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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...

April 7, 2025

Registration call: 2025 PSAC National Women’s Conference

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Registration call: 2025 PSAC National Women’s Conference

PSAC women members in good standing are invited to apply to be a delegate to the PSAC’s 2025 National Women’s Conference. The conference will be held in person in November in Toronto. The theme is “Women United: Breaking Barriers and...

April 4, 2025

Visibility, Inclusion, Combatting Transphobia

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Visibility, Inclusion, Combatting Transphobia

March 31 is the National Transgender Day of Visibility, since it was first observed in 2009, to celebrate living trans and non-binary people, and not just those who have died by transphobic violence – that is, to supplement the Trans...

March 31, 2025

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Not just a matter of interpersonal relations, racism is structurally embedded. That means that changing individual attitudes and biases is not enough to root it out. March 21 is the date of the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa, in 1960....

March 21, 2025

The Trudeau Liberals’ Mixed Record on Worker Rights

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The Trudeau Liberals’ Mixed Record on Worker Rights

A new Liberal leader probably means an imminent election – or at least that’s the plan that was announced when Trudeau prorogued parliament in January. That brings an end to the session of Parliament. What have the Trudeau years been...

March 13, 2025

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International Working Women’s Day

A friendly reminder that this is a labour-based day of observance! Most IWD messages you hear today will omit this, but the day grew out of women organizing into unions and taking to the streets to demand rights and dignity...

March 8, 2025

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International Mother Language Day

The world of protecting and cherishing our mother tongues changes as we move through the digital age. We have new techniques for preserving spoken languages and oral history, but we also face new threats of homogenization of global culture. Also,...

February 21, 2025

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Dr. King and Civil Rights in Canada

The third Monday of January is a federal holiday in the USA, commemorating the life and accomplishments of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Some Canadian municipalities recognize it too. When King came to Windsor, Ontario to give the...

January 20, 2025

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...

December 17, 2024

The Social Justice Fund and Global Human Rights

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The Social Justice Fund and Global Human Rights

Our work as a union is always centered on our members’ workplaces. Nonetheless, the impact of our work has global reach. The Social Justice Fund (SJF) is an initiative of all of PSAC together. The Fund’s mission, “The promotion of the right...

December 10, 2024