Message from Rubina Boucher, CEIU National President, and Helen King, CEIU National Executive Vice-President.

The Canada Employment and Immigration Union is pleased to be able to offer up to five (5) $5,000.00 National Scholarships to CEIU members in good standing, their spouse, their common-law spouse (including same sex partners) and/or their dependents(s). Take note that a few scholarships are dedicated to persons who are part of equity groups.

Thousands of job cuts to the department of Immigration are causing delays in processing cases as the department this week announced an additional 300 job cuts and program spending cuts, with more on the horizon. 

The Canada Employment and Immigration Union would like to thank everyone who applied to CEIU’s 1st callout for the 2025 CEIU scholarships. We received over 300 applications!

We would like to congratulate the following recipients, who each received a $5,000 CEIU Scholarship:

December 10 is Human Rights Day, a day observed around the world to commemorate the anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

ESDC released communication today about the department's plans around Budget 2025. As part of that communication, they announced that workforce adjustment will be starting in the new year. At this point, we do not know how many positions or who will be affected, only that announcements will come in January. 

December 3 marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a time to recognize the contributions, experiences, and rights of workers living with disabilities—whether visible, invisible, permanent, or episodic. 

As indicated in the last update posted on our website in September 2025, the hearing of the policy grievance, filed on March 29, 2019, took place in person in Ottawa on Thursday, September 12, 2024, before the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS).

CEIU joins those across the world in marking the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence from November 25 to December 10.

Every year on November 20, we commemorate trans people who have lost their lives due to transphobic violence around the world. Between October 2024 and September 2025, there are 342 reports of trans people who have lost their lives due to violence.