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Aubrey Gonsalves has served as President of CUPE 2316 since November 2008, representing bargaining unit workers at the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto. He also holds the roles of 2nd Vice-President of CUPE Ontario and CUPE National Diversity Vice

Talitha Dekker was elected trustee at the 2021 CUPE National Convention. She has been a member of the Hospital Employees’ Union in British Columbia since 2005, was elected to the HEU Provincial Executive in 2016 and is in her third term as senior trustee

Donna was elected as CUPE National Trustee at the 2021 CUPE National Convention, the first member representing the Atlantic Region. She is a member of Local 8920 representing hospital workers in Nova Scotia. Donna has been the site rep for her hospital

Robert (Bob) Guenther has been active with CUPE Local 744 since he was elected shop steward in 2017. Since then, he has held the positions of secretary-treasurer and vice-president of the local, and was elected president in April 2024. Bob has been a

Hugo Tessier has nearly 30 years of experience as a firefighter with the Joliette fire department and has held several roles within the Syndicat des pompiers et pompières du Québec (SPQ). A graduate of Collège Montmorency and the Université de Montréal

Alan Linkletter was elected as CUPE Nova Scotia President in May 2025, and was elected to CUPE’s National Executive Board as Regional Vice-President in October 2025. Alan is a medical laboratory assistant, and has worked in the acute care sector for 26

Dawn Bellerose was elected to CUPE’s National Executive Board as General Vice-President for Ontario in October 2025. Dawn works as a developmental service worker and is a member of the Thessalon First Nation. Dawn has served as secretary-treasurer of her

Iris has been a CUPE member in the education sector since 2007, holding various positions her local executive. In 2014, Iris was elected the youngest first female President of the Saint John District Labour Council. Iris has been a member facilitator for

Marty Larocque was elected to CUPE’s National Executive Board as Regional Vice-President for Northern Ontario in October 2025. He also serves as 4 th Vice-President on the CUPE Ontario Executive Board. Marty is an outside worker in Sudbury, and has been a

André Freynet was elected to CUPE’s National Executive Board as Regional Vice-President for Manitoba in October 2025. He also serves as the Winnipeg Area A representative on the CUPE Manitoba Executive Board. A school board worker, Freynet has been a CUPE