A Handy Acronym Guide
Navigating York: A Handy Acronym Guide:
CFR: Centre for Feminist Research
CLASP: Community and Legal Aid Services Program (Osgoode)
COMPS: PhD Comprehensive Examinations
CUPE 3903: The union that represents GAs, TAs, and Contract Faculty at York
RA – Research Assistant (RAs at York University are Unit III members of CUPE 3903)
GA – Graduate Assistant (GAs at York University are Unit III members of CUPE 3903)
TA – Teaching Assistant (TAs at York University are Unit I members of CUPE 3903)
GMM – CUPE 3903's General Membership Meeting
FGS: Faculty of Graduate Studies
Founders or FC: Founders College. The building which houses GSWS offices.
GFWS: Gender, Feminist & Women’s Studies. You may also see it referred to it as WMST (Women’s Studies Graduate program) as it was formerly called, as the formal transition continues.
GFWSSA: That’s us! Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies Students Association
GPA: Graduate Program Assistant (our current GPA is the wonderful Yemi Adebisi)
GPD: Graduate Program Director (our current GPD is the iconic Patricia Wood)
Nellie: The Nellie Langford Library: a library focusing on gender, feminist, and women studies.
OGS: Ontario Graduate Scholarships
School of GSWS: School of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
SSHRC: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada
Teaching Commons: providing leadership around engaged teaching practices.
UIT: University Information Technology Services
UPD: Undergraduate Program Director
YFS: York Federation of Students
YUELI: York University English Language Institute
YUGSA: York University’s Graduate Students Association
Also, the registrar’s office has a page on their website that reflects York’s fetish for the acronym. See here: http://www.registrar.yorku.ca/enrol/guide/abbreviations.htm
Further, you will find a list of York University's building codes here:
http://futurestudents.yorku.ca/firstyear/bldgcodes