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 2024-2025
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)
Marc Schroeder
Representative-at-large (General)
Mount Royal (MRFA)
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)
Jennifer Dekker
Chair, Librarians' & Archivists' Committee
Ottawa (APUO)
Michael Shaw
Chair, Collective Bargaining and Organizing Committee
Manitoba (UMFA)
Susan Spronk
Co-Chair, Equity Committee
Ottawa (APUO)
Fabienne Cyrius
Co-Chair, Equity Committee
Concordia (CUPFA)
David Robinson
Executive Director
(Ex-officio)