The Department of Instructional Aid Resources was instituted in 1967 to provide new communications techniques, including television, filmstrips, slides and motion pictures, for instruction purposes. The Department was to produce educational television programs, motion pictures, photographs and related material, develop closed circuit television for classrooms, and provide equipment. In the intervening years the Department has added computer graphic design, opened a television studio for production and instruction purposes, and now offers full photographic services to the university community. Audio Visual Services operates a 120-seat cinema (Nat Taylor Cinema), a screening room and a teleconference room for distance education. During the period covered by these records the following men served as Director of the Department: A.F. Knowles (1967-1974), David A. Homer (1974-1990).
The Sports Information Office coordinates announcements and publicity about York sports teams, events and accomplishments for both men 's and women 's team and individual sports.
A Publications Office was opened in 1966 to co-ordinate all publishing activity in the University, but it was still nominally under the direction of the Department of Information and Development. In 1972 the Department of Information and Publications reporting to the Vice-President, was established.
S.M. Fisher served as Director.
In 1975/76 the department was renamed Department of Communications and in June of 1976 it began reporting directly to the President.
The Department began life as the Office of the Director, Information and Development (1962) reporting to the Assistant to the President. In 1964, pursuant to the recommendations of the Woods Gordon Survey, the office reported directly to the President. In 1966 a separate Publication Office was opened to coordinate all publishing activity within the university. In 1968 the Department of Information and Development consisted of a Director (Wilfred Sanders) with assistant directors for Development (Kim Mcilroy) and Information (Stan Fisher) as well as editors of Communique (Penny Joliffe), Bulletin and Gazette (Judy Birchall), and a publications coordinator (Margaret Hodgson). In 1970 a separate Department of Development was established, and in 1972, the Department of Information and Publication was formed.
The Department of Human Resources was established in 1988 as a successor to the Department of Personnel Services. It is responsible for employee relations, including development of policy, job evaluation and salary administration, employment equity recruitment of non-academic staff, labour relations with non-academic unions, including grievance handling, discipline and layoffs, and pensions and benefits.
In 1993 a reorganization of executive offices resulted in the Department of Human Resources being placed under an Assistant Vice-President for Finance and Human Resources within the portfolio of the Vice President (Institutional Affairs).
The Department of History, established in 1960 within the Faculty of Arts, was located at the York campus in 1967. The Department offers study in several fields including Classical, European, British, Canadian, American, African, Latin American and the Caribbean from different perspectives (economic, political, intellectual, social). The Department is lead by a Chairman and a Department Council, which has standing committees in the areas of curriculum, petitions and advisory, course evaluation and services. As of 1989, there were approximately 1,000 undergraduate students majoring in history either on the York campus or in Glendon College.
The study of geography was instituted at York in the first year of the university 's existence, with a Department of Geography organized for the 1962-1963 academic year. Originally concentrating in the fields of physical, human and economic geography, the Department grew rapidly, and introduced a graduate programme in 1968. As of 1991 there were approximately seven hundred graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in the Department of Geography.
The Department of Foreign Literature was a successor to the German, Russian and Spanish sections of the Department of Modern Languages (1964-1967), and offered undergraduate language and literature courses in those areas. The Department became a part of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics in 1979.
A. Ross Dawson, who had previously served as the Director of Campus Planning, served as Director of the Department for the period 1980 to 1984.
The Department of Facilities Planning and Management is the successor to the Department of Campus Planning, acquiring its current name in 1980. In that year the new department assumed the responsibilities of the Department of Ancillary Services. The department is responsible for all planning of space allocation on the campus and the maintenance of a computerized database of space use.
The Department of Facilities Planning and Management is the successor to the Department of Campus Planning, acquiring its current name in 1980. In that year, the new department assumed the responsibilities of the Department of Ancillary Services. The department was responsible for all planning of space allocation on the campus and the maintenance of a computerized database of space use.
The Department of English was established with the opening of the University in 1960, its first course offering being a survey of English literature from Chaucer to Milton. Since that time the Department has grown to encompass literatures in the English-speaking world, historical periods, critical perspectives and several genres. As of 1989 over 1600 undergraduate students were majoring in English literature at York and Glendon College, making it one of the largest departments in the Faculty of Arts.
The development function at York University began in approximately 1967 when Kim Mcilroy was named as Development Officer in the Department of Information and Development. A Department of Development, initially reporting to the President and later the Vice President, was instituted in 1970 with responsibility for raising funds in the private sector through corporate, foundation and individual gifts. One of the first fund-raising campaigns was the Founder 's Fund (1965), which sought to raise $15,000,000 from the private sector and individual donations. The Associates Programme sought to raise $100 annual gifts from individuals in large corporations.
The Dance Department began as a programme in the faculty in 1969, becoming a department with its own chair in 1974. The Department offers courses in technique, dance therapy, historical criticism and notation. Students may pursue a course of study for a bachelor of arts degrees, a bachelor of fine arts of for a master of fine arts degree. The following faculty have served as chair of the department: Grant Strate (1972-1977, 1978-1980), Margaret Dale (1977-1979), Yves Cousineau (1980-1982), Diane Woodruff (1982-1984), Keith Urban (1985-).
The Sports Information Office coordinates announcements and publicity about York sports teams, events and accomplishments for both men 's and women 's team and individual sports.
The Media Relations Office was responsible for promoting the interests and news of York University to outside media organizations and the community, through promotional activity and providing press releases concerning events at York.
The York Gazette (including its predecessor) is the official voice of the university. It provides news coverage of York' s major administrative and academic departments. It is a bi-monthly publication that began as a monthly in 1962. It was published monthly as the 'York university Gazette" from 1962-1970. From 1970 to date it has been published as the "York Gazette". The Gazettes were published by the Department of Publications from 1966 to 1976.
