At the October GMM notice was given for the introduction to the bylaws of an Internal Sexual Violence Policy. This will be a bylaw amendment, and should come to a vote at a Special General Membership Meeting on November 15th. The full text of the policy being put forward and more information can be found below.
Bylaw Amendments Passed at the October GMM
Amendments to several bylaws were voted on at the GMM on October 31st. Thanks for coming out to discuss and vote. Continue reading for vote counts.
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SexGen@York Trans Name Change Project Needs Your Feedback.
A subcommittee of the Trans Name Change Project is working to take the computer bugs and transphobia out of the name change process. It would be helpful for our CUPE 3903 representative on the committee (Equity Officer, Sheila Wilmot) to know about challenges members have had with either legal or non-legal names changes in the past couple years, either as a student or employee. Please drop her a confidential note at cupe3903.equity.officer@gmail.com if you have any feedback you’d like to share.
Teaching Commons @ York Launches Survey of Contract Faculty.
In order to better support the teaching professional development needs of contract faculty members, a Postdoctoral Visitor with the Teaching Commons, Dr. Brian Nairn, is inviting contract faculty to complete an online survey and/or join a focus group for further discussion on the matter of teaching and learning support. The survey will remain open until December 13, 2019. Information on the survey and focus group opportunities was provided for members in an invitation letter (Word document or pdf file).
CUPE 3903 Endorses the York Federation of Students’ One Day Student Strike.
At October’s GMM members CUPE 3903 voted to endorse the YFS We The Students campaign and the One Day Student Strike on November 6th. We encourage all members to enact solidarity in whatever way they can, and outline some of the protections and limitations members have as course directors and TAs below.
Job Posting: Tenure-track Position, Indigenous Studies at Glendon
Glendon College invites applications from candidates who self-identify as Indigenous (Aboriginal) for a professorial stream tenure-track appointment in Indigenous Studies, including Indigenous language studies and language revitalization, at the Assistant Professor level, to commence July 1, 2020. The successful candidate will be affiliated with the Department at Glendon College that best suits their research and teaching interests. Successful candidates will be academically proficient in at least one of English or French languages. The deadline for receipt of completed applications is January 10, 2020.
Le Collège universitaire Glendon de l’Université York sollicite des candidatures venant de candidates et candidats qui s’auto-identifient comme Autochtones pour un poste menant à la permanence dans le volet professoral en Études autochtones, y compris les études sur les langues autochtones et leur revitalisation, au rang de professeure adjointe ou professeur adjoint, débutant le 1er juillet 2020. La personne retenue sera compétente à un niveau académique dans au moins une des deux langues suivantes : le français ou l’anglais. La date limite de dépôt de la candidature est le 10 janvier 2020.
October GMM (October 31) Tentative Agenda
Our next GMM will be October 31st from 12 – 3pm in ACE (Accolade East) 007. Free food and TTC tokens will be available! At this GMM, we will be voting on donation requests and bylaw amendments, and electing representatives to communities. Several important updates and discussions are also scheduled. All members are encouraged to attend.
Keep reading for the tentative agenda, accessibility information and more.
Honourable Mention in the CUPE Communications Awards
CUPE 3903 was awarded an Honourable Mention for Best Written Content in the Annual CUPE Communications Awards. The award recognizes the talent and dedication of our 8th line without which we would not have been able to maintain such a robust communications strategy during the strike. The piece which received the Honourable Mention for Best Written Content was by Matthew Dunleavy for the Online Strike HQ Blog, titled Strike One, Shame on You, Strike Two, Shame on You: Rank and File Reflections on Returning to a Mismanaged University.
Job Posting: Tenure-track Position, Department of Economics at Glendon
The Department of Economics at Glendon invites applications for either a professorial or teaching stream tenure-track position to start July 1st, 2020. A PhD or a PhD near completion in Economics with a specialization in Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, or any related subfield of Macroeconomics is required.
Le Département d’économie du Collège universitaire Glendon de l’Université York sollicite des candidatures pour un poste menant à la permanence, volet professoral ou volet enseignement, au rang de professeure adjointe ou professeur adjoint, débutant le 1er juillet 2020. Les candidates et candidats doivent être titulaires d’un doctorat ou un doctorat en voie d’achèvement, avec spécialisation en macroéconomie, économie monétaire et bancaire ou tout autre sous-champ pertinent de la macroéconomie.
Job Posting: Tenure-track Position, Translation/Communications Department at Glendon
The Translation/Communications department at Glendon has posted a tenure-track position in Communications. The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate courses, in French and English, in Glendon’s bilingual Communications Program. The position starts on July 1st, 2010. The deadline for receipt of applications is January 3rd, 2020.
Le programme de communications, Collège universitaire Glendon, Université York sollicite des candidatures pour un poste menant à la permanence dans le volet professoral en communications au rang de professeure adjointe ou professeur adjoint, débutant le 1er juillet 2020. La candidate retenue ou le candidat retenu devra enseigner des cours de 1er cycle en français et en anglais dans le programme bilingue de communications. La date d’échéance de dépôt de la candidature est le 3 janvier 2020.