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  • April 2025

  • Fri 25

    Unit 5 Bargaining

    April 25, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Zoom

    This will be a session of Unit 5 bargaining with the Employer. Unit 5 is our newest unit in CUPE 3903, representing workers at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness!   Do you have questions, supportive words, or want to know more about Unit 5 bargaining? Send an email to Promise Busulwa, Lead Steward Unit 5, at cupe3903lsu5@gmail.com and Mackenzie Edwards, Communications Officer, […]

  • Tue 29

    CUPE 3903: Extension of Program Time Limits / 7th Year Extension Info Session (Online!)

    April 29, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Zoom

    Did you know? Unit 1 members who are in their 6th year of study and whose studies have been impacted by a protected ground under the human rights code  (e.g. disability, illness, family status) are eligible to apply for a funded 7th year extension of PhD program time limits. To find out more about the […]

  • Wed 30

    Executive Committee Meeting

    April 30, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson) 96 The Pond Road, North York, ON, Canada

    The Executive Committee is holding a meeting. All members are welcome to attend. Only executive committee members can vote. This meeting will be hybrid, with the in-person space being the board room of the CUPE 3903 office (Atkinson 143). Please click here for the Zoom link for this meeting! The agenda is available here. Please contact Zoë […]

  • May 2025

  • Fri 2

    Unit 5 Bargaining

    May 2, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Zoom

    This will be a session of Unit 5 bargaining with the Employer. Unit 5 is our newest unit in CUPE 3903, representing workers at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness!   Do you have questions, supportive words, or want to know more about Unit 5 bargaining? Send an email to Promise Busulwa, Lead Steward Unit 5, at cupe3903lsu5@gmail.com and Mackenzie Edwards, Communications Officer, […]

  • Wed 14

    Executive Committee Meeting

    May 14, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson) 96 The Pond Road, North York, ON, Canada

    The Executive Committee is holding a meeting. All members are welcome to attend. Only executive committee members can vote. This meeting will be hybrid, with the in-person space being the board room of the CUPE 3903 office (Atkinson 143). Please click here for the Zoom link for this meeting! The agenda is available at this link. Please […]

  • Thu 15

    Archiving Day!

    May 15, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
    CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson) 96 The Pond Road, North York, ON, Canada

    The CUPE 3903 Archive Committee is hosting a number of open archiving sessions throughout the Summer Term! On archiving days, members are invited to find the Committee in the CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson) and/or our workstation in the Atkinson basement (tables set-up along the hallway by room 011). There you can have a look […]

  • Tue 20

    May General Membership Meeting

    May 20, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Vanier College 102 4700 Keele St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    We are hosting a hybrid General Membership Meeting on May 20th from 1pm – 4pm! All members are encouraged to attend. To register for the meeting, click this link. Please register in advance! Make sure to register at the link even if you’re attending in-person so that we can better estimate numbers and you can receive voting ballots via email. The […]

  • Wed 21

    TFAC May Meeting

    May 21, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson) 96 The Pond Road, North York, ON, Canada

    The Trans Feminist Action Caucus (TFAC) will be hosting its monthly meeting on May 21, from 1:00-3:00 PM. This meeting is hybrid. The in-person meeting will happen in the CUPE 3903 Office at 143 Atkinson. Click here to join the Zoom meeting. TFAC includes all women, trans, genderqueer, and gender variant members of CUPE 3903! […]

  • Thu 22

    Unit 5 Bargaining

    May 22, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Zoom

    This will be a session of Unit 5 bargaining with the Employer. Unit 5 is our newest unit in CUPE 3903, representing workers at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness!   Do you have questions, supportive words, or want to know more about Unit 5 bargaining? Send an email to Promise Busulwa, Lead Steward Unit 5, at cupe3903lsu5@gmail.com and Mackenzie Edwards, Communications Officer, […]

  • Fri 23

    Unit 5 Bargaining Prep!

    May 23, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Zoom

    This will be a session of Unit 5 bargaining preparation. Unit 5 is our newest unit in CUPE 3903, representing workers at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness!   Do you have questions, supportive words, or want to know more about Unit 5 bargaining? Send an email to Promise Busulwa, Lead Steward Unit 5, at cupe3903lsu5@gmail.com and Mackenzie Edwards, Communications Officer, at cupe3903comms@gmail.com. […]

  • Wed 28

    CUPE Ontario Convention

    May 28, 2025 - May 31, 2025
    Toronto Sheraton Centre 123 Queen St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Elected delegates from CUPE 3903 will be attending the CUPE Ontario Convention during these dates, held at the Toronto Sheraton Centre. Any questions about CUPE Conventions? Email Mackenzie Edwards (Communications Officer) and Joseph Tohill (Vice-President Unit 2) at communications@cupe3903.org and vpu2@cupe3903.org

