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SUMMARY:October General Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:We are hosting a hybrid General Membership Meeting on October 29th from 1:30-4:30pm! All members are encouraged to attend. We’ll be having treats and decorations to celebrate both Diwali and Halloween\, so get ready for some festive fun! \nTo 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. \nThe in-person location is Vanier College 107A. The meeting agenda is available here. Please make sure to read the enclosed minutes awaiting approval in advance. \nIn order to register\, you will need to provide your employee number\, which will be kept confidential. Your employee number is on your monthly pay stub. If you don’t know your employee number\, please click here for instructions. \nIf you require any of the following: ASL interpretation\, reimbursement for childcare/caregiver/attendant care\, or other requests for accommodation\, please contact our Equity Officer\, Nadia Kanani\, at cupe3903equity@gmail.com. This meeting will be closed captioned through CART.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/october-gmm/
LOCATION:Vanier College 107A\, 4700 Keele St\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241030T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241030T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241021T041705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T164913Z
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SUMMARY:October Stewards' Council
DESCRIPTION:October’s SC will include a brief orientation session for new and returning stewards\, followed a strategy session on member engagement and faculty/department mobilisation. All members are welcome! Bring your festive spirit — we’ll have treats and decorations to celebrate Diwali and Halloween! \nStewards are encouraged to attend in-person at the CUPE 3903 office in 143 Atkinson or Zoom-in from a location where they can speak freely so they can participate in small-group discussions. Please use this form (linked) to indicate if you will be attending in person so that we can coordinate refreshments. \nZoom link here! \nIf you wish to add an item to the agenda or have other concerns\, please contact the Lead Stewards below. \n\nBecky Whiley\, Lead Steward Unit 1\, cupe3903csu1@gmail.com\nNeil Braganza\, Lead Steward Unit 2\,  cupe3903chiefstewardunit2@gmail.com\nShyam Patel\, Lead Steward Unit 3\, cupe3903csu3@gmail.com\nSusan Bryant\, Lead Steward Unit 4\, cupe3903csu4@gmail.com
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/october-stewards-council/
LOCATION:CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson)\, 96 The Pond Road\, North York\, ON\, M3J 2S5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241031T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241031T130000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241019T033603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T060041Z
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SUMMARY:International Graduate Students Info Session
DESCRIPTION:We are hosting an online info session for all our members who are international graduate students on October 31st from 11:30am to 1:00pm. Do you have questions about how your funding package works? Interested in knowing more about your rights and responsibilities as a teaching assistant or a graduate assistant?\n\nThis info session will respond to these and other questions about being an international graduate student and member of CUPE 3903. We will also have time at the end for questions and answers.\n\nTo register\, please use the registration link and you will receive a confirmation email shortly.\n\nYou are also welcome to reach out to Shyam Patel\, Lead Steward Unit 3\, if you have any concerns or questions.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/international-graduate-student-info-session/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241031T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241031T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241022T191459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241118T042702Z
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SUMMARY:Alternative Restructuring Research Team
DESCRIPTION:At the next meeting of the ARRT\, we will critically discuss York’s public relations messaging “Faculties of the Future”: \n\nFaculties of the Future University Academic Leadership Forum – 10 May 2024\nFaculties of the Future draft discussion paper (Sept 2024)\nFaculties of the Future supporting data (Sept 30 2024)\n\n  \nYork’s plan follows the example of the University of Alberta\, which is discussed here: \n\nCarolyn Sale\, “Uncollegial governance and the restructuring of the University of Alberta” (Jan 2024)\nLaurie Adkin\, “Higher Education – Corporate or Public? How the UCP is restructuring post-secondary education in Alberta” (May 2022)\n\nRead what you can\, as your capacity allows. We will also be discussing our ongoing projects.\n \nTo join the research team\, contact: Neil Braganza\, Lead Steward Unit 2\, at cupe3903chiefstewardunit2@gmail.com.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/alternative-restructuring-research-team/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241107T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241107T150000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241023T160311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T161212Z
