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:

2021 - 2022            Nigmendra Narain

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