September 21, 2017
As a member of the York Cross-Campus Alliance (CCA), YUFA is pleased to join fellow CCA members in issuing the following statement of support for Ontario college faculty members who are currently bargaining with their employer.Since this statement has been issued, the college faculty bargaining team has requested a "no-board"...
September 07, 2017
Richard Wellen, YUFA presidentDear colleagues,On behalf of YUFA's Executive Committee, I would like to wish all of our members a warm welcome back to a new academic year. I was fortunate to have an opportunity to meet many of our new colleagues at a YUFA reception held during the New...
September 07, 2017
Dear colleagues,As you know, YUFA will be involved in bargaining preparation over the next few months. One of the best ways of ensuring that we engage members in this process is to attend meetings of departments or to hold faculty-level meetings (or meetings of caucuses). In the past, members have...
September 07, 2017
York University has begun the process of migrating faculty and staff email from the Lotus Notes system to Microsoft Office 365 and its "Outlook" platform. Some of our members have indicated concerns about the privacy implications associated with this migration as well as concerns about possible residence of their data...
August 30, 2017
Members of UNITE HERE Local 75 march in the 2016 Labour Day parade in Toronto (credit: Toronto Star)The York Cross-Campus Alliance (CCA) invites all its member groups to march together as a contingent in this year's Labour Day parade. Each member group of the CCA may march as its own contingent...
August 24, 2017
The poster for the event, which includes an image of students and workers at a demonstrationJoin the Cross-Campus Alliance (the York campus alliance of labour and student unions) for a pre-Labour Day mixer with food, drinks, music, and an opportunity to meet the members of other unions, celebrate our amazing...
August 23, 2017
A cartoon image of a fully dressed hamburger with the caption, "You're invited to a BBQ"Dear new faculty,On behalf of the York University Faculty Association (YUFA), we would like to congratulate you on your full-time appointment to York University and to welcome you to the Association. YUFA is the professional association and...
August 22, 2017
An image of the printed version of the 2015-18 Collective Agreement and the 2015-18 Tenure & Promotion DocumentsThe YUFA Collective Agreement expires on April 30, 2018. Negotiations with the Employer could begin as early as late January 2018. The Bargaining Team is appointed by the YUFA Executive Committee and ratified...
August 19, 2017
An image of a book with the title, Copyright Law in Canada, leaning on a library bookshelf (credit: The Quad, University of Alberta)Many York faculty will have heard of the disappointing decision from the federal Court to uphold Access Copyright's lawsuit against York University. YUFA is deeply concerned with the...
July 19, 2017
An image of raised hands, signalling interest and participationYUFA's Equity Officers cordially invite YUFA members who identify as racialized, Indigenous, LGBTQ2, or disabled to stand for the two (2) member-at-large positions on the Equity Sub-Committee and/or to join one or more of YUFA's four (4) equity caucuses. If you so...