YUFA
Collective Agreement
2001-2003
Article 1
Preamble
1.01
The parties to this Agreement acknowledge the objects and purposes of York University to be those set out in Article 4 of The York University Act, 1965:
(a) the advancement of learning and the dissemination of knowledge; and
(b) the intellectual, spiritual, social, moral, and physical development of its members, and the betterment of society.
They further acknowledge that the fulfilment of these objects and purposes presupposes that the University community shall strive to apply the soundest intellectual judgements and values in its practices, in the treatment of its members, and in the nurture and care of its resources. The parties accept joint responsibility to promote and pursue these objectives within a general climate of freedom and responsibility, and to encourage actions that will justify mutual respect among all members of the University community.
1.02
The purpose of this Agreement is to promote and maintain, through specific contractual provisions, harmonious relationships between the parties in accord with these objectives and to provide means acceptable to both for the settlement of such differences as may from time to time arise between them.