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Agenda

Sunday, March 12, 2023

1:30 p.m. REGISTRATION TABLE OPENS

4 p.m. MEET AND MINGLE

5:30 p.m. OPENING PLENARY

  • Welcome
  • Indigenous greetings
    • Elder Syexwáliya Ann Whonnock, Squamish Nation
  • Video greetings
    • Mark Hancock, National President
  • Opening remarks
    • Candace Rennick, National Secretary-Treasurer
  • Keynote: “How did we get here? CUPE feminists breaking barriers”
    • Judy Darcy, former CUPE national president, BC MLA and Minister of Mental Health and Addictions

Monday, March 13, 2023

8 a.m.  SMUDGE

9 a.m.  PLENARY

Panel: “Where are we now? The political landscape for women workers” 

  • Bilan Arte, national human rights representative, CLC 
  • Leah Gazan, NDP MP for Winnipeg Centre 
  • Emilie Nicolas, columnist 
  • Armine Yalnizyan, economist 
  • Moderator: Sylvia Sioufi, managing director, CUPE national services 

10:30 a.m.  BREAK

10:50 a.m.  SKILLS-BUILDING BLOCK #1

12:20 p.m.  LUNCH

12:45 p.m.  CAUCUS

  • Black and racialized workers

1:40 p.m.  PLENARY

Presentation: “Up with women’s wages: Blueprints for fair and equitable pay” 

  • Édith Cardin, Job Evaluation and Pay Equity Coordinator, Quebec
  • Mélanie Gougeon, Job Evaluation and Pay Equity Representative, Quebec
  • Kari Scott-Whyte, Job Evaluation and Pay Equity Representative, British Columbia
  • Emily Turk, Senior Job Evaluation and Pay Equity Officer, National Office

3:10 p.m.  BREAK

3:30 p.m.  TRIVIA: KEY MOMENTS IN WOMEN’S LABOUR HISTORY

4:45 p.m.  CAUCUS

  • Indigenous workers

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

8 a.m.  SMUDGE

8:15 a.m.  CAUCUS

  • 2SLGBTQI+ workers

9 a.m.  PLENARY

Panel: “How do we build? Organizing for victories” 

  • Marlihan Lopez, community organizer, 
  • Peggy Nash, former NDP MP for Parkdale—High Park 
  • Diane Therrien, former mayor of Peterborough, Ontario 
  • Laura Walton, president, Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) 
  • Moderator: Lisa Djevahirdjian, communications representative, Quebec

10:30 a.m   BREAK

10:50 a.m.  SKILLS-BUILDING BLOCK #2

12:20 p.m.  LUNCH

12:20 p.m.  CAUCUS

  • Workers with disabilities

1:40 p.m.  PLENARY

Panel: “Putting equity at the forefront” 

  • Nadia Aristyl, CUPE 2000, Quebec 
  • Sheryl Burns, CUPE 1936, British Columbia 
  • Juanita Forde, CUPE 2191, Ontario 
  • Lisa Kreut, Hospital Employees’ Union, British Columbia 
  • Lindsay Poll, CUPE 4070, Alberta 
  • Moderator: Catherine Louli, senior communications officer, CUPE national office

3:10 p.m.  BREAK

3:30 p.m.  REGIONAL MEETINGS

4:45 p.m.  CAUCUS

  • Young workers

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

8 a.m.  SMUDGE

9 a.m.  SKILLS-BUILDING BLOCK #3

10:30 a.m.  BREAK

10:50 a.m.  PLENARY

  • Reflecting back: Poets in residence 
    • Véronique Bachand and El Jones 
  • Closing remarks: “Where do we go from here? CUPE’s fight for gender justice” 
    • Candace Rennick, National Secretary-Treasurer 
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