  • Wed 28

    Unit 5 Bargaining

    May 28, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Zoom

    This will be a session of Unit 5 bargaining with the Employer. Unit 5 is our newest unit in CUPE 3903, representing workers at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness!   Do you have questions, supportive words, or want to know more about Unit 5 bargaining? Send an email to Promise Busulwa, Lead Steward Unit 5, at cupe3903lsu5@gmail.com and Mackenzie Edwards, Communications Officer, […]

  • Thu 29

    May Stewards’ Council

    May 29, 2025 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
    CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson) 96 The Pond Road, North York, ON, Canada

    All CUPE 3903 members and especially stewards are encouraged to go to the May Stewards’ Council meeting on May 29th from 2:30-4:30PM, hybrid on Zoom at this link and in the CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson)!   Stay tuned for a tentative agenda and more information about the meeting topics.   Questions? Ask a Lead Steward! Neil Braganza, Lead Steward Unit 2, […]

  • Fri 30

    Unit 5 Bargaining

    May 30, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Zoom

    This will be a session of Unit 5 bargaining with the Employer. Unit 5 is our newest unit in CUPE 3903, representing workers at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness!   Do you have questions, supportive words, or want to know more about Unit 5 bargaining? Send an email to Promise Busulwa, Lead Steward Unit 5, at cupe3903lsu5@gmail.com and Mackenzie Edwards, Communications Officer, […]

  • June 2025

  • Tue 3

    Executive Committee Meeting

    June 3, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson) 96 The Pond Road, North York, ON, Canada

    The Executive Committee is holding a meeting. All members are welcome to attend. Only executive committee members can vote. This meeting will be hybrid, with the in-person space being the board room of the CUPE 3903 office (Atkinson 143). Please click here for the Zoom link for this meeting! The agenda is available at this link. Please […]

  • Mon 16

    Alternative Restructuring Research Team

    June 16, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    Zoom

    At the next meeting of the Alternative Restructuring Research Team, we will discuss enrollment! More details to come soon. Our discussion will be part of our ongoing research into how York’s upper administration has reshaped the university to the detriment of the educational mission and the employees who make York work. If you share this […]

  • Tue 17

    Being in Good Relationship: Empathic Listening & Setting Boundaries in the Academic Workplace

    June 17, 2025 @ 10:15 am - 2:30 pm
    Vari Hall 3000 198 York Blvd, North York, Ontario, Canada

    Register here: https://forms.gle/QTbHTC3BbHmdGbo36 This workshop will develop participants’ skills around reciprocal relationship building, boundary setting, active listening and holding space for sensitive disclosures and hard conversations. We will begin by contextualizing these ideas within the institution of York University, and explore what reciprocal relationships could look like within an environment that fosters competition and extractive […]

  • Wed 18

    Executive Committee Meeting

    June 18, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson) 96 The Pond Road, North York, ON, Canada

    The Executive Committee is holding a meeting. All members are welcome to attend. Only executive committee members can vote. This meeting will be hybrid, with the in-person space being the board room of the CUPE 3903 office (Atkinson 143). Please click here for the Zoom link for this meeting! The agenda is available at this link. Please […]

  • Thu 19

    Archiving Day!

    June 19, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
    CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson) 96 The Pond Road, North York, ON, Canada

    The CUPE 3903 Archive Committee is hosting a number of open archiving sessions throughout the Summer Term! On this archiving day, members are invited to find the Committee in the CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson). There you can have a look at what we’re working on, ask us questions about the archive and learn about the […]

  • Mon 30

    Alternative Restructuring Research Team

    June 30, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    Zoom

    At the next meeting of the Alternative Restructuring Research Team, we will discuss the Multi Year Operating Budget. Our discussion will be part of our ongoing research into how York’s upper administration has reshaped the university to the detriment of the educational mission and the employees who make York work. If you share this concern and […]

  • July 2025

  • Thu 3

    Executive Committee Meeting

    July 3, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson) 96 The Pond Road, North York, ON, Canada

    The Executive Committee is holding a meeting. All members are welcome to attend. Only executive committee members can vote. This meeting will be hybrid, with the in-person space being the board room of the CUPE 3903 office (Atkinson 143). Please click here for the Zoom link for this meeting! The agenda is available at this link. Please […]

  • Thu 10

    Archiving Day!

    July 10, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
    CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson) 96 The Pond Road, North York, ON, Canada

    The CUPE 3903 Archive Committee is hosting a number of open archiving sessions throughout the Summer Term! On this archiving day, members are invited to find the Committee in the CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson). There you can have a look at what we’re working on, ask us questions about the archive and learn about the local’s records, […]

  • Tue 15

    U5 Bargaining Prep!

    July 15, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Zoom

    A preparatory session for the Unit 5 Bargaining Team.

  • Wed 16

    Unit 5 Bargaining

    July 16, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

    This will be a session of Unit 5 bargaining with the Employer. Unit 5 is our newest unit in CUPE 3903, representing workers at the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness!   Do you have questions, supportive words, or want to know more about Unit 5 bargaining? Send an email to Promise Busulwa, Lead Steward Unit 5, at lsu5@cupe3903.org or […]

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