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SUMMARY:Fund the Fight: Town Hall on Dues
DESCRIPTION:This upcoming hybrid town hall is about the financial situation of the Union and a proposed dues increase to try to resolve the issue. The Ad Hoc Finance Committee will present the hard numbers about our finances and why it’s important to fund the fight. Come to this town hall to learn about the issues\, ask questions\, and discuss with your comrades! \nIt will be held in-person at WC (Winters’ College) 118 and online via Zoom at this link.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/fund-the-fight-town-hall/
LOCATION:Winters College 118\, 72 Winters Ln\, North York\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241113T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241113T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241010T204603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241113T160114Z
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SUMMARY:Executive Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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). \nPlease click here for the Zoom link for this meeting! \n\nYou can find the agenda here. \n\nThis exec meeting is scheduled on November 13th from 11AM-2PM. \nPlease contact Zoë Newman\, Chairperson\, at cupe3903chairperson@gmail.com for any accessibility requests.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/executive-committee-meeting-17/
LOCATION:CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson)\, 96 The Pond Road\, North York\, ON\, M3J 2S5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241114T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241114T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241103T183953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241104T061733Z
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SUMMARY:Alternative Restructuring Research Team
DESCRIPTION:Next meeting: Alternative Restructuring Research Team\n\n\n\nAt the next meeting of the ARRT\, we will discuss discuss the reports to the Board of Governors on Oct 1\, 2024. Please read what you can\, as your capacity allows. This is 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. \nIf you share this concern and would like to help with some of the research\, please get in touch! \nTo join the research team\, contact: Neil Braganza\, Lead Steward Unit 2\, at cupe3903chiefstewardunit2@gmail.com.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/alternative-restructuring-research-team-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241118T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241118T150000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241028T115707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241117T103229Z
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SUMMARY:TFAC November Meeting
DESCRIPTION:🖤🐈‍⬛ All Trans Feminist Action Caucus members* are invited to join us for the November TFAC meeting on November 18th from 1pm – 3pm. This meeting will be hybrid\, in the CUPE 3903 office at 143 Atkinson and on Zoom at this link. \nThe agenda is available at this link. \n📝 Did you know? As a rank-and-file member of TFAC\, you will receive a $50 honorarium if you volunteer to be a minute-taker for the meeting! \n📬 Want to join the TFAC mailing list? Fill out this form! \n🌟Accessibility Requests: Please contact Em Panetta\, TFAC Co-chair\, at tfac2.cupe3903@gmail.com \n*The Trans Feminist Action Caucus or TFAC is an autonomous body of CUPE 3903 that consists of all women\, trans\, gender queer and gender variant members of the Local. Part of one of these groups? You’re a member of the Caucus and are welcome to attend all TFAC meetings!
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/tfac-nov-meeting/
LOCATION:CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson)\, 96 The Pond Road\, North York\, ON\, M3J 2S5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241119T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241119T113000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241113T005305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241113T005305Z
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SUMMARY:November Stewards' Council
DESCRIPTION:All members are invited to join the November Stewards’ Council meeting on November 19th\, 2024 from 9:30-11:30 am.\n\nThe tentative agenda for the meeting can be viewed here.\n\nThis will be a hybrid meeting! Members can join us in person in the CUPE 3903 Office (Atkinson 143) or via Zoom at this link.\n\nPlease use this form (linked here) to indicate if you will be attending in person so that we can coordinate refreshments. You can also use this form to make accessibility requests and submit your email address to be added to our mailing list!
