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<h1>YUFA supports Black Lives Matter</h1>
<p class="single-entry-meta">Posted by <span>James Clark</span>
on July 13th, 2016</p>
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<p>The <a href="http://www.yufa.ca/about-2/executive/">Executive
Committee</a> of the York University Faculty Association
(YUFA ) is proud to voice its support of <a
href="http://blacklivesmatter.ca">Black Lives
Matter-Toronto</a> (BLM-TO). As a labour union whose
constitution and collective agreement are committed to
equity, we advocate not only for our own members, but also
for students and youth in Toronto and across Canada.</p>
<p>York University, like Toronto, has built its reputation on
the diversity of its community—it encompasses and is
comprised of many Racialised and Indigenous members,
students and staff who are subject to racism, violence and
the forms of policing that BLM-TO is critiquing through
direct action.</p>
<p>YUFA encourages other university faculty associations to
publicly support BLM-TO as a movement that defends the
rights of Racialised and Indigenous peoples across Canada to
be treated equitably and fairly within the workplace,
education, the justice system, and/or Canadian society at
large by actively rejecting and working to eradicate racism
and colonialism in our public institutions.</p>
<p>YUFA represents approximately 1,500 faculty, librarians and
postdoctoral visitors at York University. For more
information, please visit <a href="http://www.yufa.ca/">yufa.ca</a>.</p>
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