The Editorial Office co-ordinated publications and acted as a resource centre for a wide variety of university materials that were used as sources of information for writers preparing articles for publication.
The Director of Department of Communication and its predecessor body, the Department of Information and Publication, oversees the operation of department. In the early years of the university the Director reported directly to the President' s Office, and had responsibility for both information and for fund-raising. This included the writing of press releases and notices of university activities. During the period covered by these records the following served as Director of the Department: Lloyd H. Jenkins (1961-1964), Wilfred Sanders (1965-1971) and Stan Fisher (1971-1985).
The Department of Communication began life as the Office of the Director, Information and Development (1962) reporting to the Assistant to the President. In 1964, pursuant to the recommendations of the Woods Gordon Survey, the office reported directly to the President. In 1966 a separate Publication Office was opened to coordinate all publishing activity within the university.
By 1968 the Department of Information and Development was reporting through the Vice President (Finance). At this time the Department consisted of a Director (Wilfred Sanders) with assistant directors for Development (Kim Mcilroy) and Information (Stan Fisher) as well as editors of Communique (Penny Joliffe),Bulletin and Gazette (Judy Birchall), and a publications coordinator (Margaret Hodgson).
In 1969 a separate Department of Development was established and by 1972 there was a Department of Information and Publications reporting to the Vice-President, with S.M. Fisher as Director.
In 1975/76 the department was renamed Department of Communications and in June of 1976 it began reporting directly to the President. In 1983 the Department of Communications was transferred to the Vice President, External Relations and University Development, where it still remains.
The Department is responsible for promoting the interests of York University within the university, and in the wider community through a series of media publications, provision of information to Canadian news media, a Speaker' s Bureau, etc. Much of this activity is handled by the Media Resources Bureau (formerly Media Relations Office). Among its publication s are: 'York Daily Bulletin ' (1964-1980) and its successor, 'York Bulletin ' (1980), the 'York Gazette' (1962), Alumni News and the 'Highlights' published weekly in the Globe and Mail.
The Director 's Office was occupied by Arthur C. Johnson and A. Ross Dawson in the years 1959-1967.
The Department of Campus Planning, the forerunner of the Department of Facilities Planning and Management, was responsible for the planning and implementation of the physical environment of York University. The department had three major responsibilities. The first was the development of the Master Plan, which involved the selection of architects, liaison with municipal authorities for the provision of services to the campus, and co-operation with various building and planning committees on campus, including the Board of Governors Property and Building Committee and the Campus Planning Advisory Committee. The second was to provide background information to planners, architects and consultants with regard to space allocation, design, and services for the several campus buildings and facilities, both on the Glendon and main campuses. Finally, the department had to oversee the implementation of the Master Plan, and this work involved control over costs and schedules; work with outside consultants and project committees within the university; and liaison with the Department of Physical Plant. The department was renamed Facilities Planning and Management in 1980.
The Department of Campus Planning, the forerunner of the Department of Facilities Planning and Management, was responsible for the planning and implementation of the physical environment of York University. The Department had three major responsibilities. The first was the development of the Master Plan, which involved the selection of architects, liaison with municipal authorities for the provision of services to the campus and co-operation with various building and planning committees on campus, including the Board of Governors Property and Building Committee and the Campus Planning Advisory Committee. The second was to provide background information to planners, architects and consultants with regard to space allocation, design, and services for the several campus buildings and facilities, both on the Glendon and main campuses.
Finally, the department had to oversee the implementation of the Master Plan and this work involved control over costs and schedules; work with outside consultants and project committees within the university; and liaison with the Department of Physical Plant. The Department was renamed Facilities Planning and Management in 1980.
The Director was originally named the Business Manager, with the title Director of Ancillary Services first being employed in 1972. The Director was responsible for university facilities, including parking, food and liquor services. During the period covered by these records the position was held by J.R. Allen.
The Director was originally named the Business Manager, with the title Director of Ancillary Services first being employed in 1972. The Director was responsible for university facilities, including parking, food and liquor services. During the period covered by these records the position was held by J.R. Allen.
There was a Department of Alumni Affairs in the 1960s at York, with the Director of the Department of Information and Publications serving as Director of Alumni Affairs. In the 1970s the Alumni Affairs Office was created within the Department of Information and Publications. By the late 1970s there were plans to discontinue the Office, but it was revived as part of a new Department of Development and Alumni Affairs. In 1987 a separate Department of Alumni Affairs was established under the Vice President (External Relations).
The Department serves the interests of university alumni, especially the York Alumni Association for which it provides a secretariat, coordinates events, services and programs, promotes the development of branches and chapters, and acts as liaison for it with the wider university environment. In addition it published 'Alumni News ', 'Communique', 'Via' and 'Futures', four
publications which informed the York alumni community about activities and people at York. These were replaced by 'York Profiles ' (1989) which appears three times a year.
In the late 1970s the Office of Alumni Affairs was revived as part of a new Department of Development and Alumni Affairs. In 1987 a separate Department of Alumni Affairs was established under the Vice President (External Relations).
The Department of Psychology offered an introductory course in the first year of York University' s existence (1960-1961). Since that time the Department has grown to include a graduate programme, co-operative programmes in Early Childhood Education and in Rehabilitation with Seneca College of Toronto. In 1991 there were more than 3800 undergraduate students majoring in Psychology, as well as 239 nine enrolled in the graduate programme, making it the largest single department in the University.
Philosophy was part of the first curriculum of York University when in opened in 1960, with the distinguished Canadian philosopher George Grant teaching the introductory course. In 1990 there were 260 undergraduate students majoring in philosophy in the three York constituencies (Arts, Atkinson, Glendon) as well as sixty enrolled in the graduate programme.
