University of Toronto Faculty Association

From: Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Vice-President, People Strategy, Equity & Culture
Heather Boon, Vice-Provost, Faculty & Academic Life
Terezia Zorić, UTFA President and
Jun Nogami, UTFA Vice-President, Salary, Benefits, Pensions and Workload
Date: June 22, 2026
Re: Update to Faculty and Librarian Salary Minimums Effective July 1, 2026 (PDAD&C #49)

The University Administration and UTFA have reached an agreement to amend salary minimums effective July 1, 2026. They raise the salary floors for tenure stream associate professors, assistant professors, and assistant professors (conditional); all teaching stream professorial ranks; and floors for Librarian I and II.

Faculty Salary Minimums

• A new common salary floor of $110,000 plus July 1, 2026 across-the-board (ATB) increase will apply across all faculty member ranks.
• These updates do not impact PTR breakpoints or the amount in the PTR funds per FTE.
• The previously applied $620 supplement for teaching stream faculty hired on or after July 1, 2017 is now incorporated into the salary floors and will no longer be paid separately.

Librarian Salary Minimums

• Updated salary floors will take effect July 1, 2026:
  • Librarian I: $86,200 + ATB
  • Librarian II: $90,200 + ATB
  • Librarian III: $110,940 + ATB
  • Librarian IV: $130,714 + ATB
• These updates do not impact PTR breakpoints or the amount in fund per FTE.
• As with teaching stream faculty hired on or after July 1, 2017, the $620 supplement paid to librarians hired on or after July 1, 2017 is now incorporated into the salary floors and will no longer be paid separately.

Special One-Time Base Salary Increase for Librarians I and II

• A one-time base salary increase of $2,500 will be applied to all Librarians I and II employed as of July 1, 2026.
• This increase will occur prior to ATB and PTR adjustments, with individuals receiving the greater of the fixed increase of $2500 or the increase caused by the increase to the salary floor.

The full agreement is available here. Further implementation details will be provided to units shortly.

From: Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Vice-President, People Strategy, Equity & Culture
Heather Boon, Vice-Provost, Faculty & Academic Life
Date: June 22, 2026
Re: Across-the-Board (ATB) Salary Increases for Faculty Members and Librarians Effective July 1, 2026 (PDAD&C #48)

We have received an interest arbitration award for ATB salary increases and benefit improvements for the July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 period. The award is available here.

ATB and PTR

• Effective July 1, 2026, a 3% ATB increase
• ATB and PTR will be paid out in the July pay run

Benefits

• Hearing care to be increased to $2000 for one left hearing aid and $2000 for one right hearing aid, up to $4000 every 36 months
• Vision coverage to be increased to $775 every 24 months
• The Child Care Benefit Plan for faculty members and librarians to be increased to $1,250,000

Further details about the implementation of the agreement will be provided to units shortly.

The University is providing an update on the current round of bargaining between the University of Toronto Administration and the University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) for the period July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027. The parties have agreed to proceed to mediation with a third-party mediator, Jasbir Parmar, commencing on May 13, 2026. The University Administration and UTFA have been engaged in ongoing bargaining since January 2026.

Should it be required, the parties have an arbitration date set aside on May 23, 2026.

Regardless of whether an agreement is reached or an award is issued prior to July 1, 2026, PTR will be paid in the July payroll.

We will continue to keep the community updated as this process unfolds.

The University of Toronto Administration and the University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) continue to bargain for the period of July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.

The university has provided proposals and information regarding salary, PTR, childcare benefit, benefit costing, housing, part-time policy revisions, and workload policy revisions.

We expect to have one more bilateral bargaining session before we move to mediation and/or interest arbitration, and we are working with UTFA to schedule these dates.

The University of Toronto Administration and the University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) are commencing bargaining for the period July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027.

In November 2025, the university requested that the parties proactively schedule mediation and interest arbitration dates in the event they become necessary, so that PTR and any ATB amounts are known by July 1, 2026 and can be paid in the July 2026 pay period.

The university and UTFA have already met twice and two more bargaining sessions are scheduled for bilateral negotiations through the end of February 2026. We are working with UTFA to schedule mediation and interest arbitration dates in the spring.

The university will provide regular updates on this page as negotiations continue.

The University Administration and the University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) have transitioned from bilateral negotiations to interest arbitration to resolve the across-the-board (ATB) salary increases effective July 1, 2025. This ATB adjustment is the only outstanding issue in the July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026 agreement.

Arbitration began in November with Arbitrator Eli Gedalof. A decision is expected in the coming months.

Additionally, the university has reiterated its position to UTFA regarding the implementation of Arbitrator Gedalof’s previous ATB award, specifically its applicability to faculty whose start dates align with the ATB effective dates. Read the university’s letter. 

