YUFA

Collective Agreement

2006-2009

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Academic Unit designates a Department or Division headed by a Chairperson, or, where Departments or Divisions do not occur, a Faculty headed by a Dean.

Association designates the York University Faculty Association (YUFA).

Board of Governors is the body referred to by that name and defined in The York University Act.

CAUT designates the Canadian Association of University Teachers.

Chairperson designates the Chairperson of a Department or Division, duly appointed, within a Faculty.

Dean designates the senior academic administrator, duly appointed, of a Faculty or College (including the Principal of Glendon College).

University Librarian designates the senior administrator, duly appointed, of the University Libraries.

Employee designates a member of the bargaining unit, as defined by the Certificate of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, dated 18 October 1977, as amended by the parties in Appendix A hereto.

Employer designates the Board of Governors, or its successor, or officers delegated by the Board to act on its behalf.

Faculty designates a Faculty, or a College with the status of a Faculty, created according to the statutes of the University. As of 1 July 2006 there are eleven (11) Faculties at York University:

• Faculty of Arts

• The Joseph E. Atkinson College of Liberal and Professional Studies

• Faculty of Education

• Faculty of Environmental Studies

• Faculty of Fine Arts

• Glendon College

• Faculty of Graduate Studies

• Faculty of Health

• Faculty of Law (Osgoode Hall Law School)

• Schulich School of Business

• Faculty of Science and Engineering

Faculty Member designates an employee appointed to York University in either the Professorial or Alternate Stream.

Immediate Family designates a spouse, sibling, parent, or child.

Spouse shall include an individual of the same or opposite sex with whom an employee has been cohabiting for at least one (1) year.

OCUFA designates the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations.

President designates the Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer of the University, as defined in The York University Act.

Librarian designates the professionally qualified person who has a master's degree in librarianship from an accredited university or recognized equivalent and who is appointed as a librarian in the York University Libraries or the Law Library.

Senate is the body referred to by that name and defined in The York University Act.

University is the body constituted as York University, as defined by The York University Act.

York University Act designates The York University Act.