The university and CUPE 3903 have reached tentative agreements for Units 1 and 3 on Sunday March 29th. Ratification vote details have not yet been announced. Media Contact: Joanne Rider, York University Media Relations, 416 736 5593, jrider@yorku.ca
Message from York University Vice-President Academic & Provost
Late yesterday, Senate Executive received and accepted the list of courses that will resume on Monday, March 23 in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and the Faculty of Environmental Studies. To ensure accurate information, all courses and sections resuming will be added to the Resumption of Classes list on our website […]
Message from York University Vice-President Academic & Provost Rhonda Lenton
March 19, 2015 − Today, a special meeting of Senate was held to respond to Senators' concerns regarding the ongoing labour situation and the previously approved phased resumption of classes. During the meeting, Senators voted down a motion calling upon "Senate Executive Committee to continue the suspension of all classes that have not yet resumed […]
New lake surface temperature database will help to study climate change: York U researcher
TORONTO, March 17, 2015 – A group of York University investigators and their international counterparts have jointly created a database of lake surface temperatures, to help study ecological effects of climate change. “There has been a significant need to put together a database like this, considering the rapid warming of lakes,” observes Professor Sapna Sharma in […]
Statement from York University Provost Rhonda Lenton - Senate Executive Approves Resumption of Classes
TORONTO, March 16, 2015 - Reaching fair and competitive settlements with CUPE 3903 has been the University’s goal since we first began negotiating new collective agreements. As colleagues know, CUPE 3903 contract faculty (Unit 2) ratified a new three year contract. Regrettably, two units of CUPE 3903 representing Teaching Assistants and Graduate Assistants (Units 1 […]
Organisms can keep gene expression in check: York U biologist
TORONTO, March 13, 2015 – York University researchers have learned how living beings can keep gene expression in check — which might partly explain the uncontrolled gene expression found in many cancers. “Using yeast as a model organism, we studied the Tup1 protein, a negative regulator of gene expression,” says Biology Professor Emanuel Rosonina, adding, “This […]
Statement from York University Provost Rhonda Lenton
Since the start of the labour disruption, York University has worked hard to get our students back to class as quickly as possible. As you know, on Wednesday, March 11, the University resumed 333 courses in a number of our Schools and Faculties. Senate Executive met this afternoon to review the Faculty-specific plans regarding the […]