The 'Daily Bulletin ' is an internal information sheet containing notices of activities, job opportunities and general news about York University. Originally, the publication was called 'York Activities ' and it was published weekly, 1964-68. It was renamed the the Daily Bulletin in September 1968 at which time it became a daily publication. It remained a daily publication. 'York Activities ' were included weekly. On 25 June 1980 the 'Daily Bulletin" was published three times a week. In August 1990 it became a weekly publication.
The Counselling and Development Centre (formerly Psychological Services Department, 1965-1974, and originally named Student Counselling Service), originated in 1960 to provide students with personal counselling. The Centre offers programmes in learning skills, services for students with learning disabilities, self change and management workshops, community mental-health consultation and self-help resources. At one time the Centre included the Development of Teaching Skills Programme.
The Council was initially called the Faculty Council, 1960-1962 and then the Faculty Council of Arts and Science, 1963-1965. It was the highest deliberative body in the faculty determining course content, hearing appeals of students on grades, establishing enrollment procedures and participating in related academic matters. In its early years, the faculty council was essential in establishing the academic programme of the university. Much of the Council' s work was carried out by Standing and ad-hoc committees, with the following being standing committees: Applications & Memorials, Examinations & Academic Standards, Examinations, Minor Research Grants, Scholarships and Undergraduate Studies committee. The ad-hoc committees included nominating, Schools' Liaison and Length-of-term.
The Council of Masters consists of the Masters of the non-faculty colleges of the university and student representatives. The Council oversees the residential and non-residential aspects of college life. It is responsible for the College Tutorial program (through the Inter-College Curriculum Committee) and for the presentation of artistic projects in the colleges through the Co-Curricular Committee. In addition certain administrative activities relating to the colleges and their residences (discipline, dons and Senior Tutors, convocation, liquor licensing) are discussed at Council and the Residence Council sub-committee, although each college sets its own standards in these matters. The Council has no formal budget and reports to the university through the Provost.
Prior to 1969 all the colleges and faculties of the university assembled together at a convocation, one in the spring and one in the fall. The growing size of the university soon made a single, united convocation unworkable. In the spring of 1969 Osgoode Hall Law School held its first, separate convocation, and in 1971 all the colleges (except Bethune) were called together separately in convocation. In 1972 Bethune and Administrative Studies began their own exercise, and they were followed by Fine Arts (1973), Environmental Studies (1974) and the faculties of Science and Education (1975).
This establishment was formerly the Founders College Senior Common Room (established 1966), which was renamed the York University College Faculty Common Room in 1968. As new colleges were opened on the campus an umbrella body, the York University Senior Common Room Inc., was established to serve as a license holder and victuals contractor for the several SCR's.
The College Administrative Assistants is an informal working group comprised of the Administrative Assistants of the colleges of York University. The group meets occasionally to discuss matters of common concern relating to both residence and college administration. Topics for discussion might include reorganizing the registration process for incoming students, damages to residential premises, office administration, staffing requirements and similar matters. The group has no official status, budget, and officers, although the position of convener of meetings rotates amongst the group on an annual basis.
The York University Coat of Arms and Motto were established in 1960, the Coat designed by Eric Aldwinckle and the motto proposed by John Court, a high school student from Islington, Ontario.
The Centre for the Support of Teaching was established in 1989 as a successor body to the Educational Development Office, which itself was developed in 1980 to take over the Development of Teaching Skills Programme from the Counselling and Development Centre. The Centre supports the teaching faculty and classroom learning by providing teaching-related workshops, special programmes, information about issues in teaching through newsletters and bibliographies, and by the development of teaching evaluation instruments.
The Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) was founded at York University in 1978 as an interdisciplinary organization concerned studying the economic development, the social and political organization and the cultures of the region. It initially received a start-up donation from the Donner Foundation and currently receives funding from several government organizations. The Centre sponsors research projects, conferences, workshops and related social activities. It is also responsible for organizing the Graduate Diploma Programme in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at York University, which is an interdisciplinary programme, and the Latin America and Caribbean Studies programme for undergraduate study at the university.
The Centre for Research on Environmental Quality (CREQ) enjoyed a relationship with the Faculty of Science in the 1970s and 1980s as an organized research unit. It eventually was incorporated in to the Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry which began in 1987. CREQ had several working groups including the Working Group on Outdoor Education, which attempted to provide adult education outside of the university curriculum through site visits to environmentally-sensitive areas in Metropolitan Toronto in the years 1982-1983.
The Director of the Centre was originally the Dean of Atkinson College although it has always maintained a separate identity. In 1991 a Presidential Task Force investigating the Centre' s operations recommended that the Centre be phased out. The task force recommendation has not been carried out. In the years covered by the records in this fonds the Directors of the Centre were: D. McCormack Smyth (1967-1969), Robert C. Rae (1969-1971) S. Macay Tobin (1971-1972).
The Centre for Continuing Education was established in 1967 as an adult education institute offering non-degree course in the fields of Arts and Communication, Human Relations, Urban Studies and Special Studies in Education. The Centre' s instructors are drawn from York's faculties and from professionals in the fields of instruction. Courses are offered in cooperation with institutes and organizations in specific fields. Formal classes, workshops, seminars and discussion groups are the preferred means of education in the Centre. The Centre offers instruction in the areas of Business (economics, accounting marketing), Management organizational behaviour, interpersonal communications), Industrial Relations, Language Skills and Law. The Centre offers bridging courses for those who wish to pursue education at the university level at some future time. In addition the Centre works in cooperation with those York faculties that offer non-degree courses, as a provider of expertise in areas of course content and development.
Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry was began in 1987.
The Business Manager had responsibility for food, housing, parking and related services to the university community, including ceremonials (including convocations). In August, 1971 the Business Manager, J.R. Allen, was named Director, Ancillary Services.
The Board-Senate Liaison Committee : Search Committee for a new President was established in 1969 to select a successor to Murray Ross as President of the University. The Search Committee for a new President was made up of representatives of the Senate, the Board and student and faculty representatives. Controversy plagued the Committee' s deliberations, including a premature release of the short-list of candidates, allegations of discord published in the university and Toronto newspapers, and revelations about confidential committee proceedings. Bora Laskin, formerly of Osgoode Hall Law School, chaired the committee.
The Secretary, appointed by the Board, has specific responsibilities related to the activities of the Board. The
secretary notifies members of meetings, is the custodian of the corporate seal, is the keeper of the books and records of the Board and performs other duties as the Board assigns.
The Board of Governors (B.O.G.) was established by provincial legislation (York University Act, 1959 repealed, and York University Act, 1965 - S.0. 143, 1965), as the paramount legislative authority of York University. Section 10 of the Act (1965) states that "the government, conduct, management and control of the University and of its property, revenues, expenditures, business and affairs are vested in the Board", and it shall have all necessary and convenient powers to do its job. The Board is composed of the Chancellor and President of the university as ex-officio members, two members of the Senate, two student representatives and two representatives of the York University Alumni Association, as well as twenty-four persons who are Canadian citizens selected by the Nominating Committee and elected by the Board. The officers of the Board are the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary (and Assistant Secretary). There are several committees of the Board including the Executive (and its sub-committee on collective bargaining), By-Laws, Audit, Investment, Finance, Property and Buildings, Student Relations, Appointments, Tenure and Promotions, Nominating, Pension Fund Board of Trustees, and Public and Community Relations.
The Registrar is the university officer responsible for the Registration Office which coordinates the processes, activities and publications associated with obsessional registration, the Student Records Office which manages academic student records and coordinates administrative computing services and the Student Record Service (RS) database, and their Room Allocation Centre which manages the allocation of teaching space at York. Beginning in 1991, the title of the officer was altered to Associate Vice-President (Registrar). The following people have served as University Registrar: Denis Smith (1960-1961), Donald S. Richard (1961-1967), Gordon F. Hogarth (1967-1969), MA. Eider (1970-1984), Lynda Burton (1985-1989), Gene Denzel (1991-1998), Ygal Leibu (1998-2000), Louis Ariano (2000-2004).
The Associate Vice President (Management Information and Planning) was responsible for the University Secretariat, statistical reporting (including the production of the 'York Fact Book'), institutional research, the Office of the Registrar, employee records and government reporting. In 1986 the position was upgraded to a full vice presidency as the Vice President of Institutional Affairs.
The Associate Vice President (Management and Information Systems) was a position created in the executive reorganization of the University in 1983. This new office was responsible for compiling university data, reporting to external bodies (Council of Ontario Universities, Ontario Council of University Affairs, Ministry of Colleges and Universities), as well as undertaking institutional analysis and planning, and related management information projects. The Associate Vice President took responsibility for the Registrar 's Office in 1984, and in 1986, the position was absorbed into the new Vice President (Institutional Affairs).
Sheldon Levy served as Associate Vice President (Management and Information Systems) for the entire period, 1983-1986, and was promoted to Vice President (Institutional Affairs) in the latter year.
The Assistant Vice President (Student Relations) was the name of the officer responsible for administrative relations with the York colleges, as well as student services, including Health Services, Placement Services, Psychological Services, administrative liaison with student councils and societies, the Convocation Office, and the Department of Instructional Aid Resources, Student Awards and liaison with Canada Manpower.
The position was created in 1976 during an executive reorganization at York, and succeeded the Assistant Vice President (Student Affairs). In the 1976 reorganization of the executive officers of the University, the Assistant Vice President was assigned to the Vice President (Employee and Student Relations). The position of Assistant Vice President (Student Relations) was dissolved in 1983 with the creation of the Office of Provost.
John Becker served as Assistant Vice President (Student Affairs/Relations) for the entire period, 1969-1984, although for much of the 1970s he was referred to as simply the Assistant Vice President.
The position of Assistant Vice President (Student Affairs) was created in 1969. The Assistant Vice President was responsible for administrative relations with the York colleges, as well as student services, including Health Services, Placement Services, Psychological Services and he was also the administrative liaison with student councils and societies. The Assistant Vice President reported to the Vice President (Academic) from 1969 until 1973 when he began reporting to the University Vice President, with increased responsibility for the Convocation Office, and the Department of Instructional Aid Resources, Student Awards and liaison with Canada Manpower. In the 1976 reorganization of the executive officers of the University, the Assistant Vice President was assigned to the Vice President (Employee and Student < Relations), when the name was changed to Assistant Vice President (Student Relations). John Becker served as Assistant Vice President (Student Affairs/Relations) for the entire period, 1969-1984, although for much of the 1970s he was referred to as simply the Assistant Vice President.
The Assistant Vice President (Business Operations) was a position created with responsibility for business activities at the University including purchasing, ancillary services, the Bookstore, stationary and printing, management of the residences and food services. Initially assigned to the Vice President (Finance), the office was moved under the Vice President (Administration) in 1974, and from there to the Vice President (University Services) in 1976. Harry Knox, the incumbent in the position left the University in 1979 and the position remained unfilled until 1984 when John Becker, formerly Assistant Vice President (Student Affairs) was named as the Vice President (Business Operations), remaining there until 1988. He reported to the Vice President (External Relations and University Development), until the establishment of the Vice President (Finance and Administration) In 1989 David A. Homer was appointed to the post.
