951 members Kirk Mercer, Page DeWolfe, Susie Dancer, Stephen Leckie, and recent retiree Ted Godwin joined the Victoria Labour Council with the BC Ferries and Marine Workers Union float the MV Queen of Solidarity (captained by Vikki Smudge) and close to 100 members from several other unions including other CUPE Members from Vancouver Island District Council and Nanaimo Duncan District…
Read morePeerNetBC will be hosting a virtual gathering for Staff and Faculty at UVic on July 18th, 2023 at 130pm. This gathering will facilitate discussion about the repainting of the current rainbow crosswalk, your experiences as a 2SLGBTQIA+ staff and/or faculty and what ideas you might have for meaningful support UVic can provide. Visit the following link for more information and…
Read moreWhen you attend a general meeting, you will notice the rules of order we use to move the meeting forward. We have an agenda to follow and there are set rules for how and when that agenda may be modified. These can be found in our Bylaws, and are pretty standard as meetings go. As you attend more meetings, you…
Read moreThank you to all who attended our General Meeting on May 24, 2023, and to all who stood for (re)election! Welcome to our new and returning executive members! The Communication Chair (to 2024), and Trustee (to 2024) positions both remain vacant. There will be a byelection at the General Meeting on June 21, 2023. If you are interested in either…
Read moreDespite the acronym, this day is not about small folk who live in the Shire; May 17th is the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. The date of May 17 was specifically chosen to commemorate the World Health Organization’s decision in 1990 to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder. It is a global campaign aimed at raising awareness about…
Read moreFor some silly reason, I have signed up for the 2023 Great Cycle Challenge again and will be riding this August to fight kids’ cancer! My goal is to pedal 800 km throughout the month… It will not be easy, and it will take over my weekends and my life. Hmmm, I probably should have thought a bit more about…
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