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General
Activities
Time/
Schedule
Who to take
lead
How/Contents
& Preparation
Child Care Limitations
(Thoughts on how to move ourselves)
  • Extended families
On-going
  • Shirley Langan
  • Brian Barron
  • Website-Federal Government
  • National Child Care Committee
  • CUPE Collective Agreements-Grievances- recognition of grandchildren/extended families
  • Strategic direction
Water/ Environment/Global Warming On-going
  • John Thompson
  • Linda Howell-Tibbo
  • Leo Cheverie
  • Canadian Labour Congress Water Watch
  • CUPE Water Watch
  • B.C. Global Water Watch
  • Brian met with rep from indigenous group dealing with environment during May/08
Racism & Discrimination
  • Intersectional
  • CUPE 1987 Native people and Aboriginal Rights Paper
On-going
  • Brian Barron
  • Council members
  • Letter Writing Campaign
  • National Rainbow Committee
  • Need strategy based on resolutions
Educational (How could we help them/us)
  • Racial Justice
  • Aboriginal Awareness
  • Literacy
  • Unionism on Turtle Island
  • Newfoundland-History of Aboriginal Peoples in Labrador
On-going

(Attend Aboriginal Literacy forum in Regina Saskatchewan April 13-15/08)
  • Gloria Lepine
  • Joanne Webb
    (Prefers to stay in own province)
  • Daniel Blacksmith
  • Leo Cheverie
  • Trudy Spiller
  • Martin MacKenzie
  • Linda Howell-Tibbo
  • Shirley Langan
  • Aboriginal Literacy Forums across Canada - de-briefing conference call done in early May/08
  • CUPE Union Development - Work With Sylvia Sioufi (National Literacy)
  • Alberta Aboriginal Awareness Course
Youth On-going
  • Linda Howell-Tibbo
  • Melanie Poulin
  • Mentorship- (Program to mentor for youths to follow our footsteps)
  • Youth Committees- Convention Youth Sponsorship (Follow-up with Miranda Moran)
  • CUPE Division Youth Committees
Employment Equity
  • Partnerships Agreements
  • Representative Workforce
  • Pensions
On-going
  • Leo Cheverie
  • Don Moran
  • Gerry Harris-(Has generic copy of Partnership Agreements)
  • Daniel Blacksmith
  • Melanie Poulin
  • National Aboriginal Section Council
  • CUPE National Rainbow Committee
  • CUPE National Pension Committee (How to deal with pensions on Federal Reserves
  • Hydro Quebec
Health Issues (How/What we can do about issues)
  • Aides/HIV
  • Diabetes
  • Disability
  • Traditional Healing (Indian Residential School Abuse/Used by Aboriginal patients in Health Care Facilities)
On-going
  • Roger Procyk
  • Trudy Spiller
  • Martin Mackenzie
  • Gerry Harris
  • Sisters in Spirit Campaign
  • National Disability Committee
  • Literacy
  • National Pink Triangle Committee
  • Canadian Labour Congress Committee
  • Global Justice Committees
  • cam.ca
Aboriginal Women Issues
  • Violence against them
  • Pay Equity

  • Joanne Webb
  • Trudy Spiller
  • Melanie Poulin
  • Gloria Lepine
  • Work closely with women’s shelters/organizations i.e.: Oxfam/Sisters in Spirits Campaign
  • Highways of Tears
  • Walk for Justice (Leaving June 25/08 arriving in Ottawa Sept 12/08)
  • Clothing/Food needed
Global Justice/Indigenous Rights
  • HIV/Aides
On-going
  • Leo Cheverie
  • Global Justice Committees
  • Rights Actions Groups
  • Other Groups
Straight Political Action (Leadership of Organizations)
  • Connecting with National/Provincial Aboriginal Groups/Political figures
On-going
  • John Thompson
  • Brian Barron
  • Shirley Langan
  • Don Moran
  • Lobbying Feds & Provincial Governments/Indian & Métis Organizations
  • Local/National Political Action Committees
  • Aboriginal First Nations (AFN)-Tribal Chiefs Organizations at Provincial levels
  • Requests for funding
  • Try to find out who our contacts are
  • Convention resolution submissions
Justice Systems
  • Over Representation in Jail Aboriginal Justice System
  • Unlocking Aboriginal Justice
  • Leonard Peltier
On-going
  • Trudy Spiller
  • Gerry Harris
  • Melanie Poulin
  • CUPE National Aboriginal Coordinator
  • Council members
  • Lobbying Feds & Provincial Governments/Indian & Métis Organizations
  • Local/National Political Action Committees
  • Aboriginal First Nations (AFN)-Tribal Chiefs Organizations at Provincial levels
  • Requests for funding
  • Try to find out who our contacts are
  • Convention resolution-submissions
Land Treaties On-going
  • John Thompson
  • Leo Cheverie
  • Joanne Webb
  • Global Justice Committees
  • Treaties need to be recognized
  • Environmental Committees
  • Consult with Brother Fred Loft
  • Resolutions submissions- Indigenous Rights regarding Land Treaties
Structures of Aboriginal Councils
  • National Aboriginal Council
  • Provincial Aboriginal Council
  • Local Aboriginal Council
On-going
  • Don Moran
  • Brian Barron
  • Shirley Langan
  • John Thompson
  • Sheila Hartley-Gallion
  • Glen LeBlanc
  • Gerry Harris
  • Develop a “How to form a CUPE Aboriginal Criteria Toolkit”
Communication
  • E-mails
  • Mail Outs
  • Newsletter
  • Teleconference calls
  • Website
  • Face Book Log
On-going
  • John Thompson
  • Brian Barron
  • Don Moran-Staff Advisor- (Has control of this area)
  • National Aboriginal (Council Coordinator)
  • Melanie Poulin
  • Melanie will start-up a face book log for the National Aboriginal Council members
Organizing & Raising CUPE’s Profile
  • June 21 National Aboriginal Day


  • Need strategy based on resolutions