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Canada Day — A Response from Chief Cadmus Delorme of the Cowessess First Nation

There is much debate as to whether or not Canada Day should be celebrated this year. Cadmus Delorme, Chief of the Cowessess First Nations, said it best: “From a First Nation perspective, I love living in Canada. I went to...

July 1, 2021

Systemic Racism – National Indigenous History Month

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Systemic Racism – National Indigenous History Month

By Mikelle Sasakamoose a UCTE member – Local 20219 This week we had been preparing an introspective on our experiences observing with regularity seemingly unfair human resources processes. And about all the times we’ve been told: “There weren’t any qualified...

June 29, 2021

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Pretendians: Those who wrongly claim Indigenous identity

By Mikelle Sasakamoose a UCTE member – Local 20219 Grey Owl was the original pretendian. Born Archibald Stansfield Belaney in Hastings, England in 1888, the British conservationist was not Indigenous. However, after moving to Canada in the early 1900s, becoming...

June 25, 2021

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Jim Egan – A man making history for LGBTQ2+ rights in Canada

This year, in honour of Pride month, we decided to go back in time to highlight stories which have shaped the rights of the LGBTQ2+ community in North America. Marsha P. Johnson played a huge role in the solidarity movement...

June 23, 2021

Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls and 2S+ persons

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Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls and 2S+ persons

By Beth Ferguson a UCTE member – Local 20219 National Indigenous History Month began not with a celebration of Indigenous peoples in Canada, but with a solemn reminder of Canada’s treatment of Indigenous peoples. This week, we consider the tragic...

June 22, 2021

2021 PSAC Virtual National Equity Conferences

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2021 PSAC Virtual National Equity Conferences

Registration deadline: July 30, 2021 Deadline for submission of resolutions: August 13, 2021 PSAC’s triennial national convention will vote on the recommendations adopted following reports on the triennial national conferences on Indigenous Peoples, Visible Racial Groups, Pride and Women. Delegates are...

June 21, 2021

Red Brick Building – A true story of residential schools in Canada

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Red Brick Building – A true story of residential schools in Canada

By Mikelle Sasakamoose a UCTE member – Local 20219 When I was growing up on the Kamloops Indian Reserve, kids pretty much had full reign of the old residential school grounds. There was a functional in-ground swimming pool out front,...

June 17, 2021

In honour of Pride Month, UCTE exposes the “Fruit Machine” – The homosexual purge

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In honour of Pride Month, UCTE exposes the “Fruit Machine” – The homosexual purge

Many of us do not understand systemic discrimination. We have the false impression that, in Canada, a country with a reputation for acceptance and tolerance, we are well aware that such situations occur. But our history is one that includes...

June 14, 2021

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Pride Month – The story of Marsha P. Johnson

June is designated as Pride Month in Canada. It all began in 1924 in the United States when Henry Gerber founded the Society for Human Rights. This event, which was a real trigger, manifested itself a few years later on...

June 11, 2021