COMMITTEES

BENEFITS COMMITTEE

Composition: Five members of the Association: two members of the bargaining unit from Thunder Bay; one member of the bargaining unit from Orillia; one emeritus member; and the Chief Negotiator (ex-officio).

Information about Benefits Committee

Lynn Martin
Patrick Cain
Wa Gao
Florin Pendea
Glenna Knutson

Health Sciences, ex-officio
Political Science
Engineering
Geography/Sustainability Sciences (Orillia)
Emeritus

COMMUNICATIONS

Composition: Four members of the Association: three members of the bargaining unit from Thunder Bay; one member of the bargaining unit from Orillia.

Information about Communications Committee

Doug Ivison
Anna Kone Pefoyo
Tony Puddephatt
Syed Serajul Islam

English
Health Sciences
Sociology
Political Science (Orillia)

CONTRACT LECTURERS/CONTINUING CONTRACT LECTURERS COMMITTEE

Composition: Six Contract Lecturers/Continuing Contract Lecturers who are members of the bargaining unit, five from the Thunder Bay campus; one from the Orillia campus. In addition, there will be an honorary position that exists in the memory of Lisa Richardson and that remains open in perpetuity.

Information about Contract Lecturers Committee

Lynne Thibeault
Taina Maki Chahal
Clara Sachetti Dufresne
Fay Williams
Vacant
Vacant

Nursing
English and Anthropology
Philosophy and Anthropology
Interdisciplinary Studies (Orillia)

EMERITUS MEMBERS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Composition: Six emeritus members of the Association.

Information about Emeritus Members Advisory Committee

Glenna Knutson
Jim Stafford
Brian Phillips
Nancy Luckai
Karen Maddox
Doug West

EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND STATUS OF WOMEN COMMITTEE

Composition: Five members of the Association including the LUFA Status of Women representative (ex officio) and one member of the bargaining unit from Orillia. Efforts shall be made to ensure representation from various equity-seeking groups.

Information about Equity, Diversity and Status of Women Committee

Wendy St. Laurent-Coutts
Pallavi Das
Libo Xu
Juan Pernia
Muditha Heenkenda
Thiago Eustaquio Alves de Oliveira

(ex-officio)
History (Orillia)
Economics
Civil Engineering
Geography and the Environment
Computer Sciences

LIBRARIANS

Composition: Four professional librarian members of the Association.

Information about Librarians Advisory Committee

Courtney Dicke
Gisella Scalese
Sara Janes
Debra Gold

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Composition: Five members of the Association: three members of the bargaining unit from Thunder Bay; one member of the bargaining unit from Orillia; the Past-President (ex-officio).

Information about Nominating Committee

Nandakumar Kanavillil
Jason Blahuta
Xin Yang Lu
Benjamin Maiangwa

Sustainability Sciences (Orillia)
Philosophy
Mathematical Sciences
Political Science

ORILLIA MEMBERS COMMITTEE

Composition: Six Orillia members who are members of the Association under Article 4.3.

Information about Orillia Members Committee

Jennifer Jarman
Rosario Turvey
Syed Serajul Islam

Nandakumar Kanavillil
Yuanyuan Wu
Alice den Otter

Sociology and Interdisciplinary Studies
Sustainability Sciences
Political Science and Interdisciplinary Studies
Sustainability Sciences
Business Administration
Interdisciplinary Studies

PENSION COMMITTEE

Composition: Seven members of the Association: three members of the bargaining unit from Thunder Bay; one member of the bargaining unit from Orillia; one emeritus member; the two LUFA members on the Pension Board (ex-officio).

Information about Pension Committee

Robert Mawhinney
Naqi Sayed
Jim Stafford
Michael Stevenson
Camillo Lento
Doug Ivison
Hui Zhang

Chemistry, ex-officio
Business Administration, ex-officio
Emeritus
History and Interdisciplinary (Orillia)
Business Administration
English
Business Administration

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

Composition: Four members of the Association: three members of the bargaining unit from Thunder Bay; one member of the bargaining unit from Orillia.

Information about Physical Environment Committee

Nandakumar Kanavillil
Hui Zhang
Patrick Cain
Kamil Zaniewski

Interdisciplinary Studies (Orillia)
Business Administration
Political Science
Geography and the Environment

RESEARCH COMMITTEE

Composition: A maximum of eight (8) members of the Association: (at least) three (3) members of the bargaining unit from Thunder Bay; (at least) one member of the bargaining unit from Orillia; one emeritus member. Where possible, there shall be three (3) active researcher(s) who is (are) SSHRC eligible, three (3) who is (are) NSERC eligible, one who is CIHR eligible (regardless of the actual source of funding in each case) and one who is involved with international fieldwork. An “active researcher” is defined as a Principal Investigator or a Co-Investigator in an active research project, or someone who has held such a position in a research project within the two years prior to their election to the committee.

Information about Research Committee

SSHRC
SSHRC

SSHRC
CIHR
NSERC
NSERC

NSERC

 

EMERITUS

Zikhun Zhang
Jennifer Jarman

Lida Fan
Lindsay Galway
Wensheng Qin
Muditha Heenkenda

Nandakumar Kanvillil

 

Ernie Epp

Business Administration
Sociology/Interdisciplinary Studies (Orillia)
Social Work
Health Sciences
Biology
Geography and the Environment
Sustainability Sciences (Orillia)

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