12 May 2021 310M Scott Library, York University, 4700 Keele St. Toronto ON M3J 1P3 Ana Serrano, President & Vice-Chancellor, OCADU Office of the President, OCAD University 100 McCaul St, Toronto, ON M5T 1W1 Cc: Caroline Langill, Vice President and Provost Academic, OCADU Cc: Jamie Watt, Chair, OCAD University Board of Governors and Cc: Tony […]

York University Must Restore Part-time Librarian Positions

York University Libraries needs part-time librarians (PDF).

08 November 2019 102N Steacie Science and Engineering Library York University, 4700 Keele St. Toronto ON M3J 1P3 Sue Graham-Nutter, Chair of the Toronto Public Library Board Vickery Bowles, City Librarian c/o City Librarian’s Office Toronto Reference Library 789 Yonge St. Toronto ON M4W 2G8 Cc: His Worship John Tory; Mayor, City of Toronto To […]

William Denton was sponsored by YUFA to attend CAUT's October 2019 conference for librarians and archivists: Navigating the Reorganization.  His report is here: Navigating the Reorganization.

The librarians and archivists of the York University Faculty Association stand in solidarity with all our fellow library workers in CUPE 1989 in Mississauga who are now on strike, fighting against precarious labour and for fair pay and decent benefits. Public libraries are important in Mississauga, in Toronto, in every city and town in Canada, […]

We, the professional librarians and archivists at York University, are disappointed by the treatment the McMaster University Academic Librarians’ Association has received from McMaster in collective bargaining, and disheartened to learn our colleagues were forced to a strike vote, which passed unanimously last week. McMaster University Library and its librarians and archivists have suffered for […]

We, the librarians and archivists of the Library Chapter of the York University Faculty Association, call on Joe Murphy to drop the $1.25 million lawsuit he has initiated against Lisa Rabey and our York University colleague, nina de jesus.  As librarians and archivists, we are committed to the principles of openness and constructive dialogue about […]

WHEREAS, Edwin Mellen Press continues to litigate against Dale Askey and McMaster University; and WHEREAS, We understand such litigation to be an attack on freedom of expression; therefore be it RESOLVED, That YUFA librarians will refrain from acquiring titles published by Edwin Mellen until such time as Edwin Mellen ceases its litigation; and be it […]

Edwin Mellen Press is suing our colleague Dale Askey (associate university librarian at McMaster University in Hamilton) twice, once alone and once with McMaster itself, for comments he made on his blog in 2010 about the quality of Edwin Mellen publications. Dale Askey said in an email interview that it was "my job to assess […]