The collection of art at York University was established in 1959 when a decision was made to allocate.5% of all building budgets to the purchase of works of art for public display in the new buildings. An art selection committee headed by Mrs. J.D. Eaton was responsible for selection of works. The committee, formalized as the Art Advisory Committee in 1963, enjoyed a close relationship with the Faculty of Fine Arts. In 1968 Michael Greenwood was hired as Curator of the university collection. He remained in that position until 1984 when he was succeeded by Loretta Yarlow. Plans were made in the early 1970s to establish an art gallery at the university and it opened in the 1972/73 academic year. At the same time the University Art Committee was established as a successor to the Advisory Committee. In 1981 renovations doubled the size of the gallery.
The gallery serves both an educational and exhibit purpose to the university and wider community. Its exhibitions (both curated and travelling) have included shows of works by Norval Morriseau, Claude Breeze, Ted Godwin, George Grosz, Max Ernst, contemporary American art, African art, German Expressionism, photography, sculpture and installation art. Its permanent collection includes Canadian, European and non-Western art, and is displayed throughout the university campus.
The Council is the legislative body of the Association and consists of representatives of the several chapters, the immediate past president and ex-officio members, some of whom represent the Department of Alumni Affairs. There is an Executive Committee made up of a President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and the immediate past president. Chapter representatives shall be elected annually in alternate years for two year terms of office.
The Alumni Association (formerly Alumnus Society) was begun in 1964 as a social and benevolent organization dedicated to the maintenance of relations between graduates, attendees and the University. Membership is open to graduates and those people who attended York University, as well as Associate members who have made a significant contribution to the University, received honourary degrees from the University, or acquired degrees or diplomas from any institution which has subsequently affiliated with York. There is an annual general meeting of the Association, as well as meetings of chapters. Chapters of the Association can be formed by any twenty-five members having a common association, while branches may be established by any ten members living in a given locality. Currently there are chapters for all of the colleges of the University, as well as the professional faculties, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts and Graduate Studies.
The Advisory Board assists the Advisor in dealing with issues that relate to the status of women on campus, reviewing the annual report, and selecting from among its membership representatives for the Search Committee for a new Advisor when the current Advisor resigns.
The Student Caucus was established in 1976 as a voice of all students enrolled in the Faculty of Arts. Its purpose is to develop student representation within the Faculty Council and to organize departmental student assemblies in the Faculty of Arts in consultation with the Vice President of Academic Affairs and the York Students Federation. Councillors, equal to ten percent of the total number of faculty members of the Faculty Council, are elected in September of each year for a two year term. The terms staggered so that fifty percent are elected each academic year. The Executive Committee consists of a chair, vice-chair, treasurer, secretary and three councillors-at-large.
The York University Archives ephemera collection is an assembly of documents that have been accumulated over the years by archives staff.
The York University Senior Common Room was established at Glendon Hall in 1963. This Senior Common Room became the Glendon College Common Room in 1966 when the Founders College Senior Common Room opened on the Keele Street campus in that year. This latter establishment was renamed the York University College Faculty Common Room in 1968 and 1 as new colleges were opened on the campus an umbrella body/ the York University Senior Common Room Inc. 1 was established to serve as a license holder and victuals contractor for the several SCR 1 s. Membership in the Senior Common Room was restricted to academic and senior administrative staff 1 although honourary or special members could be adopted by the membership. The Senior Common Room Inc. was managed by a five-person Board of Directors who were all regular members of the SCR. The Senior Common Room Inc. was disbanded in 1976.
The York University Senior Common Room was established at Glendon Hall in 1963. This Senior Common Room became the Glendon College Common Room in 1966 when the Founders College Senior Common Room opened on the Keele Street campus in that year. This latter establishment was renamed the York University College Faculty Common Room in 1968 and, as new colleges were opened on the campus an umbrella body, the York University Senior Common Room Inc., was established to serve as a license holder and victuals contractor for the several SCR's.
Membership in the Senior Common Room was restricted to academic and senior administrative staff, although honorary or special members could be adopted by the membership. The Senior Common Room Inc. was managed by a five-person Board of Directors who were all regular members of the SCR. The Senior Common Room Inc. was disbanded in 1976.
Pollution Probe is an education and advocacy group that began in Canada in 1969. The York University chapter was organized in 1970. It had a research and advocacy agenda pertaining to the local region in addition to the national agenda of the organization.
Pollution Probe is an education and advocacy group that began in Canada in 1969. The York chapter, York University Pollution Probe, was organized in 1970. It had a research and advocacy agenda pertaining to the local region in addition to the national agenda of the organization.
The York University Faculty Association was established in 1962 as the voice of faculty in University affairs, but it was not until 1974 that YUFA became the authorized bargaining agent for York University faculty members and librarians, as designated by the Collective Agreement. The Association elected officials include the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson for Organization, Vice-Chairperson for External Affairs, Recording Secretary,Information Officer, and Treasurer. They are elected annually. In addition, there are appointed officers, the Grievance Officer, the Organizing Officer, and the Negotiating Officer, and representatives from the several constituencies (all faculties and the Library). Appointed officers serve a two-year term. The Association 's Executive Committee consists of all the officers, the past Chairperson, and the Chairperson of the Contract and Grievance Committee, and has general oversight of the Association between general meetings.
