Dear UTFA Colleagues,
You are invited to UTFA's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, April 10, from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. via Zoom. Click here to register. 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.
UTFA’s 2025 AGM will offer multiple interactive presentations. You are also encouraged to share your questions for presenters when you register or to email them to faculty@utfa.org after you register.
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Sorting Fact from Fiction: Their Budget Decisions and Impacts on Your Work at U of T (Keynote)
Send us your questions about the impact of Trump’s tariffs, government funding, decentralized university budgeting, international enrolments, graduate student funding increases, academic restructuring, the need for stronger collegial governance, job security, or anything related to the state of U of T’s finances and our work as faculty members and librarians. -
Highlights from the Bargaining Table and UTFA’s ongoing work on the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA)
Send us your questions about salary and benefits negotiations, historic breakthroughs in the grievance and arbitration process, UTFA vs. the Admin on key issues such as workload and housing, retiree access to MS 365, why our MoA is still unfit for purpose, or anything related to the work of your UTFA Negotiating Team. -
Academic Freedom: Know Your Rights!
Send us your questions about what to do when facing pressure to change your teaching or research (or public communications related to your teaching or research), how UTFA can support members facing challenges in the context of rising threats in North American higher education, or anything related to upholding your academic freedom rights in the workplace.
More details, including the UTFA AGM Newsletter containing annual reports from Executive members, as well as the Association’s audited financial statements, will follow.
Remember to save the date in your calendar, register to attend, and send us your questions.
We look forward to seeing you all on April 10th!
Sincerely,
Thom Dancer
Chair, UTFA Membership Committee
Terezia Zorić
UTFA President
On behalf of the UTFA Executive