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/nov-sc/
LOCATION:CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson)\, 96 The Pond Road\, North York\, ON\, M3J 2S5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241120T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241120T153000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241120T045339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T153735Z
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SUMMARY:CRC (Remobilization Committee): Rank-and-File Working Group
DESCRIPTION:A message from one of our rank-and-file working groups: \nJoin the CUPE 3903 Remobilization Committee! \nIn 2024\, at the CUPE 3903 Annual General Meeting (AGM)\,members voted to establish the Remobilization Working Group—now the CUPE Remobilization Committee (CRC). \nThe CRC is dedicated to re-engaging and mobilizing unionmembers in this post-COVID\, post-strike era. Grounded in anti-capitalist\,anti-imperialist\, and anti-racist values\, the CRC’s mission includes: \n\nRemobilizing CUPE 3903\, and bringing members back into union spaces.\nBuilding Solidarity: Strengthening connections among union members.\nCoalition Building: Collaborating with like-minded organizations across York University.\nTaking Action: Organizing campaigns\, flyering\, tabling\, postering\, and more.\n\nLed by rank-and-file members\, the CRC creates spacesfor open discussion and critical analysis of the issues that matter to our union. \nWhen & Where?\n📅Every Wednesday (except during actions\, GMMs\, or Stewards’ Council meetings).\n📍143 Atkinson (CUPE 3903 Office).\n💻Virtual Access: Join us on Jitsi:\nhttps://meet.jit.si/TremendousClientsEatAnywhere \n  \nStay Connected! \n\n💬 Join our WhatsApp group to chat with members and stay in the loop: https://chat.whatsapp.com/J7pqqGGiMUXJDhjDxw6CpE\n📱 Follow us on Instagram for updates: @CRC_WG\nPlease add us to your Calendar so you can find the next meeting: https://calendar.app.google/7n9EQJdqP9iZbucM9\n\n  \nWhether you want to engage in meaningful discussions\, helpwith outreach strategies\, or simply stay informed about what’s happening in the CRC\, we’d love to have you with us. Let’s build solidarity and shape the future of our union together!
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/crc-remobilization-committee-rank-and-file-working-group/
LOCATION:CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson)\, 96 The Pond Road\, North York\, ON\, M3J 2S5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241121T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241121T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241001T040327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241013T012512Z
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SUMMARY:Unit 2 Stewards’ Council Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Unit 2 Stewards’ Council Meeting \nThursday\, November 21st\, 1:00pm-2:00pm. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83110859711 \nThis is one of a series of recurring biweekly meetings of the Unit 2 Stewards’ Council convened by the Unit 2 Lead Steward in accordance with our bylaws (12.II.C). We will plan projects and support one another in the effort to build unit 2 stewarding. We will also discuss how to support other units. All unit 2 members are welcome! \nFor any questions\, contact: Neil Braganza\, Lead Steward Unit 2\, at cupe3903chiefstewardunit2@gmail.com.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/u2-sc-nov-21/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241126T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241126T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241010T204846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241125T235625Z
UID:16666-1732629600-1732640400@cupe3903.org
SUMMARY:Executive Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Executive Committee is holding a meeting. All members are welcome to attend. Only executive committee members can vote. This meeting will be virtual only. \nPlease click here for the Zoom link for this meeting! \nThis exec meeting is scheduled on November 26th from 2PM-5PM. \nPlease contact Zoë Newman\, Chairperson\, at cupe3903chairperson@gmail.com for any accessibility requests.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/executive-committee-meeting-18/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241127T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241127T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241002T175245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241127T225451Z
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SUMMARY:November General Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:We are hosting a hybrid General Membership Meeting on November 27th from 11:00am – 2:00pm! All members are encouraged to attend. \nTo 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. \nThe in-person location will be Vari Hall 3017. Please make sure to read the minutes sent along with your registration in advance. \nIn order to register\, you will need to provide your employee number\, which will be kept confidential. Your employee number is on your monthly pay stub. If you don’t know your employee number\, please click here for instructions. \nIf you require any of the following: ASL interpretation\, reimbursement for childcare/caregiver/attendant care\, or other requests for accommodation\, please contact our Staff Representative Equity\, Nadia Kanani\, at cupe3903equity@gmail.com
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/nov-gmm/
LOCATION:Vari Hall 3017\, 198 York Blvd\, North York\, Ontario\, Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241127T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241127T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241006T204837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241104T091727Z
