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For Jennifer Smith, there’s before WILD, and there’s after WILD. Being part of CUPE Ontario’s first Women in Leadership Development program in 2022 transformed her and the other participants. “When we joined, we were quiet. When we left, we were loud,” she says.

When someone believes in you, it can change everything. Louise Watson brings that lesson into her work at the Regina detox centre where she got sober. Get to know Louise in this story, one in a series profiling members of the National Indigenous Council and the National Racial Justice Committee.

A single convention resolution opened the door to a profound journey for CUPE 403 member Konrad Beston. “It changed my life,” he says of the resolution encouraging locals to add a seat on their executive boards for an Indigenous member. Learn where that took him in this profile, one of a series about members of CUPE’s National Indigenous Council and National Racial Justice Committee.

As an Indigenous woman, getting involved with CUPE has been a powerful experience for Kimberley Loppie. “CUPE allowed me to find my truth, who I am,” she says. Learn where that’s taken her in this profile, one of a series sharing the stories of National Indigenous Council and National Racial Justice Committee members.