July 14, 2016
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the York University Faculty Association (YUFA). The Executive Committee would like to invite any interested members to join a special committee that will develop proposals to mark the anniversary.YUFA will celebrate its 40th anniversary throughout the course of the Fall 2016 and Winter...
July 12, 2016
The Executive Committee of the York University Faculty Association (YUFA ) is proud to voice its support of Black Lives Matter-Toronto (BLM-TO). As a labour union whose constitution and collective agreement are committed to equity, we advocate not only for our own members, but also for students and youth in...
July 11, 2016
The York University Faculty Association (YUFA) is calling on Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) to reach a fair settlement with members of its workforce currently on strike. Custodians, groundskeepers and tradespeople, members of Local 926 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 926), went on strike on July 11 to...
July 06, 2016
YUFA conducted by-elections from June 22 at 4:00 p.m. to July 6 at 4:00 p.m. for the Communications Officer, an Equity Officer, and a number of stewards. Voting was by electronic ballot.Elections and by-elections are governed by YUFA's by-laws (see: 1. Election Procedures).The results of the by-elections are as follows:Communications Officer (term expires: May 31,...
January 28, 2016
We have received a number of questions regarding the General Membership Meeting on bargaining to be held on Wednesday, February 3 from 2:30 - 4:30 pm in 135 Vanier College. Three questions have emerged in particular:1. Is the motion at the meeting on Wednesday, February 3 equivalent to a strike vote which authorizes the...
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...
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...
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....