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PSAC North Regional Council

Our structure

The PSAC North Regional Council is our highest decision-making body that brings together duly elected or appointed representatives from all three territories.

The Regional Executive Vice-President (REVP North) chairs the Regional Council and is the political voice for the PSAC in the Yukon, NWT and Nunavut.

PSAC North is also composed of (3) Area Councils, one for each territory and (3) Territorial Directors.

Committees are also an important part of our structure. There are 8 committees in each territory: Indigenous Peoples, Access, Pride, Women's, Racially Visible, Health & Safety, Youth and the Regional Alliance Facilitators Network.

The North Regional Council is composed of the chairs of each committee in the North. All positions on the North Regional Council are elected from among the membership. The Regional Executive Vice President is a full-time paid position. All other members of the council work in jobs represented by the union and serve the union as volunteers. In addition to chairing the North Regional Council, the REVP represents the North on the Alliance Executive Committee, the body that runs the union nationally.

The Regional Councils meets at least three times a year to strategize on issues that affect PSAC members in the North.

PSAC North's Regional Council's role, as defined in the PSAC North By-Laws, is to:

Manage the business of PSAC North between its Triennial Conventions; and
Establish regulations to guide the operations of PSAC North.

Read the Bylaws in this section of the website that govern Regional Council.

PSAC North Regional Committees help to guide our union and protect the interests of our members. Many of today’s leaders developed their skills, abilities and talents on a committee. They not only educated themselves but became an invaluable resource to local members, components and PSAC National.

If you are passionate about one (or more!) of the issues that our regional committees focus on, you will find a warm welcome awaits you. Activists are the heart of our union – of any union – and your involvement will help ensure that our union and the labour movement continue to thrive.

Contact your PSAC Regional Office and let them know that you want to get involved.

Mission, Vision and Values Statements

PSAC North Regional Council Meeting Minutes 2021

PSAC North Regional Council Meeting Minutes 2020

PSAC North Regional Council Meeting Minutes 2019

PSAC North Regional Council Meeting Minutes 2018

PSAC North Regional Council Summary Report 2019

PSAC North Regional Council Summary Report 2018

Jack Bourassa – Regional Executive Vice-President

Elwood Chan – Alternate Executive Vice-President

Steve Geick
Yukon Employees Union
President

Todd Parsons
Union of Northern Workers
President

Bill Fennell
Nunavut Employees Union
President

Vacant

YT Territorial Director

Vacant

NWT Territorial Director

Geoff Ryan

NU Territorial Director

Paige Galette

YT Area Council

Vacant

NWT Area Council

Lisa Kirk

NU Area Council

Brenda Weaver

YT Regional Indigenous

Peoples’ Committee

Holly Ferris

NWT Regional Indigenous

Peoples’ Committee

Vacant

NU Regional Indigenous

Peoples’ Committee

Gerard Tremblay

YT Regional Access

Committee

*Bruce Gudeit

NWT Regional Access

Committee

Vacant

NU Regional Access

Committee

Roberta Wurtak

YT Regional Pride

Committee

Vacant

NWT Regional Pride

Committee

Nuka Fennell

NU Regional Pride
Committee

Teresa Acheson

Whitehorse Regional

Women’s Committee

*Geraldine Penney

NWT Regional

Women’s Committee

Susan Avery

NU Regional

Women’s Committee

*Derek Yap

YT Racially Visible

Committee

Hoa Do

NWT Racially Visible

Committee

Vacant

NU Racially Visible

Committee

Richard Wagner

YT Regional Health

and Safety Committee

Reyhan Sarikaya

NWT Regional Health

and Safety Committee

Derek Allerton

NU Regional Health

and Safety Committee

Krisandra Reid

YT Regional Young

Workers Committee

Vacant

NT Regional Young

Workers Committee

Joey J O'Brien

NU Regional Young

Workers Committee

Vacant

YT Alliance Facilitator Network

Vacant

NWT Alliance Facilitator Network

Vacant

NU Alliance Facilitator Network

* NHRC reps

To view and download our brochure, click here.

