WUFA Ad Hoc Committees
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.
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:
- Ending any University of Windsor’s involvement in the arms trade with Israel through complicit institutions and corporations:
- Ending the University of Windsor’s co-operation with Israeli academic and cultural institutions including exchange programs, research collaborations, partnerships, scholarships, and fellowships.
- 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
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
