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CUANEWS

Newsletter of the Canadian Urological Association

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FALL 2021

President’s Message In this issue

Hassan Razvi Secretary’s Report ............................3
President History Committee Report ...............3
London, ON New Members ..................................4
Corporate Office Report .................5
CUASF Scientific Report ...................6
How is the CUA Addressing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion? Continuing Professional
Development Report .......................8
s an organization with a mandate to represent all of its members, the CUA has a
Aduty to ensure a culture of inclusion is demonstrated in all activities. By ensuring Nominating Committee Report......9
equity and diversity are entrenched in the CUA’s governance and educational Guidelines Report ........................... 10
programs, the organization will be strengthened by broader representation of the Communications Report ............... 11
membership in the decision-making process. In order to facilitate this ideal, the CUA CUA 2022 ......................................... 12
Board of Directors approved, and the membership at the Annual General Meeting
in June 2021 ratified, the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Policy. Highlights of the policy Office of Education Report ........... 13
include: Community Urology
1. The appointment of an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) officer, who is a member of Committee Report ......................... 14
the board. Ashley Cox has graciously agreed to take on this important role. CUAJ Report ................................... 15
2. The establishment of an EDI Advisory Committee including key committee Post-Graduate Training
representatives and CUA members. This group will be tasked with aiding in the Committee Report ......................... 15
monitoring of key metrics that reflects the CUA’s progress in following the EDI principles,
and will be meeting regularly throughout the year.
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Officers of the CUA Executives-at-Large

President Vice-President Communications Atlantic
Hassan Razvi Ashley Cox Jill Hudson
London, ON Halifax, NS Fredericton, NB
2021-2022 2021-2025 2021-2024
President-Elect Secretary Prairies (Alberta, Saskatchewan &
Armen Aprikian Marie-Paule Jammal Manitoba)
Montreal, QC Montreal, QC Premal Patel
2021-2022 2021-2025 Winnipeg, MB
2021-2024
Past-President Treasurer
Andrew MacNeily Wassim Kassouf Quebec
Vancouver, BC Montreal, QC Naeem Bhojani
2021-2022 2019-2023 Westmount, QC
2019-2022
Vice-President Community Urology Committee
Robert Siemens Lorne Aaron Ontario
Kingston, ON Longueuil, QC Neal Rowe
2021-2022 2019-2023 Ottawa, ON
2019-2022
Vice-President Education
Ricardo Rendon British Columbia & the Territories
Halifax, NS Nathan Hoag
2019-2023 Victoria, BC
2021-2024