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2025-2026: Blanket Application Instructions

We’ve updated our step-by-step instructions for both Unit 1 (Teaching Assistants) and Unit 2 (Contract Faculty) on how to complete your blanket applications to apply for work at York University!

These instructions now reflect the recent updates to the cupejobs.uit.yorku.ca website. If you have further questions about blanket applications, please reach out for help. Good luck applying!

Make sure to also check out the post linked here for advice on tailoring a York U contract faculty CV to include with your Unit 2 applications! Additionally, for Unit 1s in a PhD program, you can click here to learn more about your Priority Pool rights.

November 2025 GMM: Committee (By)election & Bylaw Amendment Results!

Thank you to everyone who came out to today’s General Membership Meeting and voted on committee (by)elections and bylaw amendments. Congratulations to our newest committee...

Units 1, 2, & 3: Bargaining Team Nominations

Bargaining Team nominations for Unit 1, Unit 2, and Unit 3 were opened at the November General Membership Meeting! The nomination period will run from November...

CUPE 3903 Exec: Open Letter to YUFA Members Regarding CUPE 1281

Dear YUFA members, We write to you with increasing concern about the hardline approach your union’s bargaining team is taking toward your employees in CUPE...

Seeking Nominations: Unit 2 Conversion and Career Advisor

CUPE 3903 is seeking nominations for the position of “Conversions and Career Advisor.” The primary role of the Conversions and Career Advisor is to assist...

November 2025: Committees Election & Byelections Nominations!

We are currently taking nominations for the annual election of the PDF (Professional Development Funds) Committee: The regular terms of office for the PDF Committee...

Calling ALL Unit 1 Members Without Contracts!

CUPE 3903 has filed both a policy and a group grievance due to the employer’s failure to provide many Unit 1 contracts this Fall. In order to...

Guide to the New CUPE Jobs Site

As you may have heard, there has been an update to the CUPE Jobs website. We are aware of the various functional problems with the website...

CUPE 3903 Exec: Solidarity with CUPE 1281 YUFA Staff

The CUPE 3903 Executive Committee is in solidarity with the staff at the York University Faculty Association (YUFA), who are represented by CUPE 1281. As...

2025 CUPE National Convention Delegates Report

This October, CUPE 3903 brought eight delegates to the 2025 CUPE National Convention, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. While there were multiple frustrating...

The CUPE 3903 logo, with white bold stencil-style font that reads "CUPE 3903" and a star outline in the centre, offset by decorative flourishes on each side.

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. 

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  • CUPE 3903, 143 Atkinson Building, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3
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