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    • Governance
      • President's Welcome
      • Executive & Committees
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    • Students
      • Info and FAQ for Students
      • Open letter to students
      • Quick Facts
    • Members
      • Strike FAQ for Members
      • Member Strike Information
    • Contact
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 :                       Lachlan MacKinnon
  • Secretary :                                Mary Keating
  • Treasurer :                               Amar Anwar 
  • Past President:                        Calvin Howley
  • Chief Negotiator:                    Martin Chandler
  • Chief Grievance Officers:       Martin Mkandawire 
  • Equity Officer:                           Hamid Andishan
  • Communications Officer:      Donnie Calabrese 
  • Member at Large:                  Annie Battiste
  • Member at Large:                   Shannon Ezzat
  • Member at Large:                   Tracy Lillington 

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
  • Trang Mai-McManus                          
  • Hamid Andishan 


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

Grievance & Arbitration

  • Martin Mkandawire 
  • Florie Gillis
  • Donnie Calabrese 
  • Veronica Litt
  • Allison Mackie 

Probation, Promotion, Tenure

  • Kate Krug (SASS)
  • Andrew Reynolds (SASS)
  • Ayse Ersoy (SSOB)
  • Patrick deLamirande (SSOB)
  • Geoffrey Lee-Dadswell (SST)
  • Matthias Bierenstiel (SST)
  • Kristin Reimer (SEH)
  • Lynn LeVatte (SEH)
  • Virginia Gunn (Nursing) 
  • Jane Kuhnke (Nursing) 

Membership Committee

  • Abidemi Fasanmi
  • Trang Mai-McManus
  • Amar Anwar
  • Kyley Ewing 


Policy and Issues Committee

                                 

  • Dana Mount 
  • Veronica Litt

  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
  • Chad Currier
  • Trang Mai-McManus
  • Ruby Ramji
  • Sierra Dye 

Social Committee

  • Kyley Ewing
  • Rachael Doucette 
  • Shauna MacDonald
  • Zenia Medvedeva 
  • Maura Lea Morykot

Association- Employer Relations Committee

  • Calvin Howley
  • Donnie Calabrese
  • Shannon Ezzat


Other Representatives

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


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