Representatives and committees

At the core of FAUW’s decision-making is our Board of Directors: 12 elected members plus a past president and ex-officio representatives who meet biweekly September through June.

Current board members are listed on our contacts page.

Voting members

• President

• Past president

• one director elected by and from each Faculty

• one director elected by and from lecturers

• four at-large directors

Ex-officio members (non-voting)

• Lecturers Committee chair

• Equity Committee chair

• Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee chair

• St. Jerome's University Academic Staff Association liaison

• Renison Association of Academic Staff liaison

• Pension and Benefits Committee liaison

• Librarians' Association of the University of Waterloo liaison

The Council of Representatives provides two-way communication between our Board of Directors and each academic unit at Waterloo. Each department or school selects one faculty member each September to act as a liaison with FAUW.

You can approach your representative about any concerns you think should be brought to FAUW's attention.

If you would like to fill a vacancy in your unit, please declare your interest in joining the Council to your chair/director.

Learn more about what the Council does and find your representative.

Academic Freedom & Tenure (AF&T)

The Academic Freedom & Tenure (AF&T) Committee provides confidential support to individual members with workplace issues of all kinds.

Compensation Negotiating Team

For each round of bargaining, a team of three FAUW members negotiates a new compensation settlement with the University, in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement. 

Executive

The Executive Committee consists of the president, past president (when there is one), vice president, and treasurer, as well as any other board members sitting on Faculty Relations Committee. It is responsible for advising the president in establishing the agendas of Board and general meetings and triaging issues as they arise.

Lecturers

The Lecturers Committee gathers information and discusses matters pertaining to the working conditions of lecturers, and conveys issues raised by lecturers to the Board.

Equity

The Equity Committee engages in educational and advocacy activities related equity issues and liaises with other related committees of the University, OCUFA and CAUT.

Indigenization Working Group

The Indigenization Working Group is focused on educating and providing resources for our members to help them take action on Indigenization and reconciliation. 

Climate Justice Working Group

The Climate Justice Working Group brings together faculty members at the University of Waterloo to generate collective action on campus—and within our broader communities—to help foster a just, climate-safe future.

Elections Committee

The Elections Committee organizes FAUW elections and solicits nominations for the president and Board of Directors. 

Some University committees require representation from the FAUW Board or its committees. Others have faculty positions appointed by FAUW (or jointly with the University) from among the FAUW membership.

Only FAUW appointees are listed here. The University has other committees with faculty members who are not appointed by FAUW. Similarly, some of the committees listed below also have additional faculty members who are not appointed by FAUW. 

Representatives from the FAUW Board of Directors or its committees

Representatives from the FAUW membership

Policy review committees

Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)

• CAUT Council: Dan Brown (as FAUW president)
• CAUT Equity Committee: Weizhen Dong

Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA)

• OCUFA Director representing FAUW: Dan Brown (FAUW director; School of Computer Science)
• OCUFA Status of Women & Equity Committee: Jay Dolmage (Equity Committee chair; English Language and Literature)
• OCUFA Student Evaluation of Teaching Committee: Jay Michaela (Psychology)
• OCUFA Contract Faculty-Faculty Complement Committee: Sebastian Siebel-Achenbach (History)

St. Jerome’s University Academic Staff Association (SJU-ASA)

• FAUW Board liaison to the SJU-ASA: vacant