We are writing to provide an update on the payment of July 1, 2025 PTR/Merit.

The University Administration and the University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) have engaged in multiple discussions over the past couple of years regarding Salary, Benefits, and Workload for the period July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026, which proceeded to mediation and subsequently to interest arbitration.

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.

As a reminder, the following salary adjustments need to be implemented in addition to the July 1, 2025 PTR/Merit:

1. Application of 2023 ATB increases (retroactive to July 1, 2023)
2. Calculation of the difference owing for July 1, 2024 PTR/Merit (payment retroactive to July 1, 2024)
3. Application of 2024 ATB increases (retroactive to July 1, 2024)

This approach provides administrative staff who are processing the pay adjustments with enough time to calculate carefully and apply the necessary increases accurately. Faculty members and librarians will receive a single, comprehensive salary letter that outlines all applicable increases.

The processing of these salary adjustments will begin shortly. Further details about the implementation of the agreement will be forthcoming.

With respect to 2025 ATB (retroactive to July 1, 2025), an agreement or award is anticipated in Fall 2025 and a further pay adjustment will be made at that time.

We are very pleased to announce that the University Administration and the University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) have a tentative agreement in principle regarding changes to the Memorandum of Agreement (“MOA”) between them. These changes were ratified by UTFA Council on January 30, 2025 and are scheduled to be recommended for approval by the University’s Governing Council on April 3, 2025. These changes will significantly amend the grievance and arbitration process under Article 7 by replacing the Grievance Review Panel with a more modern labour arbitration framework common among universities and faculty associations across the academic sector. Key changes to the MoA include that grievances will now be heard by a professional arbitrator who will have the same powers as those conferred upon arbitrators under the Ontario Labour Relations Act, the exclusion of certain senior academic administrative roles who lead on academic faculty relations matters from membership in UTFA, and improved timelines and efficiencies to address grievances. The University Administration and UTFA want to thank the Mediator Eli Gedalof for his assistance in helping the parties reach agreement.

These changes will proceed to the University Administration’s governance in Cycle 4. Additional details will be forthcoming.

We are very pleased to announce that 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.

In addition, the parties agreed to provide retirees who are actively engaged in various university activities (i.e. Teaching; Supervision of graduate students; Research (including creative professional activity); Service; Some other special project or university business requiring access to full MS Office license beyond email) continuing access to the full suite of Microsoft 365 licensed at the university.

The following groups are eligible:

• Faculty members and librarians retiring between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2029.
• Faculty members and librarians that retired prior to July 1, 2023, who have been designated as “actively engaged” and whose designation ends between December 11, 2024 and June 30, 2029.

Eligible retired faculty members and librarians should contact their Business Officers to seek reimbursement. Business Officers will receive processing instructions next week.

The Letter of Understanding provides all details of the Agreement between the parties.

The University is providing an update on the current round of bargaining between the University of Toronto and the University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) for the period July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024. The parties have agreed to proceed to mediation with a third-party mediator, Eli Gedalof, commencing on October 3, 2024. The University and UTFA have been engaged in ongoing bargaining since September 2023, having met on 30 dates.

Mediator Gedalof will also work with the parties on the separate process to negotiate possible revisions to the Memorandum of Agreement outside of Article 6 bargaining.

The University is providing an update on the current round of bargaining between the University of Toronto and the University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) for the period July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024. The University and UTFA have been engaged in ongoing bargaining since September 2023, meeting on 15 dates. During this round, the University has made a number of substantive proposals and counterproposals, including:

• PTR – The University has proposed to pay PTR for July 1, 2024, on the normal timeline.
• Across-the-board salary increases, retroactive to July 1, 2023 – The University has proposed a retroactive increase on all salaries and the per-course stipend rate for overload teaching.
• Employment Benefits – The University has proposed to implement new benefits immediately, including an increase to each current faculty member and librarian’s health care spending account.
• Workload – The University understands that workload is an issue for many faculty members and librarians and has made workload proposals to address these concerns.
• Mediation – The University has proposed that the University and UTFA retain the services of a mediator to assist them in reaching an agreement in the current round of bargaining.

Finally, the University has proposed to engage in a separate comprehensive process to negotiate revisions to the Memorandum of Agreement between the Governing Council of the University of Toronto and the University of Toronto Faculty Association (the “MOA”). It has been more than seven years since the last such process brought significant and material changes to the MOA, including the extension of the timeline to tenure (from five to six years) and the establishment of a teaching stream professoriate. The University is committed to working collaboratively to ensure the MOA continues to serve the needs of faculty members and librarians into the future.

As additional information becomes available, it will be posted here.