CONTACT US

Address

8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6

A detailed map of the SFU Burnaby campus is available here

Locate an office room on campus here

For all general inquiries please contact fr_support@sfu.ca or 778-782-9715.

Email: fr_execdir@sfu.ca

Responsible for bargaining, negotiations, departmental strategy, legal matters, policy development
Provides Deans and Academic Leaders with advice and support
Primary liaison with SFU Faculty Association (SFUFA)

Advice to Faculty, Academic Administrators and Academic Administrative Staff
Faculty appointments, including administrative appointments, visiting faculty, as well as term lecture and research faculty
Chairs, fellowships, professorships, and retention awards
University Research Associates
Leaves, including Study Leaves, Parental Leaves, Leaves of Absence
Retirement and Resignation
Faculty relocation
Employment verification letters

Name	Title	Faculties Supporting	Email
Mercedes Bosa	Advisor Team Lead	Supervises the Advisor Team Responsible for sick leaves, long-term disability Senior academic administrative appointments Currently supporting Science and Health Sciences	fr_advspv@sfu.ca
Magda Crinu	Faculty Relations Advisor	Applied Sciences, Beedie School of Business, School of Medicine	fr_advisor4@sfu.ca
Allyson Dallas	Faculty Relations Advisor	Arts and Social Sciences, Education	fr_advisor1@sfu.ca
Tiffany McLean	Faculty Relations Advisor		fr_advisor2@sfu.ca
Shagufta Saddiq	Faculty Relations Advisor	Library, Communication Art and Technology, Environment	fr_advisor6@sfu.ca

For all labour relations, legal matters and inquiries, please reach out to frlrteam@sfu.ca

Provide support to faculties and other units on all faculty labour relations matters
Interpretation and advice on SFU/SFUFA Collective Agreement and Academic (A) Policies
Promotion of consistent application of academic employment, labour-related policies and relevant legislation
Advise and support on conflict resolution, performance management, accommodation, disciplinary processes, grievances and other processes to resolve complex LR and employee issues

Name	Title	Email
Adam James	Director, Faculty Labour Relations	frdir@sfu.ca
Laurie Calverley	Faculty Labour Relations Advisor	frlr_advisor@sfu.ca
Leah Chao	Faculty Labour Relations Advisor	fr_advisor5@sfu.ca
Chloe Yoo	Faculty Labour Relations Specialist	frlr_specialist@sfu.ca

New Faculty Orientation, Faculty and Academic Leaders onboarding and development
Day-to-day operations and oversee general inquiries such as service letters, add pays
Down Payment Assistance inquiries to fr_inquire@sfu.ca

Name	Title	Email
Rebecca Sum	Director, Operations & Leadership Initiatives	frlearn@sfu.ca
Amanda Pataky	Coordinator	fr_support@sfu.ca

Name	Title	Email
Nicola Kutcha	Faculty Relations Systems Lead	frappa@sfu.ca
Jonathan Dujon	Bargaining Compensation Analyst	frbca@sfu.ca
Shannon Pitney	Faculty Payroll Administrator	fr_records@sfu.ca

Name	Title	I support with...	Email
Suman Jiwani	Director, EDI	Advancing inclusive excellence practices university-wide, EDI considerations for faculty hiring committees and TPCs	suman_jiwani@sfu.ca
Alina Roman	Manager, Immigration Services	Immigration processes and policy, applications for Labour Market Impact Opinion (LMIA) and BC Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), immigration advise and information	aroman@sfu.ca
Gagan Malhi	Immigration Specialist	Immigration processes and policy and general inquiries at imm_sfu@sfu.ca	malhig@sfu.ca