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FFAW-Unifor Executive Board Election Results
August 9, 2018
08/09/2018

The FFAW-Unifor Elections Committee and a representative from the auditing firm Quinlan Taylor met this morning to conduct the counting of ballots for the FFAW-Unifor Executive Board election.

Two seats were contested in the election.

Doretta Strickland from Triton was elected as Vice-President, Industrial/Retail/Offshore Division. Doretta is the first woman to be elected to a Vice President position. Kevin Hardy of Burnt Islands was elected to the Inshore position of the West and South Coasts.

All other positions to the Board, including the top seats of President and Secretary-Treasurer, were elected by acclamation.

The new Executive Board will be installed at the Union’s triennial convention in early November.

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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.