Governance
Membership
Decision-making authority for WUFA policy and action rests with the members. All major issues – expenditures, bargaining proposals, ratification of collective agreements, strike action, and changes in union dues -- are debated and voted on by the membership at large. The Association holds two General Membership Meetings a year (October and April), and will call Special Membership Meetings as needed. WUFA Council is authorized to act on behalf of the membership between meetings. All faculty, librarians, and AAS staff are encouraged to join the Association and participate in its activities.
Faculty Council
Faculty Council is composed of faculty, librarians, AAS, and sessional members elected annually by their colleagues in proportion to the size of the constituency they represent. Council meets monthly to discuss matters affecting the Association, develop new policies, review reports, create and elect committees, and act on behalf of the Association between general membership meetings. Members of the Executive are automatically members of Faculty Council. Councillors are responsible for informing their colleagues about WUFA business and bringing members’ concerns to the attention of the Association.
Faculty Council July 1, 2017 – 2018, 2019
DEPARTMENT | NAME | EXT. | TERM EXPIRES |
Biological Sciences | Andrew Hubberstey | 2708 | June 30/18 |
Chemistry & Biochemistry | S. Holger Eichhorn* | 3990 | June 30/19 |
Civil & Environmental Engineering | Abdul-Fattah Asfour | 2514 | June 30/19 |
Civil & Environmental Engineering | Sreekanta Das | 2507 | June 30/19 |
Civil & Environmental Engineering | Rajesh Seth | 2553 | June 30/18 |
Electrical & Computer Engineering | Mohammad Hassanzadeh | 3583 | June 30/18 |
Centre for Teaching & Learning (CTL) | Michael Potter | 4831 | June 30/18 |
Education | Larry Glassford | 3811 | June 30/18 |
Education | Sirous Tabrizi | tabrizis@uwindsor.ca | June 30/18 |
English | John Cappucci | 3576 | June 30/18 |
English Lang., Lit., & Creative Writing | Stephen Pender* | 2307 | June 30/19 |
FAHSS | Fran Cachon* | 3494 | June 30/18 |
History | Guillaume Teasdale | 2327 | June 30/19 |
Kinesiology | Nancy McNevin | 4276 | June 30/18 |
Kinesiology | Chad Sutherland | 4050 | June 30/19 |
Law | Claire Mummé | 2988 | June 30/18 |
Law Library | Vicki Jay Leung* | 4266 | June 30/18 |
Leddy Library | Jennifer Soutter | 3186 | June 30/18 |
Leddy Library | Peter Zimmerman* | 3178 | June 30/18 |
Mathematics & Statistics | Severien Nkurunziza | 3017 | June 30/18 |
Nursing | Kathryn Edmunds | 2281 | June 30/18 |
Nursing | Sandy Trubyk | strubyk@uwindsor.ca | June 30/18 |
Odette School of Business | George Lan | 3482 | June 30/18 |
Odette School of Business | Zhenzhong Ma | 4251 | June 30/19 |
Philosophy | Mark Letteri | 2338 | June 30/18 |
Philosophy | Jeff Noonan* | 2396 | June 30/18 |
Political Science | Jamey Essex* | 2358 | June 30/19 |
Political Science | Tom Najem | 2347 | June 30/18 |
Psychology | Lori Buchanan* | 2246 | June 30/18 |
Psychology | Kathryn Lafreniere* | 2233 | June 30/18 |
Psychology | Scott Mattson | smattson@uwindsor.ca | June 30/18 |
Social Work | Patrick Selmi | 3080 | June 30/18 |
Sociology, Anthropology & Criminology | Robert Arnold* | 3980 | June 30/19 |
Women's and Gender Studies | Brandi Lucier | 2357 | June 30/18 |
Associate Member | David Palmer | dpalmer@uwindsor.ca | October 30/18 |
Associate Member | Noel Williams# | noelw@uwindsor.ca | October 30/18 |
(* indicates Executive member July 1/2016 – June 30/2018)
(# indicates WURA representative)
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is an elected committee of Chief Officers of the Association who act on behalf of WUFA, subject to the direction of the WUFA Faculty Council and the general membership. The main function of the Executive is to implement the general policies of the Association and act as daily liaison between the Association and other persons/organizations as required. The Executive Committee is directed by the Council, and governed by the Constitution and Bylaws.
Executive Committee 2017-2018
Jeff Noonan, WUFA President | Philosophy | Ext. 2396 |
Peter Zimmerman, VP Grievance | Leddy Library | Ext. 3178 |
Stephen Pender, VP Internal | English Language, Literature & Creative Writing | Ext. 2307 |
Jamey Essex, VP External | Political Science | Ext. 2358 |
Vicki Jay Leung, interim VP SWDE | Law Library | Ext. 4266 |
Robert Arnold, Treasurer | Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology | Ext. 3980 |
Kathryn Lafreniere, Contract Chair | Psychology | Ext. 2233 |
Lori Buchanan, Director-at-Large | Psychology | Ext: 2246 |
Holger Eichhorn, Director-at-Large | Chemistry & Biochemistry | Ext. 3390 |
Scott Mattson, Director-at-Large | Psychology | smattson@uwindsor.ca |
Fran Cachon, Sessional Director | FAHSS | Ext. 3494 |
Datta Pillay, Associate Member (non-voting) | WURA, Science | pillay@uwindsor.ca |
Constitution and Bylaws
The activities of the Faculty Association are governed by its Constitution and Bylaws. The Constitution sets out the aims of the Association; forms of membership; purpose, responsibilities, and composition of committees; meeting schedules; and the process for determining membership dues. The Bylaws elaborate these themes, and describe the procedure for ratification of collective agreements and taking and ending strike action. Amendments may be proposed by members at any time. They are discussed at membership meetings, then, ratified by the membership at large by mail ballot. Changes to the Constitution require a two-thirds majority; changes to the Bylaws require a simple majority of ballots cast.
Policies, Practices and Procedures
WUFA’s Policies, Practices and Procedures handbook codifies how the Association implements the Constitution and Bylaws.
Rules of Order
WUFA meetings follow the Association's Rules of Order handbook and are supplemented Bourinot's Rules of Order, to foster full and free discussion at General Membership Meetings and meetings of Council, Executive and Committees.
Harassment and Violence Policies for WUFA Employees
WUFA is committed to the prevention of harassment and violence in the workplace and will take whatever steps are reasonable to protect its employees. WUFA and its employees are expected to uphold the WUFA Harassment Prevention Policy and the WUFA Violence Prevention Policy.