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Nominations Now Open for Women's Committee

September 18, 2025

OCTOBER 14, 2025 UPDATE:

The following areas of representation received no nominations, and as a result the nomination period for these areas only will be extended until this Friday, October 17, 2025 at 4:00pm.

4R INSHORE
3K INSHORE
LABRADOR IRO
WEST COAST IRO
3PS IRO

Click here to download the nomination form and information packet. (DISREGARD DATE ON FORM)


September 19, 2025

Nominations are now open for the next FFAW-Unifor Women’s Committee!

A total of 12 positions are available for nomination:

INSHORE FISHING SECTOR MEMBERS:

  1. Avalon (3L)
  2. South Coast (3Ps)
  3. Central (3K)
  4. West Coast/N. Pen (4R/3Pn)
  5. Labrador (2J)
  6. Young Harvester (Age 35 or under at time of election)

INDUSTRIAL/RETAIL/OFFSHORE SECTOR MEMBERS:

  1. Avalon
  2. South Coast
  3. Central
  4. West Coast/Northern Peninsula
  5. Labrador
  6. Young Worker (Age 35 or under at time of election)

Nomination forms must be submitted no later than 4:00pm on October 1, 2025. Completed forms can be emailed to communications@ffaw.ca, faxed to 709-576-1962, or delivered in person to 368 Hamilton Ave. Mailed forms will not be accepted.

Click here to download the nomination form and information packet. 

Current Committee (2022 to 2025):

Nancy Bowers (Executive Board Inshore) 
Flora Mills (Executive Board IRO) 
Vicki Morris (IRO Labrador)
Rosalind Rumboldt (Inshore Labrador)
Vacant (IRO West Coast)
Fanny Osbourne (Inshore West Coast) 
Linda Woodford (Inshore Central)
Patsy Chaulk (IRO Central) 
Brenda Viscount (Inshore South Coast) 
Valerie Hickey (IRO South Coast) 
Alicia Warford (Inshore Avalon)  
Danielle Oake (IRO Avalon) 

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.