Local Union Stewards
UWOFA stewards in each local unit are expected to monitor what happens in their unit to insure that the Collective Agreement is being observed and to bring possible violations of that Agreement to the attention of the Grievance Officer, Bryce Traister. The Board member representing your faculty is the chief steward for your faculty and performs a similar role at the faculty level. UWOFA stewards are also responsible for disseminating information about the Collective Agreement sent out from the UWOFA office and can serve as your Academic Colleague, if you wish, when you meet with an administrator (such as a chair or dean). If more than one person volunteers to be the steward for a unit, UWOFA will arrange for an election. If your unit is currently without a steward (see the list below), and you would be willing to volunteer, please contact the President.
Here is a list of the Union Stewards selected to date:
Arts and Humanities
- Designated Board Member: Marjorie Ratcliffe
- English: Joe Zezulka
- Film Studies: James Prakash Younge
- French Studies: Jeff Tennant
- Modern Languages and Literatures: Anne Lausch
- Philosophy: Devin Henry
- Visual Arts: Kim Moodie
- Women's Studies and Feminist Research: Rebecca Coulter
- Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication: Kathleen Fraser
Education
- Designated Board Member: Marilyn Norman
- Greg Dickinson
- Aniko Varpalotai
Engineering
- Designated Board Member: Michael Naish
- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering: Paul Charpentier
- Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Anand Singh
Health Sciences
- Designated Board Member: Deb Lucy
- Occupational Therapy: Lisa Klinger
- Faculty Coaches: Volker Nolte
Information and Media Studies
- Designated Board Member: Bernd Frohmann
Law
- Designated Board Member: Erika Chamberlain
Libraries
- Designated Board Member: Melanie Mills
- Western Libraries: Bruce Fyfe
- Western Libraries: Bill Guthrie
- Western Libraries: Denise Horoky
- Non-Western Libraries: Melanie Mills
- Western Archives: Bev Brereton
- Taylor Library: Marisa Surmacz
Medicine and Dentistry
- Designated Board Member: Daniel Belliveau
- Anatomy & Cell Biology: Khadry Abdel Galil
- Pathology: Candace J. Gibson
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Keith Hayes
- Physiology and Pharmacology: James Hammond
- Surgery: Daniel Belliveau
Music
- Designated Board Member: Emily Ansari
- Music Education: Paul Woodford
- Music Research and Composition: Richard Semmens
- Music Performance Studies: Jill Ball
Richard Ivey School of Business
- Designated Board Member: Walid Busaba
Science
- Designated Board Member: Benjamin Rubin
- Biology: Liana Zanette and Brenda Murphy
- Chemistry: Kim Baines
- Computer Science: Robert Mercer
- Earth Sciences: Stephen Hicock
- Mathematics: Mike Dawes
Social Science
- Designated Board Member: Graham Smith
- Anthropology: Regna Darnell
- Economics: Terry Sicular
- Geography: Graham Smith
- History: Barbara Murison
- Management and Organizational Studies: Shannon Butler
- Political Science: Carolyn Dick
- Psychology: Richard Sorrentino
- Sociology: James Cote
- Women's Studies and Feminist Research: Rebecca Coulter