The Association has three standing committees: Contract and Grievance Committee, which reports to the Executive on specific grievances, oversees the election of local stewards and their handling of grievances, monitors the application of the Collective Agreement, hears reports and supervises the work of the Grievance Officer and the Organizing Officer. The Negotiating Committee is responsible for the drafting of the provisions of the Collective Agreement in cooperation with the Executive and Contract and Grievance Committee, presenting this positions to the membership for approval, negotiating the terms of the Collective Agreement, and appraising the membership of the proceedings of negotiations. The Nominating Committee is responsible for securing nominations for all elected positions, and for membership on committees.
Local stewards are elected for each constituency, one steward for every thirty-five members. There must be a minimum of four general meetings yearly, at least one of which is designated the Annual Meeting. The Executive and Contract and Grievance Committee shall meet six times yearly.
The Librarians' Chapter of the York University Faculty Association was begun in 197 It was the successor to the Professional Librarians ' Association of York University (PLAYU), the group that worked to establish the professional status of librarians at the University. The Librarians' chapter was accepted into the Faculty Association in 1976, participating in the first contract negotiation of that body.
The Chairperson is the highest elected official in YUFA. The Chair is an ex-officio, non-voting member of the Nominating and Contract and Grievance Committee and the Executive Committee. S/he chairs the general, annual and executive committee meetings of the Association.
The York University Co-Operative Daycare Centre was established at Winters College in 1969. During its inaugural year the Centre served eighteen children. In 1970 it licensed and in the same year it relocated to the Graduate Residence. Soon after it relocated again to its current home in the Atkinson Residence. By 1976, the roster had reached its maximum compliment of 115 children of students, staff and faculty. The project is co-operative and requires parents to participate as staff and as managers. The Centre is largely funded by child care fees charged to parents as well as by subsidies from Metro Toronto, and the University.
The Alumnus Society was begun in 1964 as a social and benevolent organization dedicated to the maintenance of relations between graduates, attendees and the University. Its name was later changed to Alumni Association.
The Faculty Council was instituted in 1972, and is the senior governing body of the faculty. It is made up of full-time members of the Faculty, students, representatives from the Dean 's office, university administrators and other university faculties, and a number of officials from local school boards, principals and teachers. The council has standing committees for planning, curriculum, library, petitions and awards and the Committee on Examinations, Academic Standards and Admissions. As well there are tenure, promotions and graduate executive committees.
The Council of the York Student Federation began in 1968 as the York Student Council, changing its name in 1969 to Council of the York Student Federation. In 1990 its name was changed again, this time to the York Federation of Students. Prior to 1968, the York Student Representative Council had served the interests of students at the university. Originally made up of students from the three colleges (Founders, Vanier, Winters) and the two faculties (Graduate Studies, Administrative Studies), with an invitation of membership to faculty, the Federation is currently comprised of all students in the Faculties of Arts, Fine Arts, Education, and Pure and Applied Science and the undergraduate students in the Faculty of Administrative Studies. Associate members include students in Osgoode Hall Law School, Glendon and Atkinson colleges. The Federation is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of an elected President, Secretary and Treasurer, and representatives of the constituent members. In addition there are vice presidents for external relations, finance, internal relations, equality and social affairs, and commissioners for health care and clubs.
The purpose of the Federation is to represent the interests of the student members within the university community and with various external bodies (Ontario Federation of Students, etc), to serve as a communications and information service for the student body, and to administer social, cultural, athletic and business operations of the Federation on behalf of students.
Harbinger Community Services was a health clinic and referral service established at York in 1971. It was formerly called the York Student Clinic which itself was a merger of 'Road' and the Birth Control Centre. Harbinger offered counselling and referral services in the area of drug awareness and intervention, birth control, sexuality problems, suicide and women 's self- help. Funded by the York Student Federation, it ceased to exist in the early 1980s.
York Region District School Board is the third largest school district in Ontario.
York Region Alliance to End Homelessness (YRAEH) was founded in 1999 as the York Region Alliance on Homelessness and Social Isolation after a merger between the York Region Task Force on Mental Health Services for the Homeless and Socially Isolated and the York Region Advisory Committee on Homelessness. YRAEH was a community-based, unincorporated coalition and was the product of community efforts to understand the emergency of homelessness in York Region at a time of both significant population growth and the lowest proportion of rental accommodation in the Greater Toronto Area.
YRAEH’s objectives included: telling the story of homelessness in York Region through research, partnerships and public education; developing and strengthening partnerships to promote systems thinking on structural and systemic issues; promoting inclusivity of individuals and organizations from all sectors and communities; facilitating collaboration for the exchange of ideas amongst member agencies and individuals; building the capacity of the sector through innovation; advocating for resources for vulnerable individuals and for the sector as a whole to help inform progressive policy change; and providing professional development opportunities and training for front line workers.
YRAEH grew in membership to sixty individuals representing over thirty agencies, community members, and community service providers working collaboratively to understand, plan and implement a strategic response to homelessness and the risk of homelessness in York Region. Member organizations in the early years included: Crosslinks Housing & Support Services, Simcoe York District Health Council, Transitional and Supportive Housing Services of York Region, The Salvation Army, Pathways, Red Cross, York Region Social Services Department, Transitional Housing Services of York Region, Canadian Mental Health Association, York Region Social Services, York Region Public Health, YSSN 310-COPE, Georgina Community Legal Services, York County Hospital, Housing Help Centre, Yellow Brick House Women’s Shelter, Blue Door, Youth Housing Markham, St. Elizabeth Health Care, Sandgate Shelter for Women & Children, Out of the Cold Program, Queen Street Mental Health Centre, Oak Ridges Methodone Clinic, Grace Baptist Church, Family Credit & Counseling, Children’s Aid Society, Cedar Lane, Aim for Change, York Region Food Network and others.
