Public Service Alliance of Canada BC

The next Human Rights Committee meeting will be February 12th

• Human Rights Committee meeting
• Tuesday, February 12th, 5:45PM
• PSAC Vancouver RO, 5238 Joyce Street
• participation via conference call is available, if requested in advance

Agenda

• Election of delegate to BC Regional Convention
• More TBA

Please RSVP to Regina Brennan - brennar@psac.com

Human Rights Committee Meeting, November 6th

In attendance:

• Chair - Sargy Chima
• by phone – Floyd Knelson
• Food - Wanda Mundy and Sharon Tieman
• Alexander Bishop
• Tracy Shudo
• Carol Pegura
• Rhonda Brain
• Kim Forster
• staff resource person - Regina Brennan

Regrets from Todd Harding, Carolyn McGillivray, and Valerie Hargreaves

Agenda

1. Chair and minute taker
2. Planning for the Human Rights Day dinner
3. Poster contest
4. Announcements
5. Conferences and Conventions
6. Planning for next year

Continue reading below or download the BC Human Rights Committee meeting minutes - Nov 6 2007

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Come and join the Vancouver-based P.S.A.C. Human Rights Committee members for dinner to celebrate Human Rights Day.

When: Monday, December 10th

Where: In the boardroom of the PSAC Regional Office, #200-5238 Joyce St. (one block south of the Joyce Street Skytrain Station)

What time: gather at 5:45pm, dinner will be served when it’s ready.

What: A festive, turkey dinner with all the trimmings, and a chance to meet and socialize with members of the Human Rights Committee. No official meeting agenda, and no guest speakers. Just good food, good company, and fun.

Please RSVP to fraserg@psac.com or 604 430-5631 to ensure enough food for all. Thanks, we look forward to sharing a meal with you.

The Human Rights Committee meeting, scheduled for October 11th, has been canceled due to lack of availability of members. The next meeting, set by the committee at your June meeting, is Tuesday, November 6th. A meeting reminder will be sent out closer to the date.

In the meantime - the poster design contest is still underway!

PSAC-BC Human Rights Committee Invites You To Make Submissions To Our Poster Contest

The PSAC-BC Human Rights Committee is made up of PSAC members from the Aboriginal, Racially Visible, Persons with Disabilities or GLBT groups. We meet with other members from these groups about once a month to discuss items of interest, for group discussions and to build our confidence by practicing public speaking.

The goal of our committee is

• To actively promote and encourage members from Human Rights/diversity groups to participate in the union and in society as a whole
• To educate union members at large on sensitivity and inclusiveness in the union

Our responsibilities include:

• To attend Committee meetings or send alternates to ensure that each group has a voice
• To serve as positive spokespersons for respective constituencies
• To organize activities and events for special “diversity days”
• To forge links with other human rights groups/coalition partners in the community
• To raise the profile of the equity/diversity union members in a positive manner within the union and the workplace

As such, we are offering all of our members the opportunity to present, in art form, a poster submission on what they feel the PSAC-BC Human Rights Committee represents, to, for and about its members.

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Human Rights Committee Minutes September 12th, 2007

*In attendance: Members: Wandy, Tracy (chair of meeting), Carol (minute taker), Kim, Sargy, Craig Staff: Janelle*

Continue reading below or download the Human Rights Committee meeting minutes - Sept 12 2007 (pdf)

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Are you a PSAC member from the Aboriginal, Racially Visible, Persons with Disabilities or GLBT groups? Would you like to meet with other members from these groups for group discussions and are you interested in taking some training?

The next Human Rights Committee meeting is scheduled for 5:30PM - 7:30PM at the Vancouver RO, 200 - 5238 Joyce Street.

Agenda

• Access Conference report-back
• CEIU National HR Conference report-back
• Poster contest
• Planning for annual HR dinner

Please RSVP to Vancouver RO, 604.430.5631 as a light dinner will be served. On site childcare, and / or participation from other areas via conference call is available. Please call the Vancouver RO for details.

April 12, 2007 BC Human Rights Committee Meeting Minutes

In attendance: Tracy (Chair), Craig, Carol (food), Kim, Deanna, Rhonda, Monica (minutes).

