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Executive Board Vacancies - Notice of Nomination Period

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Executive Board Vacancies – Notice of Nomination Period
July 13, 2023

Please be advised that the nomination period has opened for current vacancies on the FFAW-Unifor Executive Board:

Industrial-Retail-Offshore (NON-FISHING)
Industrial-Retail-Offshore (AT-SEA) 

All members who are part of these sectors will receive the appropiate instructions and nomination forms by mail. Nomination forms must be returned no later than August 11, 2023 at 4:00pm. 

Locals that will receive nomination forms:

Hotel Gander
Cancrew
Cahill
Molson
Centre Loop Arts and Rec
Town of Burgeo
FRC
Community Credit Union
Baie Verte Consumers Co-op
Mowi
Comtug
Steelfab
Hr. Grace Cold Storage
Ramada
Altera
OCI Lynx
OCI Aqviq
Labrador Catering

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Dr. Erin Carruthers

Dr. Erin Carruthers is the Science Director and Senior Fisheries Scientist with the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor), which is the labour union that represents the owner-operator fleet in Newfoundland and Labrador. The FFAW is committed to research and management that supports healthy oceans, fisheries, and coastal communities. Dr. Carruthers received her Ph. D. in Biology from Memorial University in 2011 followed by a postdoctoral fellowship with the Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research. Before coming to Newfoundland, Erin worked as a Research Biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada at the St. Andrews Biological Station. Her current research program is co-constructed with fish harvesters and includes research on coastal fishing communities, collaborative longline and trap surveys, and best practices for the avoidance, handling and release of unwanted catch.