How do salaries vary by rank, stream, and appointment category?
Table 3. Median YUFA salaries by classification / stream in July 2009, by age group This table offers a closer look at the salaries of Alternate Stream members, and those with Contractually Limited Appointments (CLAs) and Special Renewable Contracts (SRCs). Compared to YUFA members with professorial continuing appointments, each of these groups fares very poorly. Worst off are CLAs and SRCs, whose salaries don’t seem to reflect their professional experience. Members of the Alternate Stream, whose professional responsibilities encompass teaching and service, are paid about ten percent less on average than their Professorial Stream peers. The Collective Agreement permits these appointments only in specified units. Those in the Professorial Stream are the best paid. Here, rank matters more than the Collective Agreement can explain. Professional librarians’ salaries compare favourably with those at other Canadian universities. They have benefited greatly from activism in YUFA and particula
