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OTTAWA – Social service workers from across the country will meet in Ottawa for three days this week to plan strategies for improving public services and protecting their working conditions. Confronted with chronic underfunding, they will join forces to make their voices heard and to remind people that they offer vital services to children and other vulnerable persons.

Françoise David, a feminist, environmentalist and social justice activist, and Linda Duxbury, a professor at Carleton University’s business school, will address the delegates.

WHAT:
National Social Services Conference
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)

WHERE:
Marriott Hotel, Ottawa
100 Kent Street

WHEN:
November 21 to 23, 2007 />

  • Linda Duxbury
    November 21 at 6:30 p.m.
  • Françoise David
    November 22 at 1 p.m.

Please find attached biographies of Ms. Duxbury and Ms. David.

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For more information:
Louise Leclair, CUPE National Communications Director: 613-314-7199
Sébastien Goulet, CUPE Communications: 613-808-0675