The Human Rights / Race Relations (HRRR) committee is comprised of the four equity groups within CEIU
The Terms of reference (Link) outlines the mandate of the Committee is to:
Explore, develop and review human rights and race relations initiatives;
Review policies within CEIU and the departments /agency;
To represent and respond to concerns relating to human rights issues;
To monitor and evaluate the progress of the CEIU as a union and as an employer on issues of human rights/race relations
The Committee is comprised of the following:
(A) The National Vice-President for Human Rights and their Alternate
(B) Ten (10) members at large, two (2) from each of the following human rights groups
(i) Indigenous Peoples
(ii) Members with Disabilities
(iii) LGBTQ2+
(iv) Racialized Members
(C) plus, one (1) additional chair for non-binary members to be added to the LGBTQ2+ chairs for the HR/RR Committee
(D) plus, one (1) Black member representative
Gender parity will be maintained in each of the four groups. Members are elected for a three year term to sit on the national HRRR committee. The elections take place at the tri-annual HR/RR conference. Self-Identify here.
Human Rights / Race Relations Committee members
Here are the current members of the Committee and their contact information:
Indigenous Peoples |
Rod Cunningham
|
1. Tony Nicolas 2. Todd Poirier |
Indigenous Peoples |
Corrina Gavan [email protected] |
1. Susie Blyth 2. Emily Craddock 3. Linda Delaney 4. Deb Foster |
Racialized Memebers |
Sabbir Umarji [email protected] |
1. Farid Tourkmani 2. Dhaval Shah |
Racialized Members |
Thu Trinh
|
1. Julie Nanquil 2. Bernadette D’Souza 3. Francesca Dorvillier |
Black Members |
Mamadou Ndiaye |
|
LGBTQ+2
|
Aly Kanani
|
1. Stephen Locke 2. Ted Cabanes |
LGBTQ+2 |
Vesna Lukic [email protected]
|
1. Charmaine Nelson 2. Emily Caddock |
Non-Binary |
Mark Mindel |
|
Members with Disabilities |
Neil Wood [email protected] |
1. Ryan Ducedre 2. Phillippe Tire-Ayott |
Members with Disabilities |
Kelli Reid
|
1. Charmaine Nelso 2. Marie-Geneviėve Martel |
Liaison:
- Rubina Boucher, NVP for HRRR / VPN pour le CDPRI, [email protected]
- Mofizul Islam, Alternate NVP for HRRR / Suppléant-e a la VPN pour le CDPRI)
- Eddy Bourque, National President / Président national, [email protected]
- Allison Pilon, Employment Equity and Human Rights Officer / Agente de l’équité en emploi et droits de la personne