YUFA
Equity
Support for YUBSA
25 Jan 08 - We,
the Executive of the York University Faculty Association (YUFA), join
the countless many who are outraged by the recent racist events...
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Toward a Formal
Policy on Equity
12 Dec 07 – As one of YUFA’s Equity Officers, along
with Didi Khayatt, I maintain a watching brief on equity issues as a
member of YUFA’s Executive Committee and Stewards’ Council. YUFA’s
Collective Agreement speaks variously to issues related to equity:
“harassment”, “non-discrimination”, and “affirmative action” for
Aboriginal peoples, women, visible / racialized minorities, persons with
disabilities, and lesbians, gays and transgendered peoples. But equity
itself is complex and difficult to understand.
more...
Joint Task Force on
Inclusivity and Diversity
31
Oct 07 - A Joint YUFA / Employer Task Force
on Inclusivity and Diversity has been established and would appreciate
members' input.
more...
An Invitation From The
YUFA Equity Officers
20 Jan 06 - Dear YUFA Members,
We will soon begin a new round of negotiations with the employer. Narda
Razack and Didi Khayatt, Equity Officers YUFA, are writing to invite you
to attend a meeting. more...
Reviving the Queer Caucus
28 Sep 05 - I am writing to you as one of the YUFA
Equity Officers. This is a year of negotiations and we need to
plan how to include a language that will embrace "Queeer" as a fifth
category among those existing equity categories.
more...
Conference Report:
Health, Equity and Diversity: Local Realities and International
Perspectives. Stimulating Change.
19 Jul 05 - Narda Razack reports on this recent
conference held on June 10-12, 2005 at OISE. The conference
focused on providing opportunites for community stakeholders,
researchers, educators, health practitioners and advocates to gather
information and knowledge and help shape an agenda of change and to
advance the public policy agenda in relations to urban health diversity.
more...
Progress on Affirmative Action?
12 Dec 03 - The next few months will see YUFA
members involved either in hiring committees or approving their
decisions. These new hired faculty members will replace retirees and
will add to the YUFA complement the extra positions the Employer has said
will teach the double cohort and the enrolment growth beyond it.
more...
Is Work
Working for Workers of Colour? (PDF)
18 Dec 02 - Andrew Jackson (CLC) studies the large,
disturbing, and growing gaps in economic security and opportunity which
are based upon racial status. Racial discrimination plays the major role
in creating and sustaining large differences in the quality of jobs and in
economic security. more...
Laws, Courts,
Arbitrators Strengthen Disability Rghts
22 Nov 02 - The kinds of barriers people with disabilities
face at work are wide ranging including physical, administrative and
attitudinal barriers. The good news is that changes to the law and
recent grievance settlements have largely been favourable for people
with disabilities. Jody Nyasha Warner reports on the 2002 OFL
disability rights conference. more...
Disability Rights
Best Treated at Bargaining Table, says OFL
22 Nov 02 - As in many workplaces, much work needs to be
done to ensure that the duty to accommodate is met in an effective and
non-discriminatory manner for YUFA members. Ruthanna Dyer reports on
the 2002 OFL conference on disability rights. more...
Survey Analyses Delays and
Barriers to Faculty Members' Career Progress
The 2000 Employment Equity survey of York
faculty collected information about delays and barriers to career
progress. Darla Rhyne of the Institute for Social Research
reports. more...
Example Affirmative Action Plans for Hiring
The following unit Affirmative Action Plans were
approved under the 1999-2001 Collective Agreement. Send us your
unit's plan by emailing it to yufa@yorku.ca.