Northern Alberta

Glenn Hollyoake Young Workers Rep Prairie Region Council February 2020 Winnipeg The Winnipeg YWC continues to be inactive. Multiple attempts to restart the Winnipeg YWC have been unsuccessful.  Edmonton The Edmonton YWC is currently inactive. Elections were held on January 15th and there was no interest from the outgoing in Executive in continuing. Many of the former members are involved in Edmonton AC as well as a component Young Worker Committee.

This report covers the period from the last PRC meeting in November 2019. The federal election kicked off this reporting period.  With the new elections act requirements, more coordination was required.  Every member in the Prairies received a mailout with information on political party platforms.  We launched an election page on our regional website to consolidate all election related event notices and information.  While we were successful in getting some labour friendly MP’s elected, we also lost some great MP’s that were always ready to stand with our members.

This interactive webinar discussed;

The Winnipeg Human Rights Committee hosted an online event to celebrate Asian Heritage during the month of May. 

Ths introductory webinar will answer the most frequently asked questions about what it means to be a member of the PSAC.   Curious about dues? Benefits of joining? Decision making? Where you fit? How to get help? This webinar is for you! Everyone is welcome. Topics include:

The National Board of Directors met on Monday, April 27, 2020, and confirmed that: the 2021 PSAC National Triennial Convention will be postponed until 2022; and the PSAC Regional Conventions and PSAC Component Conventions will be postponed until 2021. With this decision, the 8th Triennial Prairie Regional Convention that was scheduled to be held in Regina June 12-14, 2020 has been rescheduled for spring 2021.  

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 7th in a series of webinars from the PSAC Prairie Region.  This interactive webinar gave members the opportunity to connect with their national leadership: Chris Aylward, National President, PSAC Magali Picard. National Executive Vice-President. PSAC Marianne Hladun, Regional Executive Vice-President, Prairie Region  They will provided an update on what is happening at the National Level and answered your questions.

View the recording of the 6th in a series of webinars from the PSAC Prairie Region. Please share this information with all of our members, especially those that mat be interested in the topic. In this interactive webinar we discussed;

The Human Rights Committee discuss issues and plan events relating to PSAC's Indigenous, Persons With Disabilities, LGBTQ2+ and Racially Visible caucus members. Check out these minutes for current actions and events!

View the recording of this week's webinar here! The presenter for this webinar was Patrick Stewart, IL Consultant – Disability Awareness Resource Training (D.A.R.T) of the Independent Living Resource Centre. Patrick covered a number of topics in an interactive setting, such as;