We are hosting a hybrid General Membership Meeting on February 28th from 12:30pm – 3:30pm! 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 […]
The Trans Feminist Action Caucus History Project and the Archive Committee are organizing a training session on March 4th 1:00-3:00 PM where members will be able to learn more about the CUPE 3903 Archives and the TFAC History Project. Attendees will also be able to learn how to conduct archival research, understand and use archival materials. You do […]
If you’re afraid York's programs and campus are being dismantled, you’re not alone. The York administration appears to have abandoned its vision to provide "a broad sociodemographic of students with access to a high quality education" , its mission to "explore global concerns", "encourage bilingual study", and its commitment to "social justice" and "collegial self-governance". […]
At the next meeting of the ARRT, we will discuss the Board of Governors package from February 25, 2025 and the Senate package from February 27, 2025. 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 […]
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, […]
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 by clicking here. Please […]
Join the BIPOC Caucus for their last event of the year! CUPE 3903 members who are Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Colour: come out to this Town Hall and share what you want to see from this caucus. Let’s brainstorm together how we can build power and make our union work for everyone. The BIPOC Caucus Town Hall will be taking place […]
Join the Trans Feminist Action Caucus (TFAC) and the Chimneystack Film Society for our inaugural film screening on March 11, 2025 at the Centre for Film & Theatre (CFT) 135. We will be screening Long Time Comin' (1993) directed by Dionne Brand and Like the Trees (1974) directed by Kathleen Shannon. All films projected on 16mm, and because […]
The Trans Feminist Action Caucus Annual General Meeting (AGM) is happening on March 17, from 1:00-3:00 PM! It’s hybrid, so you can join on Zoom (linked here) or at the CUPE 3903 office in Atkinson 143. Make sure to attend the AGM as we will be presenting and approving the 2025-2026 budget, as well as […]
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, […]
Are you a Black and/or Indigenous and/or person of colour (BIPOC) interested in learning more about Unit 2 contract faculty work? As a part of the Mentoring Program Fund, this session is geared to support Unit 1 and 3 members, as well as newer Unit 2 members, who are seeking advice and guidance on applying […]
University educators, including teaching assistants and contract faculty, are often subject to issues of racism and sexism in the classroom, among other forms of discrimination and harassment. Recent and ongoing attacks on the humanities might further exacerbate the problem, posing a serious threat to educators who integrate and take up equity and social justice in […]
At the next meeting of the ARRT, we will discuss the Faculties of the Future Interim Report. 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. If […]
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, […]
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 […]
We are hosting a hybrid Annual General Meeting (AGM) on March 24th 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 […]
All members are invited to join the March Stewards’ Council meeting on March 27th from 2:30-4:30PM, hybrid on Zoom at this link and in the CUPE 3903 Office (143 Atkinson)! Click here for the tentative agenda. This meeting will be an opportunity for the Lead Stewards and Department Stewards to review the past year […]
Are you a Unit 2 member interested in learning more about the CUPE 3903 Research Leave? Join us for a hybrid Mentoring Program Fund session to review and better understand the research leave application (due by June 1), and to learn more about developing a summary of the research project, a detailed description, and other […]
At the next meeting of the ARRT, we will discuss enrolment: What counts as enrolment? What are projections based on? Participants will share their research on this complex issue. 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 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 by clicking here. Please […]
This in-person Mentoring Program Fund 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 […]
The Trans Feminist Action Caucus (TFAC) will be hosting a hybrid Trans ID Workshop on April 10th at 12 PM facilitated by Dana Teagle, on Zoom and in the CUPE 3903 office at 143 Atkinson. Dana Teagle (she/her) is a web developer who has led workshops on name and gender marker changes since 2021. The […]
Find out what us happening in Unit 2! At this meeting, 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! Click here for the Zoom link. For any questions, contact: Neil Braganza, Lead […]
The Trans Feminist Action Caucus (TFAC) will be hosting its monthly meeting on April 10 from 1:00-3:00 PM. This meeting is hybrid. The in-person meeting will happen in the CUPE 3903 Office at 143 Atkinson. TFAC includes all women, trans, genderqueer, and gender variant members of CUPE 3903! If you’re part of those groups, we […]
CUPE 3903 represents the contract faculty, teaching assistants, graduate assistants, and research assistants, part-time librarians and archivists, and Canadian Observatory on Homelessness workers at York University.