2024-25 Academic HR Memos
Updated: July 28, 2025
This memo is to provide details concerning the implementation of salary increases for faculty members and librarians related to salary increases awarded in an interest arbitration award by Arbitrator Eli Gedalof (the award is available here) and the payment of July 1, 2025 PTR/merit.
We have now received the arbitration award for Across the Board (ATB) salary increases and benefits improvements from Arbitrator Eli Gedalof. The award is available here.
UTFA and the University Administration have agreed to pay the July 1, 2025 PTR/Merit and the awarded retroactive pay increases for July 1, 2023 and July 1, 2024 in the September 2025 monthly pay run.
The Faculty Success Program (FSP) and the Post-Tenure Pathfinders Program (PTP) supports faculty members, postdocs and graduate students in making successful transitions throughout their careers. The University of Toronto has reserved 50 FSP seats and 5 PTP seats for faculty at a reduced rate for the 2025-26 academic year. The Provost’s Office will continue to contribute 50% of the costs associated with the FSP and PTP programs for these seats, provided that the home unit or Dean’s Office contributes the remainder of the funds.
Agreement Regarding Changes to the Memorandum of Agreement (PDAD&C #37) (April 25, 2025)
Governing Council has approved changes to the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on April 3, 2025. The updated MOA can be found here.
This is a formal notice that under the customary process, faculty members who wish to retire on June 30, 2026 or enter the phased retirement program must give notice of their intention by June 30, 2025. This is the annual formal reminder of this deadline.
Response to the Time to Tenure and Promotion Report (PDAD&C #26) (March 6, 2025)
In 2024, Professor Heather Boon, Vice-Provost, Faculty & Academic Life, convened a working group to analyze time to tenure and time to promotion of male and female faculty in the tenured/tenure stream. The goal was to identify whether there are meaningful differences in the time to tenure or time to promotion.
The report contains two important findings:
- There is no difference in time to tenure between males and females for those either on a five-year or six-year ‘clock’.
- There is a difference between males and females in time to promotion, with females being promoted, on average, six to seven months after males.
Agreement Regarding Microsoft Office for Retiring Faculty Members and Librarians (PDAD&C #20) January 17, 2025
the University Administration and University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) have agreed to a Letter of Understanding that will reimburse retiring faculty members and librarians for the value of a one-time purchase of a personal Microsoft Office software package upon their retirement (approximate value $170.00 plus applicable taxes). Retirees will have six months to transition their files to a personal device, and the Administration will provide IT support to assist with the transition.
Establishment of “Affiliated Scientist” Subgroup within Status-Only Category (PDAD&C #13) (October 31, 2024)
Further to PDAD&C #8, 2010-11 “Provostial Guidelines for the Appointment of Status-Only, Adjunct , and Visiting Professors (revised)“, we are establishing a subgroup, “Affiliated Scientist,” within the larger category of Status-Only faculty.