UWOFA History
The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) was founded in 1955. In 1998 UWOFA faculty members certified as a union, creating the faculty bargaining unit in which part-time faculty and full-time faculty are represented.
Librarians and archivists at UWO certified in 2004, thus creating the librarians and archivists bargaining unit of UWOFA.
The following is a list of UWOFA presidents:
2020 - 2021 Beth MacDougall-Shackleton
2019 - 2020 John Ciriello
2018 - 2019 Dan Belliveau
2017 - 2018 Stephen Pitel
2016 - 2017 Ann Bigelow
2015 - 2016 Kristin Hoffmann
2014 - 2015 Alison Hearn
2013 - 2014 Jeff Tennant
2012 - 2013 Don Abelson
2011 - 2012 Bryce Traister
2010 - 2011 James Compton
2009 - 2010 Regna Darnell
2008 - 2009 Mike Carroll
2007 - 2008 Abhijit Gopal
2006 - 2007 Kim Clark
2005 - 2006 Jane Toswell
2004 - 2005 Allan Gedalof
2003 - 2004 Albert Katz
2002 - 2003 Paul Handford
2001 - 2002 Dan Jorgensen
2000 - 2001 G. Edward Ebanks
1999 - 2000 Ernest Redekop
1998 - 1999 Aniko Varpalotai
1997 - 1998 Andy Osler
1996 - 1997 Douglas Baer
1995 - 1996 Allan Heinicke
1994 - 1995 Regna Darnell
1993 - 1994 Archibald Young
1992 - 1993 Edward Medzon
1991 - 1992 Mike Dawes
1990 - 1991 Don Morrow
1989 - 1990 Sarah J. Shorten
1988 - 1989 Roderick Singh
1987 - 1988 G. Edward Ebanks
1986 - 1987 Allan McDougall
1985 - 1986 Ian MacNeill
1984 - 1985 William Code
1983 - 1984 John Starkey
1982 - 1983 John Starkey
1981 - 1982 Janet Stevenson
1980 - 1981 G. Edward Ebanks
1979 - 1980 John Trevithick
1978 - 1979 Sarah J. Shorten
1977 - 1978 L.H. Forsyth
1976 - 1977 Allan Heinicke
1975 - 1976 D.A. Peach
1974 - 1975 R. McDaniel
1972 - 1973 D.S. Hair
1971 - 1972 Jack Hyatt
1970 - 1971 J.A. Humphrey
1969 - 1970 M.H.A. Keenleyside
1968 - 1969 B.B. Kymlicka
1967 - 1968 Charles Bigelow
1966 - 1967 R.W. Packer
1965 - 1966 R.W. Packer
1964 - 1965 H.B. Mayo
1963 - 1964 C.J. Hickman
1962 - 1963 R.K. Ready
1961 - 1962 J.W. Davis
1960 - 1961 R.H. Cole
1959 - 1960 R.W. Torrens
1958 - 1959 L.S. Lauchland
1957 - 1958 R.G.E. Murray
1956 - 1957 R.L. Allen
1955 - 1956 G.H. Turner