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World Health Day

This year’s theme for World health Day is “Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures.” The focus is on maternal and newborn health.Why April 7? The World Health Organization was founded on April 7, 1948. In normal times and in times of crisis,...

April 7, 2025

Registration information for 2025 PSAC National Health and Safety Conference

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Registration information for 2025 PSAC National Health and Safety Conference

To take place September 26-28, 2025 in Toronto, the conference has the theme “Health and Safety for You, Your Work and Our Planet”.Forms to register and to submit resolutions are online at Registration open: 2025 PSAC National Health and Safety Conference | Public Service...

February 5, 2025

January is Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month

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January is Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month

Our membership includes cancer survivors, and sadly our members have lost co-workers to cancer.We’re observing Firefighters’ Cancer Awareness Month in Canada for the second time.A national framework on cancers linked to firefighting was announced in October 2024, following through in...

January 27, 2025

Wrapping up 2024 in the Campaign against Lighthouse Destaffing

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Wrapping up 2024 in the Campaign against Lighthouse Destaffing

2024 is on its way out, and our campaign has had an impact so far. Working with lighthouse keepers, parliamentarians, hikers, the Huu-ay-aht nation and other supporters, we succeeded in raising awareness and getting public support to keep lighthouses staffed.Unfortunately, we could...

December 19, 2024

Gender in the Fire Hall part 2: Femininity, Masculinity, Solidarity

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Gender in the Fire Hall part 2: Femininity, Masculinity, Solidarity

UCTE represents airport firefighters at several Canadian airports. This two-part series looks at the issues dealt with by two of our female firefighter members as they challenge traditional barriers to women in firefighting services. “When I started with the volunteer department,”...

December 17, 2024

Gender in the Fire Hall, part 1: Pioneering Inclusion

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Gender in the Fire Hall, part 1: Pioneering Inclusion

UCTE represents airport firefighters at several Canadian airports. Union activism is a good vehicle for improving equity and inclusion in the workplace. This two-part series looks at the issues dealt with by two of our female firefighter members as they...

December 9, 2024

Mental Health Risks in the Workplace Study Now Available

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Mental Health Risks in the Workplace Study Now Available

UCTE reps help complete joint study to identify risks and support actionWe’re taking trauma, post-traumatic stress, and other mental health harms in the workplace very seriously, and we’re taking it on as union work.Employers have a legal duty to provide...

October 31, 2024

What you didn’t know about the TSW pt. 2: staffing, ingenuity, dedication

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What you didn’t know about the TSW pt. 2: staffing, ingenuity, dedication

“Work and life on the Trent-Severn Waterway is a way of life as much as it is a job,” explains Nicolas Angers, UCTE Regional Vice-president for Ontario. “We’re profoundly connected to our communities. Their safety and our work are inseparable.”...

October 11, 2024

What you didn’t know about the Trent-Severn Waterway part 1: Water control

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What you didn’t know about the Trent-Severn Waterway part 1: Water control

If you’ve travelled the Trent-Severn waterway as a tourist, you’ve seen UCTE members – working for Parks Canada – operating the locks and dam systems, the impressive lift locks, and the genuinely awesome marine railway at Big Chute on the...

October 9, 2024

Feds are Following up on National Framework on Cancers Linked to Firefighting

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Feds are Following up on National Framework on Cancers Linked to Firefighting

Full funding was announced Monday“This is near and dear to my heart’” says YVR Firefighter Jeremy McNulty. “I lost my Lieutenant to cancer last year.” McNulty is devoted to UCTE’s campaign to improve prevention and treatment for our brothers and...

October 8, 2024