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      • Executive & Committees
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      • Info and FAQ for Students
      • Open letter to students
      • Quick Facts
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      • Strike FAQ for Members
      • Member Strike Information
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Welcome to CBUFA
  • Home
  • News
  • Governance
    • President's Welcome
    • Executive & Committees
  • Resources
  • Students
    • Info and FAQ for Students
    • Open letter to students
    • Quick Facts
  • Members
    • Strike FAQ for Members
    • Member Strike Information
  • Contact

Governance

Executive

  • President:                                 Sahand Ashtab 
  • Vice President :                       Mary Keating
  • Secretary :                                Karen Foss
  • Treasurer :                              Amar Anwar 
  • Past President:                        
  • Chief Negotiator:                    Calvin Howley
  • Chief Grievance Officers:       Martin Mkandawire 
  • Equity Officer:                           Hamid Andishan
  • Communications Officer:      Donnie Calabrese 
  • Member at Large:                   Martin Chandler
  • Member at Large:                   Alison Grittner
  • Member at Large:                   Tracy Lillington 
  • Member at Large:                   Annie Battiste 

Communication Committee

  • Donnie Calabrese                                Represents the public face of CBUFA, educates the 
  • Mariah Hudec                                     broader community on activities in research and
  • Jonathan Doering                              the membership on work-related issues. 
  • Carrie Karsgaard
  • Jasmine Hoover
  • Heather Sparling

Equity Committee

  • Heather Schmidt   
  • Jenny Kassen
  • Kate Krug
  • Shauna MacDonald                            
  • Gurmit Kaur
  • Hamid Andishan
  • Zainab Almukhtar 


The goal of the CBUFA Equity Committee is to achieve a working environment which strives for inclusiveness as well as social and economic fairness through recognition, respect, accountability, responsibility and representation for marginalized 

  groups who may be excluded from full participation in the academy. These groups include but are not limited to Indigenous peoples; women;visible/racialized minorities;  persons with disabilities; and those marginalized due to sexual orientation or gender identity.  The CBUFA Equity Committee will seek to achieve this goal by monitoring equity issues, proposing policy changes , and undertaking appropriate initiatives on behalf of the CBUFA membership. 

Finance Committee

  • Amar Anwar
  • Kaitlyn Mesics
  • Karen Rowe

Grievance & Arbitration

  • Martin Mkandawire 
  • Florie Gillis
  • Donnie Calabrese 
  • Patrick deLamirande
  • Allison Mackie 

Probation, Promotion, Tenure

  • Kate Krug (SASS)
  • Jim Gerrie (SASS)
  • Leslie Wardley (SSOB)
  • Patrick deLamirande (SSOB)
  • Geoffrey Lee-Dadswell (SST)
  • Matthias Bierenstiel (SST)
  • Kristin Reimer (SEH)
  • Jane Kuhnke (Nursing) 

Membership Committee

  • Vidumini Morugama  
  • Michelle Jetha 
  • Amar Anwar
  • Kyley Ewing
  • Zainab Almukhtar 


Policy and Issues Committee

  • Terry Gibbs                                      
  • Zainab Almukhtar                                     
  • Tracey Harris                                   
  • Lee-Ann Broadhead      
  • Veronica Litt
  • Hamid Andishan

  Promote awareness and communication within CBUFA concerning policies and issues of relevance to the membership ranging from social justice and urgent actions to CAUT bulletins, Supreme Court Decisions, and equity issues updates. To promote awareness and encourage action on issues of social justice and global citizenship. This could include a variety of activities such as: exploring options for ethical investment; working with CBU's green committee to promote sustainable practices amongst faculty ; working with relevant offices on campus to encourage sustainable and ethical processes at CBU. To build links with other campuses and unions working on social justice issues. This could involve building partnerships and/ or working with specific unions in the global south that face persecution/ repression when promoting the rights of their members. 

Scholarship Committee

  • Kaitlyn Mesics
  • Amar Anwar
  • Sierra Dye 

Social Committee

  • Kyley Ewing
  • Rachael Doucette 
  • Shauna MacDonald

Association- Employer Relations Committee



Other Representatives

  • Joint Pension:  Sahand Ashtab
  • Joint Benefits: Karen Foss 
  • Health And Safety: Karen Foss and Nathan Hatton (alt) 
  • ANSUT: Sahand Ashtab and Donnie Calabrese (alt) 
  • CAUT:  President of CBUFA and Vice President 
  • CAUT Defence Fund: Amar Anwar
  • Cape Breton District Labour Council: Lachlan MacKinnon


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