1. HRC minutes (name) - members will be asked at every meeting in terms of names listed in attendance

2. Previous minutes - m/s/c Craig, Carol

Continue reading below or download the BC Human Rights Committee minutes, April 12 2007 (pdf)

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PSAC-BC Human Rights Committee - Minutes of March 15, 2007 meeting

In attendance

• Vancouver RO: Carol Pegura (chair), Kim Forster, Alexander Bishop, Sanda Turner, Monica Urrutia (PSAC staff - minutes)
• via teleconference: Floyd Knelsen
• Regrets: Sargy Chima, Carolyn McGillivray, Todd Harding, Craig Langston

Continue reading below, or download the PSAC BC Human Rights Committee meeting minutes - March 15 2007 (pdf)

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PSACBC Human Rights Committee Minutes of January 16, 2007 meeting

In attendance

• Vancouver RO: Tracy Shudo (chair), Deanna Wilson (food), Sanda Turner, Carol Pegura, Rhonda Brain, Kim Forster (minutes), Sargy Chima, Jack Seto, Bruce Clark, Monica Urrutia (PSAC staff)
• via teleconference: Floyd Knelsen
• Regrets: Carolyn McGillivray, Val Hargreaves, Sid Wong, Todd Harding, Craig Langston, Steve Houston, Paul Jones, Rodney Hynes
• N.B. Steve Houston, Paul Jones and Rodney Hynes contacted Monica and explained why they were unable to participate in the meeting.

Continue reading below or download the BC Human Rights Committee minutes, January 16 2007 (pdf)

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Minutes of the November 8^th, 2006, BC-PSAC HRC Meeting

• Chair: Carol Pegura
• Minutes: Kim Forster
• Food: Tracey
• Staff Rep: Monica Urrutia
• In Attendance: Tracey, Rhonda, Carol, Deanna, Kim, Craig, Vicki [Hugo], Joanne, Marshall, Ethel, Diane, Linda, Sanda, Floyd (on teleconference).
• Guest Speakers: Harry Monk - Director BC Region of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, Rhonda Brain - PSAC member,Paul Tubbe - City of Vancouver Advisory Committee on Disability Issues

Continue reading below, or download BC Human Rights Committee minutes, Nomember 8 2006 (.pdf)

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This months topic is Disability Awareness, and the meeting is open to all PSAC members. Our speakers on the topic:

• Harry Monk - Canadian Human Rights Commission
• Rhonda Brain - PSAC member
• Paul Tubbe - City of Vancouver Advisory Committee on Disability Issues

When: November 8 2006, 5:45 PM (meetings are normally about two hours long)
Where: Vancouver: 200 - 5238 Joyce Street & via Conf. Call
Please RSVP to Monica Urrutia, (604) 430 5631, as a light dinner will be served. On site childcare, and / or participation from other areas via conference call is available, if requested before November 6th, please call Monica for details.

BC Human Rights Committee - Minutes of Oct 17th, 2006 meeting

In attendance:

• Vancouver RO: Tracy Shudo (chair), Deanna Wilson (food), Agnes Lui, Sanda Turner, Craig Langston, Monica Urrutia (PSAC staff – minutes), Regina Brennan (staff, guest), Barbara Jackson (guest)
• Via teleconference: Floyd Knelsen, Todd Harding

Regrets:

• Sargy Chima, Carol Pegura, Carolyn McGillivray, Val Hargreaves, Kim Forster, Sid Wong, Terri Lee

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BC Human Rights Committee Meeting Minutes, September 20, 2006

In Attendance: Tracy, Sylvia, Sanda, Deanna, Carol, Kim & Craig

Regrets: Sargy, Rex, Carolyn, Lana, Todd, Floyd, Rodney & Katie

Download the BC Human Rights Committee minutes, Sept 20 2006 (pdf) or continue reading below.

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BC Human Rights Committee Minutes of May 10, 2006 meeting

In attendance:

• Vancouver RO: Tracy Shudo (chair), Sanda Turner, Rex Go, Deanna Wilson, Parveen Deepak, Monica Urrutia (PSAC staff – minutes)
• via teleconference: Floyd Knelsen, Todd Harding, Craig Langston, Carolyn McGillivray

Regrets: Sargy Chima (there were telephone difficulties), Mandi Schubert, Katie Kassam, Carol Pegura, Ravinder Kunar

Download the May 10th BC Human Rights Committee meeings minutes, or continue reading below.

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PSAC National Convention report by Carol Pegura, observer, PSAC BC Human Rights Committee - May 1 to May 5, 2006

It is my pleasure, as the observer sent from the BC PSAC Human Rights Committee to have attended the 2006 National Convention of the PSAC. It was an exciting, interesting and tiring week. A week filled with caucus meetings, equity caucus meetings, lunch meetings, lunch rallies, convention work, and social get-togethers, where the talk from morning until night was all Convention.

