are to ensure that all elections, including those for Officers, Stewards, ratification votes and approval of budgets and levies, conform with the YUFA Constitution and YUFA By-Laws and are conducted in...
October 04, 2017
YUFA will soon hold an information session on tenure & promotion. The details are as follows:WorkshopWednesday, November 110:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.519 Kaneff TowerThe workshop is designed especially for YUFA members (either professorial or alternate-stream) in Pre-Candidacy and Candidacy One.The workshop will provide general information on the York University tenure &...
October 04, 2017
The YUFA Executive Committee is seeking one (1) volunteer to be appointed as Trustee to the CAUT Defence Fund. For information about the CAUT Defence Fund, please click here.The term of the appointment is from June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018.If you are interested in being appointed, please submit...
September 28, 2017
An image of the inner courtyard of Founders College in springtimeYUFA's Fall General Membership Meeting (GMM) will take place as follows:General Membership MeetingMonday, October 3012:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.Founders Assembly Hall *152 Founders CollegeFacebook | Map* Founders Assembly Hall is an accessible venue. A catered lunch (including vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options)...
September 26, 2017
Announcing... An image of the name and logo of "et al."--the new faculty/grad student café and pubWe have a name!The Faculty & Graduate Student Co-operative held two rounds of consultation to choose a name for the Café & Pub and conducted a vote on a final short list. We are...