Edmonton

PSAC National President Robyn Benson is calling on Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister John McCallum to rescind the plan to close a case processing centre in Vegreville, Alberta.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada employees at the Case Processing Centre were shocked to learn on Thurs. October 27th that the Federal government plans to close their processing Centre in Vegreville and relocate it to Edmonton by the end of 2018. 

Present: Vice President: Ben Lemon; Treasurer: Kim Haynes; Mildred Ncube; Joe Sunu; Kara Rathie; Staff Present: Nina Babcook, Regional Representative

In Attendance: Charmaine Nelson - Chair; Darlene Lewis - Vice Chair; Dragana Ristivojevic - Secretary; Gulnar Dhalwani ; Patty Jessome; Karoline Klug - A/Regional PSAC Rep

The Edmonton Area Council would like to invite all PSAC members to join them at their next meeting on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 @ 5:30 p.m. at the Edmonton Regional Office (10665 Jasper Avenue, Suite 670)

If you are interested in working on activities that affect women, build on our strengths in the PSAC and develop partnerships with community organizations committed to issues affecting Women please join us!

In Attendance: James Somers; Keegan Gibson; Cathy McLellan; Dave Burchell; Mildred Ncube; Kim Haynes

**New date** This is the meeting that was scheduled for September 13, 2016.

This fall we will hold three NAPC courses for Aboriginal, Inuit and Métis members—one in Alberta (November 26-27), one in Saskatchewan (December 10-11) and one in Manitoba (December 4-5). This two-day course is for First Nation, Inuit and Métis members who have had little or no exposure to their union and would like to learn more about it. 

Application deadline is November 18, 2016 CLICK 'NEXT' TO BEGIN THE REGISTRATION PROCESS. This fall we will hold three NAPC courses for Aboriginal, Inuit and Métis members—one in Alberta (November 26-27), one in Saskatchewan (December 10-11) and one in Manitoba (December 4-5). This two-day course is for First Nation, Inuit and Métis members who have had little or no exposure to their union and would like to learn more about it.