Warming from the Heart: NWT Women's Committee Clothing Drive

December 15, 2020 - 4:54pm •

PSAC North NWT Women's Regional Committee would like to thank all members and volunteers for helping out during the Warming from the Heart Clothing Drive. With your generosity, the committee was able to deliver at least 70 winter kits and bags of toques and socks that will help women, men and children who need them during this cold weather. Donations were delivered to Street Outreach Program, Side Door Youth Shelter, RCMP, Fire Division and Emergency Department.

Warming from the Heart: Winter Clothing Drive

November 3, 2020 - 11:25am •

Nunavut Area Council and Committees AGMS

October 7, 2020 - 2:42pm •

All union members in Nunavut are invited and encouraged to attend PSAC Nunavut Regional Council/Committees AGMs. Meetings will be held via teleconference and are in Eastern Time. During these AGMs, participating members will vote for Chair, Secretary and Treasurer positions. Please dial 1.867.877.5217 or toll free 1.844.259.7596 and when prompted please enter the conference ID for the committee meeting you are trying to join followed by the number sign (#). Monday November 2nd • Pride Committee @ 6:00 pm (conference ID: 199110472#)

What Labour Day Means to You? (Photo contest)

August 25, 2020 - 5:54pm •

Online Beading Workshop Connects Participants

May 21, 2020 - 5:18pm •

PSAC North Regional Indigenous Committee in the Yukon organized a beading workshop on April 18 and 25. Jayla Rousseau-Thomas facilitated the two, two-hour long online sessions in which participating members learned how to bead. Each participant worked towards completing a pin to be given to a frontline worker in honour of their important role during the pandemic.

International Women's Day-- Whitehorse

March 10, 2020 - 3:37pm •

PSAC North Yukon Regional Women’s Committee in Whitehorse, sponsored International Women’s Day event that was taking place in Whitehorse on March 7, 2020 for International Women's Day. The Committee provided $100 worth of refreshments to a local business that was holding their 3rd Annual International Women's Day Tattoo Fundraiser organized by Molotov & Bricks. All proceeds from the day were donated to Kaushee’s Place and Victoria Faulkner Women’s Shelter.

International Women's Day-- Iqaluit

March 10, 2020 - 1:34pm •

PSAC North Nunavut Regional Women’s Committee Planned an Event for International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8, 2020. Best laid plans for this event were cancelled because of a Blizzard that arrived on March 7 and stayed till March 9th with 1/8-mile visibility However, members of the Committee had the opportunity on Saturday night, March 7, to attend IWD celebration at the Black Heart Café sponsored by the Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council.

International Women's Day-- Northwest Territories

March 10, 2020 - 11:01am •

PSAC North NWT Regional Women’s Committee celebrated International Women’s Day by delivering donations to women’s shelters across the Northwest Territories. The committee organized “Purse Drive” and received around 150 purses from women in Inuvik and Yellowknife. Committee members and volunteers packed personal care items in each purse and delivered them to shelters. PSAC North NWT Regional Women’s Committee would like to thank sponsors and donors:

Yukon Regional Women’s Committee – Annual Starter Basket Initiative

March 4, 2020 - 4:15pm •

PSAC North Yukon Regional Women’s Committee members came together on Saturday, February 8th to assemble 25 baskets containing essential household items such as mugs, glasses, cooking utensils, etc. for the Whitehorse Transition Home. Women’s Committee would like to thank all members and volunteers who made this possible. The committee received a donation from Local Y017 of the Yukon Employees’ Union.

Purses Donations to NWT Women's Shelters

February 10, 2020 - 5:09pm •

Do you have a purse, in good condition, that you no longer use? PSAC North NWT Women’s Committee is collecting purses that will be filled with toiletries and donated to all women’s shelters in the NWT on March 8 for International Women’s Day. You can drop purses off at the PSAC North office (4910-53rd Street - Suite # 201), Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.