For consulting the whole document, please go to Collective Agreement of the Faculty at York University . No candidate shall be recommended who does not meet the criteria for the appointment in question.
Candidates are substantially equal unless one candidate can be demonstrated to be superior.
When candidates qualifications are substantially equal the candidate who is Canadian or a permanent resident of Canada shall be recommended for the appointment. Seconded faculty are counted only in their home unit. In order to ensure that academic units conform to the requirements for selecting candidates set out in Article 12.21, and further, to ensure that units actively seek out and give fair consideration in their selection processes to candidates designated in the first paragraph of 12.21, the parties agree to continue a Joint Implementation Committee on Affirmative Action for Faculty and Librarians. This Committee will approve academic unit affirmative action plans in order to ensure that policies already established are implemented. The Employer agrees to provide funds for professional, administrative and programme support, such funds not to exceed the equivalent of four full course directorships at the prevailing CUPE 3903 rate in each year.