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SUMMARY:Conversion and LSTA Application Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join our Conversion and Careers Advisor\, Professor Kym Bird\, for a series of workshops on preparing your application for conversion and other tenure-stream hiring searches at York. \nFind the Zoom link for this virtual workshop right here! \nThe workshop will focus on advising members on : \n\nHow the conversion process works\nHow to prepare strong files in teaching\, research\, and service\nHow to yourself as attractive as possible as a candidate for potential upcoming positions at York \n\n  \nThe best application files are constructed over time! An application for a conversion appointment\, for example\, must include a current curriculum vitae; letters of reference (including external letters); and an assessment by the hiring unit of the candidate’s teaching\, research\, and scholarly or creative work\, their service potential\, how their appointment fulfills departmental needs\, and (where appropriate and in light of the candidate’s unique career path) an assessment of the candidate’s potential for participation in graduate teaching and supervision.   \n  \nMembers applying for conversion are generally required to submit their applications in February for appointments beginning July 1. (More details of the process will be communicated later by Faculty Relations and the Union.) \n  \nConversion and Career Advice Workshops are open to all CUPE 3903 members interested in compiling a strong application package for conversion and LSTA appointments or who might\, in future\, be a position to apply for employment under either program.  \n  \nProfessor Kym Byrd is a YUFA member in the Division of Humanities and a former CUPE 3903 Unit 2 member. Her primary role as Career Advisor is to assist contract faculty members in career planning and Professional Development to prepare them to apply for conversion and tenure-stream applications at York. In addition to these workshops. \n  \nDr. Bird will be holding multiple workshops before the conversions’ application deadline: \n  \nTuesday 22 October 2024\, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (online) \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85075819238?pwd=ujOem9hVknmWCptXaHZ1dUwmIuHkXZ.1  \n  \nWednesday 27 November 2024\, 2:30–4:00 p.m. (online) \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82094439307?pwd=sZ8JDhun82zAhed0RZaaHQGm5k3cXk.1  \n  \nWednesday 15 January 11:00 a.m–12:30 p.m (online) \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82623493806?pwd=AOX6aPftAerzemkFtATjjRiMwzqdle.1  \n  \nDr. Bird is also available for one-on-one consultations about building your application file. Contact Dr. Byrd at kbird@yorku.ca.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/conversion-and-lsta-application-workshop-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241128T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241128T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241112T213848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241117T091926Z
UID:16755-1732806000-1732811400@cupe3903.org
SUMMARY:Alternative Restructuring Research Team
DESCRIPTION:Next meeting: Alternative Restructuring Research Team\n\n\n\nAt the next meeting of the ARRT\, we will discuss discuss the Senate agenda package from October 24\, 2024. Please read what you can\, as your capacity allows. This is 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. \nIf you share this concern and would like to help with some of the research\, please get in touch! \nTo join the research team\, contact: Neil Braganza\, Lead Steward Unit 2\, at cupe3903chiefstewardunit2@gmail.com.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/alternative-restructuring-research-team-3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241128T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241128T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241104T103150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241123T172636Z
UID:16732-1732807800-1732811400@cupe3903.org
SUMMARY:Extension of Program Time Limits / 7th Year Extension Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Unit 1 members of CUPE 3903 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.\n\nTo find out more about the process for applying for this extension and the funding available\, please join us for an Information Session on the 7th year extension.\n\nDate: Thursday November 28\, 2024\nTime: 3:30PM-4:30PM\nLocation: Zoom\nRegister here: https://forms.gle/tdZq7fKHszmWo3Qh6\n\nA zoom link will be sent the day prior to the session.\n\nIf you are unable to attend the information session or would like to connect one on one\, please contact Nadia\, Staff Representative Equity\, directly at cupe3903equity@gmail.com
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/extension-of-program-time-limits-7th-year-extension-info-session/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241205T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241205T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241001T032647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241013T012946Z
UID:16617-1733403600-1733407200@cupe3903.org
SUMMARY:Unit 2 Stewards’ Council Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Unit 2 Stewards’ Council Meeting \nThursday\, December 5th\, 1:00pm-2:00pm. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83110859711 \nThis is one of a series of recurring biweekly meetings of the Unit 2 Stewards’ Council convened by the Unit 2 Lead Steward in accordance with our bylaws (12.II.C). We will plan projects and support one another in the effort to build unit 2 stewarding. We will also discuss how to support other units. All unit 2 members are welcome! \nFor any questions\, contact: Neil Braganza\, Lead Steward Unit 2\, at cupe3903chiefstewardunit2@gmail.com.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/u2-sc-dec-5/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241209T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241209T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241126T184503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241209T144709Z
UID:16803-1733742000-1733752800@cupe3903.org
