Dear UTFA Colleague,
UTFA’s Annual General Meeting is Thursday, April 10, 2025, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., via Zoom. We are trending toward another strong year for attendance. I encourage those who have not yet registered to do so here.
The online AGM will be followed by a member social at the UTFA offices (77 Bloor Street West, Suite 1800) starting at 5:30 p.m. Due to occupancy restrictions at the UTFA office, please indicate on your registration if you would like to attend the social.
Agenda
- Acknowledgment of Traditional Land
- Review of the Agenda
- Minutes of 2023 – 2024 AGM
- Welcome and President’s Remarks (Terezia Zorić)
- Sorting Fact from Fiction: Their Budget Decisions and Impacts on Your Work at U of T (Moderator: Thom Dancer, with Jun Nogami & Rob Gillezeau, and Arjumand Siddiqi, Girish Daswani, Kim MacKinnon, and Susan Wagner)
- Highlights from the Bargaining Table and UTFA’s ongoing work on the Memorandum of Agreement (Terezia Zorić and Jun Nogami)
- Academic Freedom: Know Your Rights! (Sherri Helwig and Jeff Bale)
- Reports of the 2024-2025 UTFA Officers and Chairs of Committees
The reports are published in the AGM Newsletter and will not be read at the meeting. However, the President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, and Committee Chairs will be available to answer questions. - Presentation of the UTFA Tuition Bursary Award Recipients (Jeff Bale)
- Presentation of the UTFA Academic Citizenship Award (Thom Dancer)
- Other business and questions from the floor
- Adjournment
Please don’t forget to register. As always, we encourage you to write to us with any questions you may have ahead of time, as part of the registration process or by emailing us at faculty@utfa.org. The Association’s 2023-2024 Audited Financial Statements can be found here.
We look forward to seeing you on April 10th!
Sincerely,
Terezia Zorić
UTFA President
On behalf of the UTFA Executive