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Secretary’s Report be held virtually. I will briefly mention a few of the projects,
with further details to be relayed throughout the year.

Hassan Razvi The corporate office continues to roll out the new website
and membership database. I would encourage all members
CUA Secretary to log in to the new site and see the new layout and features.
London, ON Your feedback is very much welcomed- tell us what you like
and what could be improved!
As part of the website redesign, we have launched
The falling leaves, drift by the window… UROpedia Canada as the repository of all CUA-endorsed
CPD offerings. All of the material will be downloadable to
s I sit in my office writing this piece for the Fall members and will offer a one-stop source of up-to-date
ANewsletter, September is just days away…where did the clinical information from experts in their field.
summer go? As I expect was the case for most of you, I had
no travel vacation this year, but the summer seemed to go A subcommittee of the Board has been established to
by quickly, nevertheless. As the saying goes, “there is always draft a guiding policy on diversity and equality within our
a silver lining” and for me, the opportunity to stay close to organization. This is both a very timely effort, and incredibly
home meant catching up on my pleasure reading, getting important for the ongoing success and evolution of our
on my road bike more than I have in years, and tending to organization.
my garden. Simple pleasures, but therapeutic, especially The Board has agreed in principle to a proposal from the
given the uncertainty and turmoil in our work lives. I hope all Community Urology Committee to develop a mentorship
of you had a chance to step away from your practices and program grant to provide financial support to community
recharge despite the various COVID restrictions that have members interested in learning new clinical skills. The Board
disrupted our daily existence. is committed to ensuring the educational needs of all of our
Although sad to see summer leaving us, I sense many of us members are being met, and this initiative is another example
are looking to the fall with a sense of optimism and renewal. of this pledge.
Schools will be opening, and NHL, NBA, and MLB playoffs will The CUAJ Editorial Board is planning to conduct a strategic
be well underway…we hope. As F. Scott Fitzgerald aptly said, planning exercise to update the mission, style, and focus of
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” How this important vehicle for our organization’s influence as “the
appropriate in our current situation! Voice of Urology in Canada.”
Your CUA Board and corporate office are looking at the On behalf of the Board and corporate office I wish you all a
next 6 months as a time of revitalization. We have several pleasant autumn. Please stay well and take time to sit and
important new initiatives in the works after the summer board watch the leaves turn. hrazvi@uwo.ca
meeting, the very first in our organization’s storied history to

CUA welcomes new members

CUA welcomes our new active Robert Leslie - Barrie, ON Welcome to our new candidate
and international members: Thomas Skinner - Halifax, NS members who are presently enrolled
Christian Agbo - Nigeria Humberto Vigil - Ottawa, ON in a urology residency program
Mohamed ElTayeb Abdel Rahman Ali - Egypt Welcome to our new Haider Abed - Western University
Mathieu Bettez - Bois-des-Filion, QC associate members Ali Albaghli - McGill University
Kabré Boukary - Burkina Faso Anfal Al Raisi - McGill University
Shawna Boyle - Omaha, NE Sulaiman Al-Saadi - Ottawa, ON Abdullah Abdulraman Alrumaih - McMaster
André Cronje - South Africa Boris Bahoric - Montreal, QC University
Ahmed Kotb - Thunder Bay, ON Conrad Bayley - Edmonton, AB Ahmad Alshammari - McGill University
Maria Cruise - Brandon, MB Ziyad Alzahrani - McMaster University
Congratulations to our candidate Ali Elghazzaoui - Toronto, ON Andrew Amenyogbe - University of Ottawa
members who have now joined the Ricardo Fernandes - London, ON Kaleem Atchia - Université Laval
ranks of CUA active membership: Joel Ho - Toronto, ON Amélie Bazinet - Université de Montréal
Michelle Bergeron - Quebec, QC Natalie Jacox - Calgary, AB Daphnée Bédard-Tremblay - Université Laval
Samir Bidnur - Vancouver, BC Ghizlane Moussaoui - Montreal, QC Mohamad Baker Berjaoui - University of Toronto
Tomy Brousseau - Rimouski, QC Ahmad Muinuddin - Mississauga, ON Raees Cassim - McMaster University
Campbell Bryson - Bellingham, WA Krista Noonan - Vancouver, BC Amanda Eng - University of Manitoba
Jeffrey Campbell - London, ON Holly Ashley Sproule - Ottawa, ON Gagan Fervaha - University of Toronto
David Harriman - Vancouver, BC Brennan Timm - Australia Charlie Gillis - Dalhousie University
Jeffrey Himmelman - Halifax, NS Amanda Hakala - University of Ottawa
Ted Hoyda - Vancouver, BC
Hugo Simard - Rimouski, QC
Soojin Kim - Vancouver, BC continued on page 6

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