SUMMARY:Executive Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Executive Committee is holding a meeting. All members are welcome to attend. Only executive committee members can vote. Apologies: this meeting will need to be only on Zoom. \nPlease click here for the Zoom link for this meeting! \nThis exec meeting is scheduled on December 9th from 11AM-2PM. \nPlease contact Zoë Newman\, Chairperson\, at cupe3903chairperson@gmail.com for any accessibility requests.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/executive-committee-meeting-19/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241212T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241212T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241112T214043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241202T105410Z
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SUMMARY:Alternative Restructuring Research Team
DESCRIPTION:Next meeting: Alternative Restructuring Research Team\n\n\n\nAt this ARRT meeting\, we will discuss the Employer’s use of equity framings and language to obscure their top-down restructuring efforts. This is 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. Please read what you can\, as your capacity allows. 🙂 \nSuggested readings: \n\nThe President’s Advisory Council On Equity\, Diversity And Inclusion: Division Of Equity\, People And Culture\, “Decolonizing\, Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Strategy\, 2023-2028“\, York University.\n\nSpecific focus on: “Overarching Strategic Directions and Major New Campus-Wide Actions”\, 18-26\n\n\n“Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion.” Nous Group\, nousgroup.com/careers/equity-diversity-inclusion?r=CA.\nDeRosa\, Robin. “Writing from the wreckage: Austerity and the public university.” Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures (2023).\n\n  \nIf you share this concern and would like to help with some of the research\, please get in touch! \nTo join the research team\, contact: Neil Braganza\, Lead Steward Unit 2\, at cupe3903chiefstewardunit2@gmail.com.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/alternative-restructuring-research-team-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241216T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241216T133000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
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SUMMARY:Executive Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION: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). \nPlease click here for the Zoom link for this meeting! \nThis exec meeting is scheduled on December 16th from 10:30AM-1:30PM. \nPlease contact Zoë Newman\, Chairperson\, at cupe3903chairperson@gmail.com for any accessibility requests.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/executive-committee-meeting-20/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241217T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241217T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
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SUMMARY:December General Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:We are hosting a hybrid General Membership Meeting on December 17th from 11am-2pm! All members are encouraged to attend. \nTo register for the meeting\, please click this link. Make sure to register at the link even if you’re attending in-person so that we can better estimate numbers. \nThe in-person location is Founders College 303. We’ll be sending along links to the agenda and minutes with your registration! Please make sure to read the enclosed minutes awaiting approval in advance. You can also find the agenda linked here. \nIn order to register\, you will need to provide your employee number\, which will be kept confidential. Your employee number is on your monthly pay stub. If you don’t know your employee number\, please click here for instructions. \nIf you require any of the following: ASL interpretation\, reimbursement for childcare/caregiver/attendant care\, or other requests for accommodation\, please contact our Staff Representative Equity\, Nadia Kanani\, at cupe3903equity@gmail.com. This meeting will be closed captioned through CART.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/dec-gmm/
LOCATION:Founders College 303\, 99 Ottawa Rd\, North York\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241218T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241218T153000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241202T190435Z
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SUMMARY:CRC (Remobilization Committee): Rank-and-File Working Group
DESCRIPTION:A message from our rank-and-file members: \nTOPIC: Anti-Landlord Action Committee\nDealing with the rats\, and cockroaches on York Campus and Residence.\nCome to help people not live with bugs crawling all over them and work next to feces. \nIn 2024\, at the CUPE 3903 Annual General Meeting (AGM)\, members voted to establish the Remobilization Working Group—now the CUPE Remobilization Committee (CRC). \nThe CRC is dedicated to re-engaging and mobilizing union members in this post-COVID\, post-strike era. Grounded in anti-capitalist\, anti-imperialist\, and anti-racist values\, the CRC’s mission includes: \n\nRemobilizing CUPE 3903\, and bringing members back into union spaces.\nBuilding Solidarity: Strengthening connections among union members.\nCoalition Building: Collaborating with like-minded organizations across York University.\nTaking Action: Organizing campaigns\, flyering\, tabling\, postering\, and more.\n\nLed by rank-and-file members\, the CRC creates spaces for open discussion and critical analysis of the issues that matter to our union. \nWhen & Where?\n📅Every Wednesday (except during actions\, GMMs\, or Stewards’ Council meetings).\n💻Virtual Access: Join us on Jitsi:\nhttps://meet.jit.si/TremendousClientsEatAnywhere \nStay Connected! \n\n💬 Join our WhatsApp group to chat with members and stay in the loop:\nhttps://chat.whatsapp.com/J7pqqGGiMUXJDhjDxw6CpE\n📱 Follow us on Instagram for updates:\n@CRC_WG\n\n·        / Please add us to your calendar so you can find the next meeting: \nhttps://calendar.app.google/7n9EQJdqP9iZbucM9 \n  \nWhether you want to engage in meaningful discussions\, help with outreach strategies\, or simply stay informed about what’s happening in the CRC\, we’d love to have you with us. Let’s build solidarity and shape the future of our union together!
