CURAC/ARUCC Committees
Standing Committees
Benefit Committee
The mandate of the Committee is to keep watch on all forms of retiree benefit plans, policies and practices as they develop in Universities and Colleges across Canada, and prepare comparative surveys of benefits, and develop benefits “best practices,” to report to the Board and keep member-associations informed.
Coordinator: Doug Creelman (Toronto) <creelman@psych.utoronto.ca>
Board Conference Committee
The Committee’s task is to assist the Board in siting and planning Annual and/or Regional Conferences. In co-operation with a Local Conference Committee, it will organize the conference program-content and activities, national fundraising, logistical support and general planning. Final arrangements will be approved by the Board.
Coordinator: John Stager (UBC) <j_jstager@shaw.ca>
Communications Committee
The Communications Committee is responsible for all CURAC communications with member-associations – electronic and/or paper. The Committee publishes an electronic CURAC National Newsletter regularly, which contains information and news relevant to CURAC members. It also provides a national forum for member-associations to share news and views of general interest. Communications will reflect the bilingual endowment of Canada.
Coordinator: Tom Poiker (SFU) <poiker@sfu.ca>
Newsletter Editor: Joan Cunnington (OCRA) <toby339@sympatico.ca>
Health Care Policy Committee
The Committee’s mandate includes monitoring developments in federal and provincial healthcare policies and practices, including pharmacare and home care, in relation to best healthcare practices for retirees. It will report to the Board and inform member-associations.
Coordinator: Tarun Ghose (Dalhousie) <dr.tghose@ns.sympatico.ca>
Nominating Committee
The Committee will prepare and recommend a slate of officers and board members for the Association at its Annual General Meeting.
Normally, the committee is chaired by the Past President, who will nominate four additional members (reflecting a balance of gender and regions, with at least one of whom is not a member of the Board). The membership of the committee will be confirmed by the Board.
Chair: Past President John Meyer (Windsor) <jmeyer@uwindsor.ca>
Pensions Committee
With the objective to set out good practices and enhanced benefits with respect to retiree interest in their own pension plans, the Committee monitors the existing arrangements for retiree representation in faculty associations, pension and benefits committees, and other university governing bodies related to pension issues supplemented by commentary on the legal rights of retirees to such representation. It will liaise with national organizations that follow like interests.
Chair: Paul Huber (Dalhousie) <Paul.Huber@dal.ca>
Ad Hoc Committees
Aboriginal Education Committee
The Committee, through consulting with Native Elders and others Aboriginal leaders, aims to discover how CURAC can help Aboriginals as they develop structures for post-secondary educational opportunities.
Coordinator: Howard Fink (Concordia) <howard@seabark.ca>
Membership Committee
The Committee is responsible for overseeing the wellbeing of the ongoing membership of affiliated associations, monitoring renewals, maintain membership profiles, and identify and recruit eligible new associations. It will report to the Board.
Coordinator: John Stager (UBC) <j_jstager@shaw.ca>
Professional Support Committee
The Committee investigates and monitors how national institutions and agencies can best be encouraged to give material support for continuing professional work-opportunities for university and college retirees. It shall also, through CURAC, be concerned to convince academic institutions and granting agencies, on behalf of retired but active researchers and other professionals, of the need for financial and infrastructure support for the continuing professional activities. This includes the provision of campus based Retiree Centres.
Coordinators: David Lubell (Waterloo) <dlubell@uwaterloo.ca> and Peter Russell (Toronto) <phruss@aol.com>