2022-2023 Communications Committee Report


May 2022 – May 2023

The communications committee included the following members:

Michael Arfken (Co-Chair)

Kim Mears (Co-Chair)

David Hickey (Member-at-Large)

Ariana Patey (Member-at-Large)

Nia Phillips (Member-at-Large)

Chris Vessey (Member-at-Large)

Activities this year focused on communications to support the collective bargaining process, including significant email and social media campaigns. The FA website also required maintenance. A new theme was selected and implemented on the site and it migrated to a new hosting service (WP Engine via CAUT). A new social media channel (YouTube) was created to host long-form videos that were created as part of the 2023 Strike.  

By Kim Mears (Co-Chair)


Other news

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