Council Members

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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.

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

john.ricco@utoronto.ca

    2026

Kevin Coleman

kevin.coleman@utoronto.ca

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

jun.nogami@utoronto.ca

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

bale@utfa.org

701 Music 2026 Steven Vande Moortele steven.vandemoortele@utoronto.ca
702 (2) Kinesiology & Physical Education; Nursing; Social Work 2025 Simon Darnell simon.darnell@utoronto.ca
    2026

Denise Gastaldo

denise.gastaldo@utoronto.ca

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 maureen.stapleton@rotman.utoronto.ca
    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 whitney.kemble@utoronto.ca
    2027 Kathleen Scheaffer kathleen.scheaffer@utoronto.ca
    2025 Harriet Sonne de Torrens

harriet.sonne@utoronto.ca

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
James Mason Chair, Librarians Committee mason@utfa.org 2026
Cynthia Messenger Past-President cynthia.messenger@utoronto.ca 2026
Vacant Chair, Retired Members Committee Vacant 2026
Terezia Zorić  President zoric@utfa.org 2026