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Nominating Committee:
Nominating Committee Report A call was made for two nominations from the floor to
serve a two-year term on the Nominating Committee.
The elected candidates are Dr. Jennifer Bjazevic and
Hassan Razvi Dr. Daniel Liberman.
Chair, Nominating Committee In addition, as per the bylaw’s requirement, 2 past-
London, ON presidents were asked to serve and Dr. Mike Leonard and
Dr. Peter Anderson agreed to serve one-year terms.
Awards Committee:
A call was made for two nominations from the floor to
he role of the Nominating Committee is to select CUA serve a two-year term on the Awards Committee. The
Tmembers for the open positions on the executive elected candidates are Dr. Jean-Baptiste Lattouf and
in time for the annual general meeting, where the Dr. Duane Hickling.
proposed slate of officers is voted upon. The 2022 annual
general meeting was held as an in-person event in
Charlottetown, PEI, with the option of attending virtually. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The following new nominations were accepted by those For 2023, the following positions will be open to receive
in attendance: nominations:
Officers of the CUA: CUA Vice-President (one-year term, July 2023–June 2024;
Dr. Ricardo Rendon, CUA Vice-President serving as president July 2025-June 2026
(President 2024-2025) CUA Advocacy Officer (new position; two-year term
Dr. Peter Black, CUA Vice-President Education-Elect renewable once, beginning July 2023)
(2022-2023) Community Urology Committee (four-year term,
Dr. Kenneth Pace, CUA Treasurer-Elect (2022-2023) beginning July 2023)
Executives-at-Large: Guidelines Committee Chair (four-year term, beginning
Dr. Paul Martin, Ontario (2022-2025) July 2023)
Dr. Geneviève Nadeau, Quebec (2022-2025)
CUASF: CUASF Scientific Chair (four-year term, beginning July 2023)
Dr. Neal Rowe, CUASF Treasurer & Administrative Council As a reminder, only active and senior members in good
Chair (2022-2026) standing may be considered. The committee would
Committee Chair: be pleased to receive names for any of the available
Dr. Dawn MacLellan, CUA Canadian Undergraduate positions, including self-nominations, by April 26, 2023.
Urology Curriculum Committee Chair (2022-2026) If any member is interested in learning more about the
upcoming vacancies, please feel free to contact me at
hrazvi@uwo.ca

EDI Report

improve urological care for all Canadians. Studying ways
Ashley Cox in which disparities exist within our workforce will unroof
Chair, EDI Committee important issues threatening the wellness of Canadian
Halifax, NS urologists. Furthermore, expanding our understanding
of topics of EDIA in urology will improve our ability to
become culturally competent urologists. Therefore,
the CUASF has recently approved grant funding for
two grants in the amount of $5000 each for research
s an organization, the Canadian Urological dedicated to supporting projects that will enhance our
A Association remains dedicated to the promotion of knowledge of topics related to EDIA across the field of
equity, diversity and inclusivity. At the annual meeting in urology.
Charlottetown, we welcomed Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed
from Dalhousie University for her state-of-the-art lecture The CUA Board of Directors and Committee Chairs are
entitled “Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity, and Accessibility dedicated to continuing professional development
(EDIA) in Medicine in 2022: An Introduction.” At the on topics related to EDIA and we look forward to our
annual meeting, the Canadian Academy of Urological second annual fall workshop. This year, we will be
Surgeons (CAUS) also highlighted this important topic with participating in an interactive workshop to address topics
lectures on “Promoting Wellness through Equity, Diversity, of racism and promoting allyship hosted by HRx. We will
and Inclusivity” as well as “EDI and the CaRMS Process”, also be welcoming back Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed for a
with guest speaker Dr. Ian Epstein. CUA webinar in January on the topic of meritocracy. This

Enhancing our knowledge of ways to improve equitable session will be open to all members and we hope to see
urological care for diverse populations in Canada will you there!

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