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).

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.

EMERITUS MEMBERS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Composition: Six emeritus members of the Association.

Ernie Epp
David Kemp
Brian Phillips
Jim Stafford
Abdul Mamoojee
Vacant
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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.

EXTERNAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE

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

LIBRARIANS

Composition: Four professional librarian members of the Association.

Sara Janes
Gisella Scalese
Val Gibbons
Debra Gold
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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).

ORILLIA MEMBERS COMMITTEE

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

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).

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.

RESEARCH COMMITTEE

Composition: A maximum of eight (8) members of the Association: (at least) three (4) 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.