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

Robert Mawhinney
Robert J. Omeljaniuk
Shikui Wu
Syed Serajul Islam
Glenna Knutson

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

Douglas Ivison
Ravi Gokani
Karl Skogstad
Syed Serajul Islam

CONTRACT LECTURERS

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

Jill Greenwood
Devon Lee
Ian MacKay
Mohit Dudeja
Todd Stubbs

EMERITUS

Composition: Six emerit members of the Association.

Information about Emeritus Members Advisory Committee

Glenna Knutson
Vacant
Karen Maddox
Brian Phillips
Vacant
Frances Helyar

EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 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
Leigh Potvin
Juan Pernia
Muditha Heenkenda
Pallavi

LIBRARIANS

Composition: Four professional librarian members of the Association.

Information about Librarians Advisory Committee

Janice Mutz
Philips Ayeni
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

Jason Blahuta
Nandakumar Kanavillil
Alice den Otter
Liang Cui

ORILLIA AND BARRIE MEMBERS COMMITTEE

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

Information about Orillia and Barrie Members Committee

Mohammad Nasir Uddin
Pallavi Das
Syed Serajul Islam
Sreekumari Kurissery
Alice den Otter
Yuanyuan Wu

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
Brian Phillips
Hui Zhang
Karl Skogstad
Florin Pendea
BaoQiang Liao

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

Xin Yang Lu
Kamil Zaniewski
Muhammad Khalid
Harvey Lemelin

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

Rosario Turvey
Xiaoping Song
Aydin Farrokhi
Lynn Martin
Xin Yang Lu
Muhummad Khalid
Hui Zhang

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