My participation began on Sunday April 30, 2006 when I attended the PSAC BC Caucus. Members in attendance discussed what was coming up beginning the next day, which included:

• privatization policy
• student hiring
• resolution 41A (cost or no cost - depended on budget passing) (costing in process)
• Joy indicated her component was not in favour of resolution 41A and was voting against
• discussion regarding credentials committee
• decision to wear out wonderful caucus shirts on Wednesday

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Minutes of the HR Committee April 5, 2006
Present Deanna, Kim, Carol, Sanda and Francine

Meeting called to order at 18:06

Introductions

Discussion on how the process of becoming a delegate at any of our Conferences or coming Convention is done as well as being an observer.

Discuss on the Following items that are on the list of Resolutions for the Triennial Convention that our Observer needs to do Observers job on behalf of our committee. Carol has been selected to represent our committee as an observer.

Continue reading below or download the April 5th, 2006 BC Human Rights Committee meeting minutes (pdf).

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BC Human Rights Committee Minutes of February 8, 2006 meeting

In attendance:

• in Vancouver RO: Craig Langston (chair), Carol Pegura, Kim Forster, Monica Urrutia (PSAC staff – did minutes for this meeting)
• via teleconference: Sargy Chima, Kathleen Kassam, Floyd Knelsen, Bruce Clark
• via teleconference in Victoria RO: Mandi Schubert, Pat Maxwell, Randi Mutz, Louise Richard, Beverly Johnson
• Regrets: Deanna Wilson, Terri Lee, Carolyn McGillivray, Sanda Turner, Steve Houston

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Hello to all fellow members,

My name is Tracy Shudo I would like to put my name in as an observer to the PSAC 2006 Triennial National Convention. I currently am a Treasurer in my local executive and an active member on the BC Human Rights Committee.

As a member that has recently become more involved I feel I am learning and helping effect change in my local union and as an active member on the BC HRC.

I am a person with quite a few challenges but there always seems to be more good days than bad. It is with this thought that I am asking for the help to go to this convention. I believe that with my strong values and passions about all issues that effect all equity groups that sit on the Human Rights Committee .I could explain with convention what some of our strongest concern’s are. Be it the division of the Aboriginal and Visible Minorities convention, or the Gay Lesbian Marriage and how this law must not be changed and last but not least the people with Disabilities group the work on duty to accommodate and the re employment of members that are on LWO due to illness. We as a union have a voice in all these issues pulse more.

My job as an observer would be to network with as many delegates as possible to try and make alliances with members that can help pass resolutions that are important to our equity groups. The most important issue would be to report back to all members the events that took place during convention.

I am honoured to even be concerned for this opportunity.

In Solidarity, Tracy Shudo

Hello Brothers and Sisters,

My name is Carol Pegura, and I sit as a member of the Pacific Region Human Rights Committee. I would like to put my name forward as a possible observer to the upcoming PSAC National Convention in 2006.

At the National Convention, the work of the union will be done. Delegates and observers with gather, some have a voice on the floor, some have a voice which must be used off the floor. A convention gives us face to face time with delegates who have both a voice and a vote on the floor. It gives those of us going as observers the oportunity to meet others and provide them with different viewpoints. It gives us the opportunity for opinion and discussion. Questions will be asked of us and this is the perfect time to bring forward the issues of importance from our Human Rights Committee. The opportunity to do this is rare, but it is of utmost importance and provides the opportunity for delegates to see that human rights activists are real people, not just statistics. That some of our wants and needs are important and necessary for our members. Some will tell us how happy they are to hear our concerns, some won’t listen at all, but we will have the opportunity to network and possibly make a difference, if we send an observer. We can politely listen to opinions and give others the chance to hear ours. We also get face to face time to network with some of our like minded sisters and brothers.

It is not always easy fighting for equality and respect in a world where many are frightened and ignorant of others who are not entirely “like” themselves. As activists in our union affirming one another reinforces that all are embraced, regardless of race, culture, colour, disability, sexual orientation, as equal and valued human beings. This is what Union is all about.

If chosen to be the observer who gets to attend from our committee, I will do my best to address the resolutions which came up at the Unity Conference with delegates who have the voice and vote and who’s vote will make a difference. I will bring forward other relevant issues as charged by the committee and work tirelessly on their behalf.

I hope you will consider sending me.

In solidarity,

Carol Pegura