The Council of the Association consists of the elected members and the Officers (who may or may not be elected members), and is responsible for establishing and carrying out the Association’s policies, and for carrying on its business subject to the provisions of this Constitution and to such directions as may be given at any Annual or other General Meeting of the Association.
The Council consists of at most sixty regular members elected by the regular membership of the Association. Four elected members of the Council represent the retired members of the Association.
Constituencies as of July 1, 2024
| Constituency | Term End | Member | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Anthropology; Sociology; Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies | 2026 | Judith Taylor | judith.taylor@utoronto.ca |
| 102 | Psychology; Geography | 2025 | Deborah Cowen | deb.cowen@utoronto.ca |
| 103 | Chemistry; Earth Sciences; School of the Environment | 2027 | Michael Thompson | m.thompson@utoronto.ca |
| 104 | ARTSC – Office of the Dean; Cell & Systems Biology; Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | 2025 | Helen Rodd | helen.rodd@utoronto.ca |
| 106 | Art History; Classics; Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies; Centre for Comparative Literature; Centre for Medieval Studies | 2025 | Antje Budde | a.budde@utoronto.ca |
| 107 | Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations; East Asian Studies | 2027 | Azita Taleghani | azita.taleghani@utoronto.ca |
| 108 | English; Linguistics | 2026 | Thom Dancer | thom.dancer@utoronto.ca |
| 109 | French; Germanic Languages & Literatures; Italian Studies; Slavic Languages & Literatures; Spanish & Portuguese | 2025 | Sanda Munjic | sanda.munjic@utoronto.ca |
| 110 | ARTSC – Office of the Dean; History; Centre for Indigenous Studies; SGS: Graduate Centre for Academic Communication; Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology; University College; University College: Office of the Principal; University College Program; Woodsworth College | 2027 | Max Mishler | max.mishler@utoronto.ca |
| 111 | Mathematics; Statistical Science | 2026 | Fabian Parsch | fabian.parsch@utoronto.ca |
| 112 | Philosophy; Study of Religion | 2026 | Ruth Marshall | ruth.marshall@utoronto.ca |
| 113 | Astronomy & Astrophysics; Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics; Physics | 2025 | Qinya Liu | liuqy@physics.utoronto.ca |
| 114 | Centre for European, Russian & Eurasian Studies; Cities Centre; Political Science; Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy | 2027 | Melissa Williams | melissa.williams@utoronto.ca |
| 115 | The Centre for Industrial Relations; Economics | 2025 | Joseph Steinberg | joseph.steinberg@utoronto.ca |
| 117 | Computer Science | 2026 | Gerald Penn | gpenn@cs.toronto.edu |
| 119 | Victoria University, Trinity College; St. Michael’s College | 2026 | Michael Attridge | michael.attridge@utoronto.ca |
| 120 | ARTSC: Office of the Dean; Cinema Studies Institute; Human Biology; Innis College; New College; Transitional Year Program; Women and Gender Studies Institute | 2025 | Chandni Desai | ch.desai@utoronto.ca |
| 201 | UTM: Humanities (3) - Classics, Department of Visual Studies; English & Drama; Historical Studies; Institute for Communication & Culture; Institute for Study of University Pedagogy; Language Studies; Philosophy | 2027 | Sheliza Ibrahim | sheliza.ibrahim@utoronto.ca |
| 2025 |
John Ricco |
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| 2026 |
Kevin Coleman |
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| 202 | UTM: Economics; Institute for Management and Innovation; Management | 2026 | Jiaying Gu | jiaying.gu@utoronto.ca |
| 203 | UTM: Social Sciences (2) - Anthropology; Geography; Political Science; Psychology; Sociology | 2025 | Nicole Laliberte | nicole.laliberte@utoronto.ca |
| 2026 | Ellen Berrey | ellen.berrey@utoronto.ca | ||
| 204 | UTM: Sciences (2) - Biology; Chemical & Physical Sciences; Mathematics & Computer Science | 2026 | Wagih Ghobriel | wagih.ghobriel@utoronto.ca |
| 2025 | Saša Stefanović | sasa.stefanovic@utoronto.ca | ||
| 301 | UTSC: Humanities (2) - Arts, Culture; & Media; Language Studies; English; Historical & Cultural Studies; Philosophy | 2025 | Katherine Blouin | katherine.blouin@utoronto.ca |
| 2027 | Matthew Stoddard | m.stoddard@utoronto.ca | ||
