Dear Colleagues,

You are invited to UTFA's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, April 23, from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Click here to register. A post-AGM Social is scheduled from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. at the Faculty Club patio. We hope to see you there.

The AGM will be held in person at the OISE Auditorium, located on the ground floor, Room G-162, at 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto. We encourage those members who can attend in person to do so. We also recognize the need to accommodate those unable to attend in person and are providing an online Zoom webinar option that will allow participation, including opportunities to ask questions and vote.

UTFA’s 2026 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 afterward.

• Feature Panel: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Changing Nature of our Work as Faculty and Librarians at the University of Toronto. U of T is a key site of innovation and debate surrounding the emergent technology of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This conversation will explore how AI currently shapes our work as faculty and librarians and how we might work collectively to shape its future impacts. 

• Issues arising from the increase in PhD Funding. We unpack the implications of the new and hastily-implemented PhD funding policy–in which the central administration has offloaded responsibility for PhD funding to departments and individual faculty–including impacts on our teaching and supervision, research, and service. Hear highlights from our recent graduate funding survey. The discussion will focus on short-term issues as well as strategizing for the longer term.

• Highlights from the Salary, Benefits, and Workload Bargaining Table. Hear up-to-the-minute updates from your Co-chief Negotiators on the 2026-2027 round, including our mandate to: raise minimum salaries while securing across-the-board salary increases that restore inflationary erosion; improve physical and mental health benefits; challenge unreasonable workloads; and resist the Administration’s austerity agenda. Send us your questions, and we’ll answer them!

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 23rd!

Sincerely,

Terezia Zorić                                        
UTFA President

Jun Nogami
UTFA President-elect

On behalf of the UTFA Executive