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Join us at our upcoming Annual General Meeting featuring the panel, “The York We Want, The Premier We Don’t: Post-Secondary Education in the Ford-Era”. Date: Thursday, February 7, 2019 Time: 5:30-6:30 pm (Panel), and 6:30-8:30 pm (AGM business)  Location: Overgrad, Ross S167  Please reserve your spot on Eventbrite! Doug Ford’s Premiership promises to be a […]

On January 16, the Ford government announced the entirety of its plans for regressive changes to Ontario’s post-secondary system. This is undeniably an attack on the quality of education and student services on our campuses. We will do everything we can to fight it. They’ve announced a series of changes to OSAP and ancillary fees […]

For years, the Unist’ot’en Camp in British Columbia has held a blockade to prevent development on their territory. The Unis’tot’en (C’ihlts’ehkhyu / Big Frog Clan) are the original Wet’suwet’en Yintah Wewat Zenli distinct to the lands of the Wet’suwet’en. TransCanada is planning to build a pipelines’ 670-kilometre Coastal Gaslink pipeline, which will transport liquefied natural gas from […]

Chief Returning Officer (CRO) Employment Type: Contract (Termed), Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1281 Unionized. Hours and Duration of Contract: February and March 2019 with a maximum of 20 hours per week (100 maximum hours total). Salary and Benefits: $34.62 per hour plus benefits (as specified in the YUGSA – CUPE 1281 Collective […]

Please note that the YUGSA office will be closed all day on Thursday, December 6, in observance of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The YUGSA Office will re-open on December 7 and then close on December 14 for the Winter Break. We will open in the new year on […]

To President and Vice-Chancellor Rhonda Lenton, As the York Cross-Campus Alliance (CCA), which represents students and unionized staff and faculty at the university, we openly voice our opposition to the provincial government’s enactment of Bill 47, the Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018. We call upon you to protect workers at York University from […]