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/crc/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241219T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241219T150000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241214T061125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T135241Z
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SUMMARY:December TFAC Meeting
DESCRIPTION:🖤🐈‍⬛ All Trans Feminist Action Caucus members* are invited to join us for the December TFAC meeting on December 19th from 1pm – 3pm.  Due to unforeseen circumstances\, this meeting will be only virtual\, on Zoom at the link included here. \n📝 Did you know? As a rank-and-file member of TFAC\, you will receive a $50 honorarium if you volunteer to be a minute-taker for the meeting! \n📬 Want to join the TFAC mailing list? Fill out this form! \n🌟Accessibility Requests: Please contact Océane Nyela\, TFAC Co-chair\, at tfac.cupe3903@gmail.com \n*The Trans Feminist Action Caucus or TFAC is an autonomous body of CUPE 3903 that consists of all women\, trans\, gender queer and gender variant members of the Local. Part of one of these groups? You’re a member of the Caucus and are welcome to attend all TFAC meetings! \n 
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/december-tfac/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241219T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241219T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241210T035127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241210T035143Z
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SUMMARY:December Stewards' Council
DESCRIPTION:All members are invited to join the December Stewards’ Council meeting on December 19th\, 2024 from 2:00–4:00 pm. We hope you’ll join us for our final meeting of the year to share holiday spirit over hot chocolate and tea\, and reflect on what we want to achieve heading into 2025!\n\n\nThe tentative agenda for the meeting can be viewed here.\n\n\nThis will be a hybrid meeting! Members can join us in person in the CUPE 3903 Office (Atkinson 143) or via Zoom at this link.\n\n\nPlease use the form linked here to indicate if you will be attending in person so that we can coordinate refreshments. You can also use this form to make accessibility requests and submit your email address to be added to our mailing list!
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/december-sc/
LOCATION:CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson)\, 96 The Pond Road\, North York\, ON\, M3J 2S5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250109T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250109T163000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20250102T220626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250102T221058Z
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SUMMARY:Alternative Restructuring Research Team
DESCRIPTION:At the next meeting of the ARRT\, we will discuss the document that York has developed for this year’s annual budget consultation. Please read what you can\, as your capacity allows. This is 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. \nIf you share this concern and would like to help with some of the research\, please get in touch! \nTo join the research team\, contact: Neil Braganza\, Lead Steward Unit 2\, at cupe3903chiefstewardunit2@gmail.com.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/alternative-restructuring-research-team-5/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250110T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250110T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20250101T055402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T203811Z
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SUMMARY:Executive Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Executive Committee is holding a meeting. All members are welcome to attend. Only executive committee members can vote. Apologies – due to scheduling issues\, this meeting will be virtual only. \nPlease click here for the Zoom link for this meeting! \n\nThe agenda is available at this link. \n\nThis exec meeting is scheduled on January 10th from 2PM-4PM. \nPlease contact Zoë Newman\, Chairperson\, at cupe3903chairperson@gmail.com for any accessibility requests.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/executive-committee-meeting-21/
LOCATION:Zoom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250113T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20250101T055557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T211040Z
UID:16858-1736769600-1736776800@cupe3903.org
SUMMARY:Executive Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Executive Committee is holding a meeting. All members are welcome to attend. Only executive committee members can vote. This meeting will be hybrid\, on Zoom and in the CUPE 3903 office at 143 Atkinson. \nPlease click here for the Zoom link for this meeting! \n\nThe agenda is linked here. \n\nThis exec meeting is scheduled on January 13th from 12PM-2PM. \nPlease contact Zoë Newman\, Chairperson\, at cupe3903chairperson@gmail.com for any accessibility requests.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/executive-committee-meeting-22/
