WUFA Ad Hoc Committees

February 03, 2026

From time to time, different ’ad hoc’ committees are formed to deal with various issues which affect the membership. Committees may be formed for a variety of purposes, such as to proof-reading important documents, surveying the membership, organizing special events or volunteering in the local labour community.

(1) Palestine Solidarity Committee

At the 2024 WUFA Spring AGM meeting, the membership passed a motion regarding academic freedom, preservation of Palestinian education & solidarity with Palestine. The full motion can be viewed HERE

The motion directs that a committee be formed to help implement action (see below). WUFA’s Faculty Council determined a path forward to gather interested colleagues who will discuss, plan, and recommend to WUFA Council how to work towards implementing all parts of the motion passed at the Spring AGM. 

"We thus move WUFA to Establish a Committee to undertake work towards:

  1. Ending any University of Windsor’s involvement in the arms trade with Israel through complicit institutions and corporations:
  2. Ending the University of Windsor’s co-operation with Israeli academic and cultural institutions including exchange programs, research collaborations, partnerships, scholarships, and fellowships.
  3. Building academic links with Palestinian universities and academics: Explore collaborative initiatives such as twinnings, exchanges, joint projects, scholarship and exchange programmes, academic fellowships and partnerships that contribute positively to the Palestinian educational sector under extreme threat."

If you are interested in serving on this committee, please contact the WUFA office by email (wufa@uwindsor.ca).


Committee Members

Pierre Boulos, President (ex officio), Centre for Teaching & Learning
Abdul-Fattah Asfour, Environmental Engineering
Naved Bakali, Faculty of Education
Irina Ceric, Faculty of Law
Richard Douglass-Chin, Interdisciplinary & Critical Studies
Siham Elkassem, School of Social Work
Shafaq Khan, Computer Science
Jesse Ovadia, Political Science
Joshua Sealy-Harrington, Faculty of Law
Juanita Stephen, Interdisciplinary & Critical Studies
John Trant, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Vasanthi Venkatesh, Faculty of Law
Vincent Wong, Faculty of Law

(2) Quality Improvement Committee

The WUFA Council approved the Ad Hoc Quality Improvement Committee in January 2026. Its primary purpose is to question, to collect, and analyze institutional and member driven data, reflect critically on the results, and identify systemic areas for improvement to strengthen the academic and operational future of the University. The Ad hoc Quality Improvement Committee will offer support to other WUFA committees and subcommittees as needed. For more details concerning the mandate, please read the full Terms of Reference found HERE.

If you are interested in serving on this committee, please contact the WUFA office by email (wufa@uwindsor.ca).


Committee Members

To be determined