The Human Rights / Race Relations (HRRR) committee is comprised of the four equity groups within CEIU
The Terms of reference (Link) outlines the mandate of the Committee is to:
Explore, develop and review human rights and race relations initiatives;
Review policies within CEIU and the departments /agency;
To represent and respond to concerns relating to human rights issues;
To monitor and evaluate the progress of the CEIU as a union and as an employer on issues of human rights/race relations
The Committee is comprised of the following:
(A) The National Vice-President for Human Rights and their Alternate
(B) Nine (9) members at large, two (2) from each of the following human rights groups
(i) First Nations/Métis/Inuit
(ii) Members with Disabilities
(iii) LGBTQ2+
(iv) Racially Visible
(C) plus, one (1) additional chair for non-binary members to be added to the LGBTQ2+ chairs for the HR/RR Committee
Gender parity will be maintained in each of the four groups. Members are elected for a three year term to sit on the national HRRR committee. The elections take place at the tri-annual HR/RR conference. Self-Identify here.
Human Rights / Race Relations Committee members
Here are the current members of the Committee and their contact information:
Sebastian Rodrigues (NVP for HR and Chair of the HR/RR Committee)
[email protected]
Rubina Boucher (Alternate NVP for HRRR)
Rod Cunningham
[email protected]
Susie Blyth
[email protected]
Farid Tourkmani
Sarita Censori
[email protected]
Aly Kanani
[email protected]
Karen McFarlane
[email protected]
Ryan Ducedre
[email protected]
Wendy-Ann Moulton
[email protected]
Liaison:
Sebastian Rodrigues (NVP for HRRR ) [email protected]
Rubina Boucher (Alternate NVP for HRRR) [email protected]
Eddy Bourque (National President) [email protected]
Allison Pilon (Employment Equity and Human Rights Officer) [email protected]
Sue Séguin (Executive Assistant and Advisor to the National President) [email protected]