Madonna Gardiner
The Committee has not met with the CRA since our last report. However, now that we are consulting and back at the table with the Employer, a meeting is set for December 12th.
The Committee met on Oct. 12th and 13th to finalize the details regarding preparation of the National Conference. I would like to thank the committee members for their work and Executive Council members for assistance during the conference.
As the term of this committee’s equity group representatives comes to an end I want to thank each of them for their work during the 2-year term. There was much work done in order to successfully organize the regional and national conferences and the committee members are to be congratulated. Thanks to the following members as they end their term;
Brother Craig Wood – Aboriginal Peoples Representative
Sister Gesine Campbell – Persons with Disabilities Representative
Sister Cheryl Seymour – Women Representative
Sister Mel Lucier – GLBT Representative
Brother Ahmed Kayka – Racially Visible Representative
Per the terms of reference, the committee met to select the new members to represent the designated equity groups and present the following recommendation for ratification by the executive council.
Recommendation # 1
That the following UTE members be appointed to the positions of Representative, 1st Alternate and 2nd Alternate as the equity group members to represent the five (5) equity groups currently on the National Equal Opportunities Committee.
Aboriginal Peoples: Lisa Halbach 30024
1st Alternate Adeleen Greer 30025 - 2nd Alternate Victoria Norris 30024
Persons with Disabilities: Jim Austin 40023
1st Alternate Varinder (Vic) Johal 20027 - 2nd Alternate Tony Crupi 00020
Women: Cheryl Seymour 80003
1st Alternate Binta Boly 10008 - 2nd Alternate Rhea Sandy 70001
GLBT : Iain MacFarlane 00013
1st Alternate Varinder (Vic) Johal 20027 - 2nd Alternate Nicole Frandsen 30022
Racially Visible : Georges Ten 20050
1st Alternate Zaineel Braun 00016 - 2nd Alternate Binta Boly 10008
Respectfully submitted,
Madonna Gardiner, Chair of the Committee