| 302 | UTSC: Social Science (2) - Social Sciences GDS; Anthropology; Department of Health & Society; Human Geography; Political Sciences; Sociology; Teaching and Learning Services | 2026 | Girish Daswani | girish.daswani@utoronto.ca |
| 2027 | Caroline Hossein | caroline.hossein@utoronto.ca | ||
| 303 | UTSC: Management & Economics | 2025 | Liang Chen | lh.chen@utoronto.ca |
| 304 | UTSC: Physical & Environmental Sciences; Computer & Mathematical Sciences | 2026 | Vacant | Download nomination form |
| 305 | UTSC: Life Sciences - Biological Sciences; Psychology | 2027 | Vacant | Download nomination form |
| 401 | Civil & Mineral Engineering; Institute of Aerospace Studies | 2027 | Jeffrey Siegel | jeffrey.siegel@utoronto.ca |
| 402 | Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry; Materials Science and Engineering | 2027 |
Jun Nogami |
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| 403 | Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2026 | Vacant | Download nomination form |
| 404 | Mechanical & Industrial Engineering; Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education & Practice (ISTEP) | 2027 | Deborah Tihanyi | deborah.tihanyi@utoronto.ca |
| 501 | Division of Anatomy; Institute of Biomedical Engineering; Department of Family & Community Medicine; Centre Res.in Neurodegenerative Diseases; Medical Imaging; Medicine; Nutritional Sciences; Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Ophthalmology; Psychiatry; Surgery | 2025 | Elena Comelli | elena.comelli@utoronto.ca |
| 502 | ARTSC: Office of the Dean; Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation | 2025 | Arjumand Siddiqi | siddiqi@utfa.org |
| 503 | Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology and Rehabilitation Sciences | 2026 | Susan Wagner | susan.wagner@utoronto.ca |
| 504 | Biochemistry; Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research; Immunology; Faculty – Office of the Dean; Molecular Genetics; Structural Genomics Consortium | 2027 | Vacant | Download nomination form |
| 505 | Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Physiology; Faculty - Office of the Dean | 2027 | Paul Hamel | paul.hamel@utoronto.ca |
| 601 | OISE (4)- Curriculum, Teaching & Learning; Applied Psychology & Human Development; Social Justice Education; Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study (JICS); Leadership, Higher & Adult Education | 2025 | Kimberley MacKinnon | kimberley.mackinnon@utoronto.ca |
| 2027 | Beyhan Farhadi | beyhan.farhadi@utoronto.ca | ||
| 2027 |
Jeff Bale |
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| 701 | Music | 2026 | Nasim Niknafs | niknafs@utfa.org |
| 702 | (2) Kinesiology & Physical Education; Nursing; Social Work | 2025 | Simon Darnell | simon.darnell@utoronto.ca |
| 2026 |
Denise Gastaldo |
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| 703 | Dentistry | 2026 | Vacant | Download nomination form |
| 704 | Information Studies; Law | 2027 | Patrick Keilty | p.keilty@utoronto.ca |
| 706 | Joseph L. Rotman School of Management (2) | 2026 | Maureen Stapleton | stapleton@utfa.org |
| 2027 | Kevin Bryan | kevin.bryan@rotman.utoronto.ca | ||
| 708 | Architecture, Landscape & Design; Forestry | 2026 | Erica Kim | EricaS.Allen-Kim@daniels.utoronto.ca |
| 709 | Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy | 2025 | Vinita Arora | vinita.arora@utoronto.ca |
| 801 | Librarians (3) | 2026 | Whitney Kemble | kemble@utfa.org |
| 2027 | Kathleen Scheaffer | kathleen.scheaffer@utoronto.ca | ||
| 2025 | Harriet Sonne de Torrens | |||
| 901 | Retired Members (4) | 2025 | Geraldine (Jody) MacDonald | g.macdonald@utoronto.ca |
| 2025 | Mary Alice Guttman | maryalice.guttman@utoronto.ca | ||
| 2027 | Joseph Carens | joseph.carens@utoronto.ca | ||
| 2027 | Raymond Kwong | r.kwong@utoronto.ca | ||
| Members not Elected to Represent a Constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Term End | ||
| Richard Carter | Unit Chair, St. Michael’s Unit | richard.carter@utoronto.ca | 2026 |
| Rob Gillezeau | Treasurer | gillezeau@utoronto.ca | 2026 |
| Sherri Helwig | Vice-President, Grievances | helwig@utfa.org | 2025 |
| Ariel Katz | Vice-President, Salary, Benefits, Pensions and Workload | katz@utfa.org | 2025 |
| Cynthia Messenger | Past-President | cynthia.messenger@utoronto.ca | 2026 |
| Mariana Valverde | Chair, Retired Members Committee | 2026 | |
| James Mason | Chair, Librarians Committee | 2026 | |
| Terezia Zorić | President | zoric@utfa.org | 2026 |