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  YUGSA 2018-2019 Annual Elections Nomination Period: February 16, 2018 – February 28, 2018 All Candidates Meeting: March 1, 2018, 5:00pm-8:00pm Voting Days (Keele Campus): March 13 – 15 Voting Days (Glendon Campus): March 15 There are six positions on the Executive Committee, including: President, VP Campaigns, VP Finance, VP Internal, VP Gender Issues, and […]

  Members of the York community are invited join us for a special panel to discuss recent cuts for graduate students, staff and faculty. Cuts affect us all and we need to push back!  DATE: Thursday February 15, 2018 LOCATION: Overgrad cafe (Ross South 167) TIME: Panel 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm AGM 5:30 pm […]

Today we send all our solidarity and support to CUPE 3205 members, who work in food services at Trent University, as they fight for a better contract with their employer, Compass Group of Canada. Not only do we urge Compass to immediately bargain a fair deal with its workers, we also urge Trent University to […]

January 25, 2018 The York Cross-Campus Alliance (CCA) is worried by the University’s recent open letter to members of CUPE 3903 at the start of the local’s strike mandate vote. On January 19, 2018, the University issued an “open letter” signed by the Interim Vice-President Academic & Provost that was directed at members of CUPE […]

The YUGSA Equity committee is pleased to invite the York community to join us to celebrate the Black History Month in February. The agenda of activities is as follows: Friday, February 2, 2018: The launch of YUGSA Highlights 5 Website for Black History Month. The purpose of the Highlights 5 Website is to participate in […]

Black History Month is fast approaching! One of the ways YUGSA’s Equity committee is commemorating the occasion is by hosting a website that highlights some of the contributions that black academics have made to various fields studied at York.  The Equity committee would like to collaborate with a York graduate student to assist with the […]