Unit 1 – Academic & Professional Staff

Unit 1 represents full time faculty, professional librarians, curriculum instructional designers, learner affairs officers, ME (medical education) database administrators, and accessibility advisors working for the Northern Ontario School of Medicine University.

Bargaining Unit Members voted to unionize with the Faculty Association in December 2005, and the Ontario Labour Relations Board issued a certificate in January 2006. In December 2006 the first Collective Agreement (2006-08) was ratified.

In June 2008 the initial bargaining unit voted to join the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and negotiated a second Collective Agreement (2008-2011) as OPSEU NOSM University Local 677. As part of the terms of transfer into OPSEU the Local and its Members remain Members of the NUFSA. Collective Agreements negotiated since: 2011-2015; 2015-2018; 2018-2022; 2026-2029.

Members of the Local Executive who are in the Unit form the Unit 1 Committee. It meets regularly and has the Executive responsibility for matters such as Unit specific negotiations and grievances. The Unit 1 Committee has a Grievance Committee and, during bargaining, a Negotiations Committee as well as a Job Action Committee. The Grievance and Negotiations Committees and Job Action Committee report to the Unit 1 Committee. In turn the Unit 1 Committee reports to the Unit 1 Members in Unit Membership Meetings.

Unit 1 Committee ([email protected])
Unit 1 President): Zach Suntres
Unit 1 Secretary: Brian Ross
Full-time faculty rep: Darrel Manitowabi
Curriculum Instructional Designers/ME DA rep: Kelsey Stark
Professional Librarian rep: Jennifer Dummond
Learner Affairs Officers rep: Maryse Gareau
Member at Large Northeastern: Lorrilee McGregor, Marion Maar, Tom Kovala, Kristen Shaw, Christina Laveridere
Member at Large Northwestern: Simon Lees, Christina Graves, Zach Suntres, Brian Ross, Geoffrey Hudson