Committee Members and Stewards
The GSA LRC discusses issues of concern regarding academically-employed graduate students and the Collective Agreement.
Chair: Associate VP Labour, Muneeb Masood Raja (Electrical & Computing Engineering)
Vice-Chair: Nayiar Shahid (Pharmacology)
Member of the GSA & Academically-Employed Graduate Student
The GSA Labour Relations Committee (GSA LRC) supports the Associate Vice-President Labour (AVPL) by advising on the Collective Agreement (CA) and assisting in the appointment and training of faculty stewards. Members provide valuable feedback on employment experiences and engage with stewards to address workplace issues, playing a key role in ensuring that academically-employed graduate students are informed and represented within the GSA.
- Nafisa Sadaf Hriti (Computer Science)
- Sumaila Sulemana (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
- Md Mizanur Rahman (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
- Saad Arslan Iqbal (Educational Policy Studies)
- Najia Ul Huda (Biological Sciences)
- Colleen Sutheimer (Renewable Resources)
- Amira Saleh (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- Anna Morozova (Media and Cultural Studies)
- William Correa (Construction and Engineering Management)
Chief Steward
The Chief Steward is trained in all areas of labour work, they arrange regular meetings of the steward network and ensure a solid communication system, and they collaborate with members of the executive committee of graduate student groups to maintain the steward network. This position works to ensure the proper application of the current Collective Agreement by both the employer and the union, and they report on all activities to the Labour Relations Committee and at General Membership meetings. The Chief Steward is a non-voting member of the Labour Relations Committee.
Your Chief Steward is Mohammed Sabek
Outreach Coordinator
The Outreach Coordinator organizes activities to engage with union members. Some examples include: tabling, town halls, information sessions, and awareness campaigns. This position liaises with departments and other groups to provide training and workshops. In addition, they report on their activities to the Labour Relations Committee and at General Membership meetings. The Outreach Coordinator is a non-voting member of the Labour Relations Committee.
Your Chief Steward is Sumaira Niazi
Faculty Stewards
The Labour Relations Committee has seats for faculty stewards across many departments. Faculty Stewards are trained in labour work and are often the first point of contact for student employees who might be having work-related issues. Stewards assist the Chief Steward and the Associate Vice-President Labour with anything to do with the Collective Agreement. Faculty Stewards are non-voting members of the Labour Relations Committee.
| Faculty Steward (Agricultural, Life & Environmental Science) | Nastaran Mojibi |
| Faculty Steward (Arts) | Corbin Cammidge |
| Faculty Steward (Business) | To be filled |
| Faculty Steward (Campus St. Jean) | To be filled |
| Faculty Steward (Education) | Jerry Gan |
| Faculty Steward (Engineering) | Devtanu Bose |
| Faculty Steward (Engineering) | MD Habibur Rahaman |
| Faculty Steward (Environmental Engineering) | Kiera Greenway |
| Faculty Steward (Food Science and Technology) | Gian Wijelath |
| Faculty Steward (Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation) | Dallas Ansell |
| Faculty Steward (Law) | To be filled |
| Faculty Steward (Medicine & Dentistry) | Solmaz Bohlouli |
| Faculty Steward (Native Studies) | To be filled |
| Faculty Steward (Nursing) | To be filled |
| Faculty Steward (Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences) | Mohammed Abdel Wahd Elkhatib |
| Faculty Steward (Public Health) | To be filled |
| Faculty Steward (Science) | Elham Zohari Nafisa Sadar Hriti Sara Jalili Shani Brette Harris Sumaira Niazi |
| Associate Director | Cindy Roose |
