About MUNFA

Representing Academic Staff at MUN Since 1970

We advocate for the rights, interests, and well-being of academic staff members through collective action, representation, and solidarity.

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Built on Advocacy,
Backed by History

MUNFA was certified on March 24, 1988 as the exclusive bargaining agent for all Academic Staff Members included in the bargaining unit of Memorial University of Newfoundland.

The Association’s membership of approximately 800 comprises faculty, librarians, counsellors and co-operative and field education coordinators at the St. John’s Campus, Grenfell Campus (Corner Brook) and the Marine Institute. Relations between MUNFA and Memorial University’s administration are now governed by an eighth Collective Agreement, signed in October 2023.

MUNFA is a member of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) and the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour (NLFL), and is affiliated with the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) through its membership in the National Union of CAUT (NUCAUT).

MISSION STATEMENT

What Guides Our
Work Every Day

The mission of the Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty Association (MUNFA) is to strengthen the academy through solidarity, advocacy for fair working conditions, and advancing excellence in teaching and scholarship. Our work is based upon our right to academic freedom, collective bargaining, and the unhindered pursuit of knowledge and its dissemination. We value collegiality, transparency, accountability, and fairness.

As many of us are settlers here, MUNFA offers this land acknowledgment, doing so as trade unionists who understand the importance of collective agreement as we face the ongoing challenge of grappling with our colonial history:

We respectfully acknowledge the territory in which we gather as the ancestral homelands of the Beothuk, and the island of Newfoundland as the ancestral homelands of the Mi’kmaq and Beothuk. We would also like to recognize the Inuit of Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut and the Innu of Nitassinan, and their ancestors, as the original people of Labrador. We strive for respectful partnerships with all the peoples of this province as we search for collective healing and true reconciliation and honour this beautiful land together.

EXECUTIVE & STAFF

Leadership That
Works for You,
Every Day

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Dr. Lisa Moores (SWCC)

President, MUNFA

Dr. Erika Merschrod (Chemistry)

Vice-President (Internal)

Dr. Russell Williams (Political Science)

Vice-President (External)

Erin Alcock (QEII Library)

Treasurer

Dr. Yolanda Wiersma (Biology)

Secretary

Dr. Ashrafee Hossain (Business)

Past President

Kim O’Reilly

Administrative Officer

Amy Wadden

Labour Relations Officer

Jawad Chowdhury

Organizing, Membership and Communications Coordinator (OMECC)

Dale Humphries

Labour Relations Coordinator

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