In 2005, YRAEH hired a part-time Public Education Coordinator, its first paid staff member. Until this point, member organizations and committees were instrumental in achieving program and advocacy goals and focused on the areas of sustainable funding and organizational structure, education and training, community development, research and policy, and advocacy for women experiencing homelessness. YRAEH, through collaborative research projects, was the first organization to document and understand the transportation challenges and health issues facing people experiencing homelessness in York Region, as well as housing issues for newcomers to the region. In December 2007, YRAEH became a project of Sage Centre (subsequently Tides Canada Initiatives), a federally registered charity formed to support and incubate projects and coalitions that enable social justice and environmental sustainability.
Among YRAEH’s accomplishments was its successful decade long lobbying to open the first emergency shelter for women not fleeing violence in York Region. Belinda’s Place, named after then Member of Parliament, Belinda Stronach, opened in Newmarket in 2016. In partnership with the Krasman Centre, YRAEH developed an award-winning photovoice awareness campaign, Hidden in Plain Sight: Living Homeless in York Region, where individuals experiencing homelessness documented their daily lives with cameras provided by the organizers.
The YRAEH was forced to close in March 2011 due to a lack of sustainable funding. Published reports and videos from the organization can be found on Homeless Hub, an online
homelessness research library maintained by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness at York University (https://www.homelesshub.ca/).
The York Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship was inaugurated at York University in the late 1960s as a chapter of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada. It is an evangelical Christian organization dedicated to service of God and prosletization.
The York Geography Alumni Association was initiated in February 2002 by faculty of the Geography Department of York University (Don Freeman, Chair; Valerie Preston, Graduate Program Director; and John Warkentin, Professor Emeritus who acted as secretary pro tem for the association). Its purpose was to maintain contact between the department and its graduates, to liaise with graduate and undergraduate student clubs, to organize meetings, field trips. and projects to engage alumni, and to publish a newsletter, Contour Lines.
The York Gazette (including its predecessor) is the official voice of the university. It provides news coverage of York's major administrative and academic departments. It is a bi-monthly publication that began as a monthly in 1962. It was published monthly as the 'York University Gazette" from 1962-1970. From 1970 to date it has been published as the "York Gazette". The Gazettes were published by the Department of Publications from 1966 to 1976.
The Council of the York Student Federation began in 1968 as the York Student Council, changing its name in 1969 to Council of the York Student Federation. In 1990 its name was changed again, this time to the York Federation of Students. Prior to 1968, the York Student Representative Council had served the interests of students at the university. Originally made up of students from the three colleges (Founders, Vanier, Winters) and the two faculties (Graduate Studies, Administrative Studies), with an invitation of membership to faculty, the Federation is currently comprised of all students in the Faculties of Arts, Fine Arts, Education, and Pure and Applied Science and the undergraduate students in the Faculty of Administrative Studies. Associate members include students in Osgoode Hall Law School, Glendon and Atkinson colleges. The Federation is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of an elected President, Secretary and Treasurer, and representatives of the constituent members. In addition there are vice presidents for external relations, finance, internal relations, equality and social affairs, and commissioners for health care and clubs.
The purpose of the Federation is to represent the interests of the student members within the university community and with various external bodies (Ontario Federation of Students, etc), to serve as a communications and information service for the student body, and to administer social, cultural, athletic and business operations of the Federation on behalf of students.
The York Community Connection (YCC) is a community board consisting of volunteers from the Downsview area and representatives of York University, The YCC arranges activities, events and produces publications of mutual benefit to the University and the Downsview community. It arose as an umbrella body to oversee projects like the York Youth Connection.
The York Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (also known as the York Christian Fellowship), was inaugurated at York University in the late 1960s as a chapter of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada. It is an evangelical Christian organization dedicated to service of God and prosletization
Yeshe is a German-born musician with a multi-cultural twist to his music, having lived in Germnay, Africa, Japan, Bali, and South Korea.
“Lori Yates is a Canadian alternative country music singer and songwriter. Yates' early music career was with Toronto-area bands such as Rang Tango, Senseless and The Last Resorts.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Yates
“Dan Yashinsky is a Toronto-based storyteller, author, and community animator. He received, in 1999, the first Jane Jacobs Prize for his work with storytelling in the community. He founded the Toronto Festival of Storytelling (in 1979) and co-founded Storytelling Toronto (formerly the Storytellers School of Toronto). He also began the longest-running open session in North America: 1,001 Friday Nights of Storytelling (in 1978). He has performed and taught at festivals in Israel, Wales, Norway, Sweden, England, Germany, Brazil, Austria, France, the U.S., Singapore, Ireland, and across Canada.” https://www.storytellers-conteurs.ca/en/storytellers-directory/Dan_Yashinsky.html
Peter Yarrow is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and artist. Yarrow attended the High School of Music & Art and Cornell University. He is a tenor that focuses on folk music. Yarrow, along side Paul Stookey and Mary Travers, form a multi-platinum and gold-selling group called "Peter, Paul, and Mary".
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George Wyndham PC (29 August 1863 - 8 June 1913) was a British Conservative politician, Statesman man of letters, noted for his elegance, and one of The Souls. Wyndham was the elder son of the Honourable Percy Wyndham, third son of George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield, and he was a direct descendant of Sir John Wyndham. His mother was Madeleine, sixth daughter of Major-General Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Baronet, and Pamela, through whom he was the great-grandson of the Irish Republican leader, Lord Edward FitzGerald, whom Wyndham greatly resembled physically. Wyndham was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He joined the Coldstream Guards in March 1883, serving through the Suakin campaign of 1885. 1887 Wyndham became private secretary to Mr Arthur Balfour (afterwards the Earl of Balfour) 1889 Wyndham was elected unopposed to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dover, and held the seat until his death. In 1898 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for War under Lord Salisbury, which he remained until 1900. He was closely involved in Irish affairs at two points. Having been private secretary to Arthur Balfour during the years around 1890 when Balfour was Chief Secretary for Ireland, Wyndham was himself made Chief Secretary by Salisbury in 1900.
