Established in 1951, CAUT is the national voice of the university body. CAUT represents more than 72,000 professors, librarians, researchers and other academics and is committed to academic freedom and is actively working in the public interest to improve the quality and accessibility of post-secondary education in Canada.
Executive Committee Members 2023-2024
Peter McInnis
President
St. Francis Xavier (StFXAUT)
Robin Whitaker
Vice-President
Memorial (MUNFA)
Yalla Sangaré
Treasurer
Sainte-Anne (APPBUSA)
Brenda Austin-Smith
Past President
Manitoba (UMFA)
Patrick Noël
Representative-at-large (Francophone)
Saint-Boniface (APPUSB)
Chantale Jeanrie
Representative-at-large (Quebec)
Université Laval (SPUL)
Shirley Chau
Representative-at-large (General)
British Columbia (UBCFA)
David Newhouse
Representative-at-large (Aboriginal)
Trent (TUFA)
Claudia Steinke
Representative-at-large (General)
Lethbridge (ULFA)
Michael Arfken
Chair Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee
PEI (UPEIFA)
Nick Papatheodorakos
Chair Contract Academic Staff Committee
Concordia Part-Time (CUPFA)
Kate Cushon
Chair Librarians' & Archivists' Committee
Regina (URFA)
Larry Savage
Chair Collective Bargaining and Organizing Committee
Brock (BUFA)
Susan Spronk
Co-Chair Equity Committee
Ottawa (APUO)
Marvin Claybourn
Co-Chair Equity Committee
St. Thomas (FAUST)
David Robinson
Executive Director
(Ex-officio)