The Equity Committee is a standing committee of Council. The role of the committee is to make recommendations to CAUT Council and Executive Committee on policy matters and activities in relation to equity in post-secondary education.
Meetings of the Equity Committee are chaired by 2 co-chairs who are elected by CAUT Council and serve as members of the CAUT Executive Committee.
Members of the Committee
- Marvin Claybourn (Faculty Association of the University of St. Thomas) - Co-Chair
- Susan Spronk (Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa) - Co-Chair
- Peter McInnis (CAUT President), ex-officio
- David Robinson (CAUT Executive Director), ex-officio (non-voting)
- Aboriginal Academic Staff
- Shannon Leddy (University of British Columbia Faculty Association)
- Jacqueline Romanow (University of Winnipeg Faculty Association)
- Academic Staff with Disabilities
- Michael Fowler (Faculty Association University Waterloo)
- Juan Pernia (Lakehead University Faculty Association)
- Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Trans, Queer and 2-Spirited Academic Staff
- Kenzie Woodbridge (British Columbia Institute of Technology Staff & Faculty Association)
- Cory Thorne (Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty Association)
- Racialized Academic Staff
- Samira Belyazid (Association des professeures et professeurs de l’Université de Moncton, campus d’Edmundston)
- Lanyan Chen (Nipissing University Faculty Association)
- Women Academic Staff
- Erika Merschrod (Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty Association)
- Kimberly Williams (Mount Royal Faculty Association)
CAUT Staff
- Pam Foster (Senior Policy & Government Relations Officer)