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Committee Members and Stewards

The GSA LRC discusses issues of concern regarding academically-employed graduate students and the Collective Agreement.

Chair: Associate VP Labour, Nathan Lamarche

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)
  • Colleen Sutheimer (Renewable Resources)
  • Amira Saleh (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
  • 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
Sonja Allen
Faculty Steward (Arts) Galiba Zahid
Faculty Steward (Education) Jerry Gan
Faculty Steward (Chemical & Materials Engineering) Eric Gamboa
Faculty Steward (Mechanical Engineering) Wardutul Akman
Faculty Steward (Engineering) Devtanu Bose
Faculty Steward (Engineering) MD Habibur Rahaman
Faculty Steward (Civil & Environmental Engineering) Kiera Greenway
Mohammadamin Rashidi
Faculty Steward (Food Science and Technology) Gihan Wijelath
Faculty Steward (Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation) Dallas Ansell
Faculty Steward (Fine Arts) Aynaz Raoufian
Faculty Steward (Medicine & Dentistry) Solmaz Bohlouli
Faculty Steward (Chemistry) Seerat Saleem
Faculty Steward (Physics) Akas Nair
Faculty Steward (Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences) Mohammed Abdel Wahd Elkhatib
Faculty Steward (Public Health) To be filled
Faculty Steward (Science) Elham Zohari
Nafisa Sadar Hriti
Sumaira Niazi
Associate Director Cindy Roose