Committee Elections and Remaining Vacancies

Most committees are filled for the year during the Annual General Meeting, which took place Wednesday, March 15. New committee members begin their duties on April 1.

If you would like to volunteer for one or more of the vacant positions, please email Sara at cupe3903vpu1@gmail.com. Except for unit-specific positions, all members of the union can sit on committees.

Committee election results, as well as remaining vacancies and upcoming delegate vacancies for upcoming conventions, are listed below.

CUPE 3903 Committees

Accessibility Committee (Honorarium: $250 per year)

  • Tracy Mack
  • 3 vacancies remain

Advisory Committee on Race/Ethnic Relations, Discrimination and/or Harassment (Honorarium: $250 per year)

  • 2 vacancies remain

All-University Pension Committee (Honorarium: $250 per year)

  • Kyle Belozerov

Archive Committee (Honorarium: $750 per year)

  • Adam Kingsmith
  • Chris Vogel

Bilingualism Committee (Honorarium: $500 per year)

  • 2 vacancies remain

Bursaries Committee (Honorarium: $400 per year)

  • Devin Lefebvre
  • Sabine Dreher

Communications Committee (Honorarium: $750 per year)

  • Chris Luszczek
  • Umair Muhammad
  • Denis Adigamov
  • Tyler Chartrand

CUPE Toronto District Council Representatives (Honorarium: $250 per year)

  • Megan Hillman
  • Richard William
  • Cynthia Loch-Drake
  • 4 vacancies remain

Distribution Committee ($50 per diem)

  • Tracy Mack
  • Megan Hillman
  • Jacqueline Ristola
  • 3 vacancies remain

Employment Equity Committee (Honorarium: $250 per year)

  • Annelies Cooper
  • 2 vacancies remain

Extended Health Benefits Fund Committee (Honorarium: $1500 per year)

  • Drew Danielle Belsky
  • Michael Laurentius
  • Thania Vega

Health and Safety Committee (hourly wage, marker/grader rate)

  • M. Naeem Shahid
  • Tracy Mack
  • Megan Hillman
  • Annelies Cooper
  • 2 vacancies remain

International Graduate Students’ Committee (IGSC) (Honorarium: $250 per year)

  • Sonia Tan
  • Jacqueline Ristola

Labour Management Committee (Units 1-4)** (Honorarium: $750 per year)

  • Denis Adigamov (Unit 1)
  • 3 vacancies remain: one each for Units 2, 3, and 4

Postings Officers (Honorarium: $2,500 per year)

  • Tracy Mack
  • David Ravensbergen

Research Costs Fund Committee (Honorarium: $250 per year)

  • Laura Pin
  • 1 vacancy remains

Research Grants Fund and Travel Costs Fund Committee (Unit 2 only) (Honorarium: $500 per year)

  • Karen Armstrong
  • Gillian Beresford

Research Leave Adjudicating Committee – 1 vacancy (Honorarium: $250 per year)

  • 1 vacancy remains

Senate Representative (Honorarium: $250 per year)

  • Devin Clancy

Senate Alternative Representative

  • Lina Nasr

Stewards’ Council Listserv Moderator (Honorarium: $500 per year)

  • Chris Luszczek
  • 1 vacancy remains

Teaching Development Fund Committee (Unit 2 only) (Honorarium: $250 per year)

  • Aida Jordao
  • Sabine Dreher

Toronto and York Region Labour Council Representatives – 12 vacancies (Honorarium $250 per year)

  • Brian Mossop
  • 11 vacancies remain

Union Trustees Committee (Honorarium: $1000 per year)

  • Sylvia E. Peacock

Unit 2 Listserv Moderator (Unit 2 only) (Honorarium: $500 per year)

  • Chris Luszczek
  • 1 vacancy remains

Upcoming Conventions

Canadian Labour Congress Convention – 4 spaces

  • Graeme Reniers
  • Megan Hillman
  • 2 more delegates needed

CUPE Ontario Convention – 13 Spaces

  • Gizem Cakmak
  • Graeme Reniers
  • Up to 11 more delegates needed

**While the bylaws do not yet reflect an honorarium for a Unit 4 LMC representative, such a bylaw change is in the works.

Please note that elections for the Professional Development Fund Committee (PDF), Childcare Committee, and Ways and Means Committee (W&M) takes place annually at the September GMM. As per the new by-laws, the election of the Election Officers will take place at the April GMM.