PSAC Human Rights Committee Meeting
May 20, 2020 at 5:30pm via Conference Call
Present: Jennifer Chieh Ho (Chair), Debbie Leaman (Treasurer), Deanna Ng (Secretary), Khalid Ahmad, Jackie Nanali, Nathalie Richard, Tina Matias-Bouchard (PSAC Rep), Lindsay DeJagger
Regrets: Sheryl Knittig,
Call to Order: Jen: 5:37pm
1.Land Acknowledgement - Jen
2.Round Table: (Intros)
3.Approval of Agenda and Minutes:
Motion: To approve minutes of May 5, 2020: Debbie/Jackie Passed.
Additions to Agenda:
Old business (6)
New Business (7)
Motion: To accept the agenda: Jen/ Khalid Passed.
4.Finances – Debbie
No transactions and did not receive bank statements.
Debbie is in the process of scanning documents for the record.
5. Elections: Tina reviewed the instructions:
- Call for Nominations for Vice Chair (Nathalie nominates Jackie, Khalid 2nd) Jackie will let her name stand.
- 2nd and 3rd call, no further nominations. Jackie will let her name stand.
- Jackie accepted Vice Chair position.
- Congratulations Jackie.
6. Old Business:
a. Asian Heritage Month Webinar May 26, 2020 at 6:30pm
- This will involve REVP greeting, Exec HRC members present.
- This is followed by questions, polls, education and awareness.
- Poll questions – we are doing a percentage
- Members from Calgary and Regina are attending.
- Sent out by ROs in Prairies.
- Thanks to Tina, Karoline and REVP and Jen for planning.
- Event is available to PSAC members or public - to register online: PSAC Prairie Webinar (https://prairies.psac.com/node/11078)
- 68 views 23 clicks (as of May 20)
- Get numbers after to see stats – to focus people who logged in.
b. Pride:
- Application sent to REVP Office.
- Nothing is in regarding our Registration Application and Budget Request
- AREA Council helped in participating, float and music.
- Committee to follow up in June at Area Council
Volunteers
Nathalie offered to volunteer and be AREA Council contact person.
7. New Business:
a. June 21 National Indigenous Day Celebration:
- Jen gave info on what we are doing, planning, process, steps from our AHM planning.
- Jen Invited Prairie Committee Chairs to a meeting. Things are at a standstill, but we held a first virtual meeting. Plans with committees are not right now.
- In the past PSAC had a booth at the Forks for National Indigenous Day.
- Note: Manitoba 150 - Louis Riel was our first provisional government that created Manitoba. National Indigenous Day includes Metis.
- June 21 is Sunday, so it would be the second last week of June but not Thursday (webinar).
Collaborating:
- Kathy has a committee with Shannon - Secretary and Metis Association connections/member. We will ask her input in planning, first.
- Calgary Chair Kathy will check in with Other HRCs like Regina and Edmonton.
- Regina Chair Tim offered to help with spreading the word.
- Edmonton Chair Steve had some people offer to organize.
- Nathalie will ask a coworkers/knowledge keeper from an Indigenous heritage, and post-secondary educator,
Questions for Calgary:
- What do they have planned so far?
- What would they like us to do?
- Do they need a poster and program?
Action:
- Committee to start work on it as soon as next Thursday.
- Winnipeg and Calgary to work closely on this.
Motion: To work with Calgary HRC to organize June 21 National Indigenous Collaboration Jen/Debbie Passed.
b. Petitions on PSAC Site.
- Support Working Families: (http://psacunion.ca/mandate)
- Committee encouraged to share and sign.
- Jen to send links.
c. Bear Clan Walk:
- No Bear Clan walk with Siloam this year.
- In the past PSAC did a sock and mitt drive?
- Jackie to contact Siloam to see what they need now or during the Holidays.
- Committee to share with PSAC members and colleagues, and to consider a PSAC committee donation budget (out of committee funds).
Motion: To do a call out for donations for Siloam Mission: Jackie/Nathalie Passed.
8.Round Table: (Close)
Motion: To adjourn: Jen 6:43pm
Next meeting TBA.