Wyndham furthered the 1902 Land Conference and also successfully saw the significant 1903 Irish Land Act into law. This change in the law ushered in the most radical change in history in Ireland's land ownership. Before it, Ireland's land was largely owned by landlords; within years of the Acts, most of the land was owned by their former tenants, who had been subverted in their purchases by government subsidies. This could without exaggeration be called the most radical change in Irish life in history.
He brought forward a devolution scheme to deal with the Home Rule question co-ordinated with the Irish Reform Association conceived by his permanent under-secretary Sir Antony MacDonnell (afterwards Baron) and with the approval of the Lord Lieutenant the Earl of Dudley.
He resigned along with the rest of the Unionist government in May 1905.
Wyndham was the leader of the "die-hard" opponents in the House of Commons of the Parliament Bill that became Parliament Act 1911. Wyndham married Sibell Mary in 1887, Countess Grosvenor, daughter of Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough. After the death of her first husband Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, son of the 1st Duke of Westminster. She was Wyndham's senior by eight years. Towards the end of his life the couple settled at Clouds House in Wiltshire, designed for his father Percy Wyndham by the Arts and Crafts movement architect, Philip Webb (1886). In 1911 he succeeded his father and had the management of a small landed estate on his hands.
Wyndham died suddenly June 1913 in Paris, France, aged 49 of a blood clot. He was survived by his wife and one son.
Lady Sibell died in February 1929, aged 73. There has been speculation over the years that Wyndham was the natural father of Anthony Eden, who was Prime Minister from 1955-7. Eden's mother, Sybil, Lady Eden, was evidently close to Wyndham, to whom Eden bore a striking resemblance.
For more information, see Wikipedia entry at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wyndham .
David Wurfel (22 May 1929 - 12 November 2012) was a political scientist specializing in South East Asian history, politics and economic policy. Born in Seattle, Washington, Wurfel and his parents moved to the Philippines in 1947 where his father had been posted as a colonel in the Judge Advocate General's corps (JAG) for the Philippines Ryukyus Command. Wurfel's mother, Violet taught political science at the University of the Philippines and wrote her dissertation "U.S. assistance to the Philippine transition to independence". Wurfel himself enrolled at the University of the Philippines, where he took courses on Philippine government and history as well as Spanish and U.S. governance. It was during this period that Wurfel developed his interest in agrarian reform and social justice for farmers.
In the spring of 1948 the Wurfel family travelled to Japan, where Colonol Wurfel was posted on temporary duty. In addition to travelling the countryside, David Wurfel observed the proceedings of the International War Crimes Tribunal involving Tojo and U.S-Soviet sessions of the Allied Council for Japan as well as visiting the Diet while the Lower House was in session. In December 1948 Wurfel travelled to Hong Hong and Bangkok. Upon returning to the United States in February 1949, Wurfel switched his focus at San Diego College (where he was previously planning for a career in law and politics) to South Asian political science and history. It was at this point that Wurfel considered registering for CO (conscientious objector) status which he later modified as IAO (army officer in non-combative roles). Wurfel pursued his M.A. thesis on the agrarian policy of the Philippines at the University of California, Berkeley (1950-1953), where he studied with Hebertus J. van Mook, former governor-general of Indonesia, and Robert Scalapino. Wurfel pursued his PhD at Cornell University under the supervision of George Kahin, where his research focused on the Philippines. In September 1953 Wurfel was drafted into the American Army, where he worked in Kansas City in the Army Hometown News Service. In 1954 Wurfel was transferred to Tokyo to work in the research unit preparing background information for Army broadcasts to China and North Korea. During this period he also made connections with The Society of Friends (Quakers) missionaries working in Japan. After being discharged in July 1955 Wurfel conducted research in the Philippines as well as studying land reform in Korea and Taiwan. His research assistant in the Philippines, Casiano Flores, who would later be employed as Secretary of the Senate and Executive Secretary of the Commission on Appointments, became a long-time source for research materials and interview subjects.
In September 1956, Wurfel visited Vietnam to study land reform under the ICA (International Co-operative Alliance) which was influential in the Diem regime. At that time agrarian reform was seen by CIA operatives in the area as the best strategy against communism in the region. As a result, Wurfel came into contact with Col. Edward Lansdale and Wolf Ladejinsky. At this time Wurfel also visited Cambodia, Indonesia, and Burma.
Wurfel returned to the United States in 1957 to complete his dissertation in 1960.
Wurfel was an election observer in South Vietnam in 1967 on behalf of the United Methodist Church and rand as an NDP candidate in the federal election of 1980 for the riding of Essex-Kent. He represented the United Church of Canada as part of the Asia Advisory Committee, participating in a delegation to Vietnam in 1986 and serviing on the Task Group for Ethical Investment in the Middle East since 2006. He was also an observer in UN delegation at the 1999 referendum in East Timor.
Wurfel has taught at the University of Missouri, the University of Windsor, and the International Christian University in Tokyo. He has been a visiting lecturer and professor at the University of Singapore, University of Michigan, the International University of Japan, the Institute of International Relations in Hanoi, the University of the Philippines and the University of Hawaii.
He has served in the Peace Corps in Thailand, and served on the Executive Committee of the Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies (1986-1988) and as a senior research associate for the Centre (1995-2002). Since 2002 he has been a senior research associate for the York Centre for Asian Research at York University.
David Wurfel is married to Katherine Watada Wurfel and has three children.