Administrative Committee
As the Executive Committee of the APRUO, the Administrative Committee (AC) oversees the business of the Association and manages its ongoing projects, policies, finances, and membership. The Committee consists of ten members, as well as the past President, and it elects from its ranks the Society’s officers: President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The other members of the AC are assigned specific areas of responsibility related to the Association’s current priorities.
The AC reports on its work to the Association’s membership at the Annual General Meeting, usually held in late May. We welcome volunteers who wish to serve on the AC or help organize Association activities.
The current members of the CA, with their photos, are listed below. For information about committee members, click on the grey “eye” icon below the individual’s photo. To contact a committee member, click on the mail icon, which will open a form for you to submit your message.
Charles Belleau
Representative of APRUO on University Pension Committee
Charles Belleau
Representative of APRUO on University Pension Committee
Charles Belleau's current mandate as a member of the Administrative committee ends in 2024.
Richard Clément
Treasurer
Richard Clément
Treasurer
Richard Clément holds a doctorate in social psychology from Western University, Ontario. Retired after more than 40 years of service, he has been since 2018 Emeritus Professor at the School of Psychology and at the Institute of Official Languages and Bilingualism of the University of Ottawa.
He has been treasurer of the association since Fall 2019.
Richard Clément's current mandate as member of the Administrative Committee ends in 2022.
J. Douglas Clayton
Secretary
J. Douglas Clayton
Secretary
Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. Retired in 2011.
Secretary of APRUO since 2019.
Douglas Clayton's current mandate on the Administrative Comittee ends in 2023.
Frans De Bruyn
Past President
Frans De Bruyn
Past President
Frans De Bruyn is Emeritus Professor in the Department of English, Faculty of Arts. He retired from the University in 2018, after 37 years of service.
Rachel Grondin
Vice-President
Rachel Grondin
Vice-President
Me Grondin was a Full Professor in Droit Civil and member of the Faculty of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Studies for 35 years.
She retired from teaching on June 30, 2014.
Rachel Grondin's current mandate as member of the Administrative Committee ends in 2023.
Leslie Laczko
Chair of Scholarship Committee
Leslie Laczko
Chair of Scholarship Committee
Leslie Laczko has been Professor Emeritus of Sociology since 2011.
His mandate as member of the Administrative Committee ends in 2023.
André Lapierre
Representative on University Pension Committee and with CURAC
André Lapierre
Representative on University Pension Committee and with CURAC
Emeritus Professor, Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts.
André Lapierre retired in 2011 and was elected to the APRUO Administrative Committee in 2017.
He represents APRUO on the Board of Directors of CURAC (College and University Retiree Associations of Canada).
The current mandate of André Lapierre as a member of the Administrative Committee ends in 2023.
Sylvie Lauzon (B.Sc. et M.Sc. Université de Montréal; Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University) started her professional career as a nurse, namely in Northern Québec, then as a professor at Université de Montréal (1988-2002). In 2002, she joined the University of Ottawa where she held the positions of Director of the School of Nursing, Associate Vice-President Academic and Interim Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Sylvie Lauzon retired in 2014.
As President, Sylvie Lauzon represents the APRUO in its relations with the University administration, the APUO, and our sister association ASRA.
Sylvie Lauzon's current mandate as member of the Administrative Committee ends in 2023.
Vas Mezl
Member of Scholarship Committee.
Vas Mezl
Member of Scholarship Committee.
Vasek Mezl's current mandate as member of the Administrative Committee ends in 2023.
A career social worker (Ph.D. in Social Work, Université Laval), Marie Drolet was a full professor at the School of Social Work for almost 25 years. Still an adjunct professor, she is a member of the Commission on Accreditation of the Canadian Association for Social Work Education. She retired in 2018. Her current mandate as member of the Administrative Committee ends in 2025.
Gail Ivanoff is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Statistics. She retired in 2015 after 37 years of service at the University of Ottawa.
She is a member of the Scholarship Committee. Her mandate as a member of the Administrative Committee ends in 2025.