University of Manitoba Retirees Association

Governance

UMRA is a non-profit association, governed by its constitution, bylaws and executive committee. Learn more about our governance structure, committees, bylaws and annual general meeting (AGM) on this page. You'll also find the President's Report, and committee meeting and AGM minutes here.

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Annual General Meeting

UMRA's Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held each fall.

President's report

The president's report is released annually and includes highlights of the year's activities at a glance.

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2024-2025 President's report

This is my 4th Annual Report as President of UMRA. It has been a very busy and productive year for the University of Manitoba Retirees Association. I am going highlight just a few of UMRA’s initiative and events.

After two years of discussion, UMRA launched a partnership with the Retired Teachers Association of Manitoba (RTAM). Through a change to RTAM’s by-laws, a new Education Community Membership category was created and the University of Manitoba retirees were the first group to join in the spring of 2025. While some U of M retirees already had access to the Retired Teachers of Ontario (RTO) benefits plan and travel insurance, the addition of RTAM’s benefits’ plan and travel insurance provided an à la carte feature that the UMRA Executive Committee saw as beneficial to all U of M retirees. A virtual information session on the benefits of joining RTAM was held in early June 2025. 

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Read the whole report

 

 

 

Committees

UMRA offers a number of committee opportunities for members.

Executive Committee

The executive committee is responsible for overseeing the administrative and business affairs of the association. 

  • Janet Sealey
    President

    Mark O'Riley
    Vice President

    Daniel Sitar
    Past President

  • Dennis Cooley
    Secretary

    June LaRonde
    Treasurer

    Note The President is an ex-officio
    member of all
    other committees.

Executive committee meeting minutes

  • Ex-offico Members

    Gene Walz, Chair
    Communications Committee

    Gladys Stewart, Chair
    Membership Committee

    Mark O'Riley/June Stewart, Chair
    Benefits & Pensions Committee

    Ed Unrau, Chair
    Endowment Fund

    Daniel Sitar, Chair
    Nominating Committee
    Retirees United Way

Members At Large

Ed Unrau

Norma Godavari

Jay Goldstein

 Bill Kops

Gladys Stewart

Benefits and pensions committee

  • Mark O'Riley & June Stewart (Co-chairs)
  • Thelma Lussier
  • Gail Mackisey
  • Janet Sealey

Communications committee

  • Gene Walz (Chair)
  • Gene Walz (Editor: Retiree's News)
  • Janice Mann (Webmaster)
  • Ed Unrau
  • Janet Sealey
  • Dan Sitar
  • Bob Talbot

Membership committee

  • Gladys Stewart (Chair)
  • Norma Godavari
  • Jay Goldstein
  • Jean Paterson
  • Dianne Bulback

Nominating committee

  • Dan Sitar (Chair)

     

Endowment fund committee

  • Ed Unrau (Chair)

     

United Way retiree campaign

  • Dan Sitar

Privacy Officer

  • Mark O'Riley

Retiree contact within UM

Learn more about UMRA governance

Looking for something else?

Contact us

University of Manitoba Retiree Association
c/o Learning & Organizational Development
309 Administration Building
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada

retirees@umanitoba.ca
204-474-7175