LOCATION:CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson)\, 96 The Pond Road\, North York\, ON\, M3J 2S5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250115T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250115T123000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20241006T205023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250102T221720Z
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SUMMARY:Conversion and LSTA Application Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join our Conversion and Careers Advisor\, Professor Kym Bird\, for the last in a series of workshops on preparing your application for conversion and other tenure-stream hiring searches at York. This first workshop will focus primarily on helping Unit 2 members in the Conversion (or “Affirmative Action”) Pool to prepare their applications for conversion appointments. \nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82623493806?pwd=AOX6aPftAerzemkFtATjjRiMwzqdle.1 \nThe workshop will focus on advising members on : \n\nHow the conversion process works\nHow to prepare strong files in teaching\, research\, and service\nHow to yourself as attractive as possible as a candidate for potential upcoming positions at York \n\n  \nThe best application files are constructed over time! An application for a conversion appointment\, for example\, must include a current curriculum vitae; letters of reference (including external letters); and an assessment by the hiring unit of the candidate’s teaching\, research\, and scholarly or creative work\, their service potential\, how their appointment fulfills departmental needs\, and (where appropriate and in light of the candidate’s unique career path) an assessment of the candidate’s potential for participation in graduate teaching and supervision.   \n  \nMembers applying for conversion are generally required to submit their applications in February for appointments beginning July 1. (More details of the process will be communicated later by Faculty Relations and the Union.) \n  \nConversion and Career Advice Workshops are open to all CUPE 3903 members interested in compiling a strong application package for conversion and LSTA appointments or who might\, in future\, be a position to apply for employment under either program.  \n  \nProfessor Kym Byrd is a YUFA member in the Division of Humanities and a former CUPE 3903 Unit 2 member. Her primary role as Career Advisor is to assist contract faculty members in career planning and Professional Development to prepare them to apply for conversion and tenure-stream applications at York. In addition to these workshops\, Dr. Bird is also available for one-on-one consultations about building your application file. Contact Dr. Byrd at kbird@yorku.ca.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/conversion-and-lsta-application-workshop-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250116T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250116T140000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20250111T200852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250111T201358Z
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SUMMARY:Unit 2 Stewards’ Council Meeting
DESCRIPTION:January 16th\, 1:00pm-2:00pm. \nZoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83110859711 \nThis is one of a series of recurring biweekly meetings of the Unit 2 Stewards’ Council convened by the Unit 2 Lead Steward in accordance with our bylaws (12.II.C). We will plan projects and support one another in the effort to build unit 2 stewarding. We will also discuss how to support other units. All unit 2 members are welcome! \nFor any questions\, contact: Neil Braganza\, Lead Steward Unit 2\, at cupe3903chiefstewardunit2@gmail.com.
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/jan16-u2-sc/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250121T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250121T153000
DTSTAMP:20260417T125334
CREATED:20250112T093510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250112T093725Z
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SUMMARY:Townhall Discussion: Unit 2 Report on "Faculties of the Future" Restructuring at York
DESCRIPTION:Members of CUPE 3903 are warmly invited to this informal\, online discussion of “The ‘Faculties of the Future’ Proposal: A Critical Analysis and Alternative Vision“\, a report produced by Unit 2 stewards. We will start with short presentations from authors of the report followed by a response from a unit 1 steward. We will then have an open discussion.\n\nParticipants are encouraged to read the document before the meeting. We will be working with the PDF copy\, which can be downloaded here. Please make every effort to arrive on time so that we can make the most of our time together.\n\nSome questions to consider:\n\nHow would you be impacted by the changes criticized in the report?\nHow might CUPE’s analysis be elaborated\, deepened\, broadened or complicated?\nHow might we work toward building a “sanctuary university”?\n\n\nMembers from all units are welcome!\n\nREGISTRATION: Please register for the meeting by following this link. Registration is required.\nQUESTIONS: For any questions or accessibility requests\, please contact Neil\, Lead Steward Unit 2\, at cupe3903chiefstewardunit2@gmail.com
URL:https://cupe3903.org/event/townhall-u2-report/
LOCATION:Zoom
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