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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.

Have a say in your workplace: Apply with the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission

July 30, 2014 - 9:45am •

The Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC) is currently seeking expressions of interest from persons interested in joining their new Stakeholder Engagement Committee (SEC).The SEC provides timely input to the WSCC, to facilitate policy creating, decision making, and program delivery. The Committee Chairperson, internal to the WSCC, calls upon SEC Members to provide valuable feedback.

N.W.T. Devolution Act gets royal assent, becomes law

March 26, 2014 - 9:23am •

The N.W.T. Devolution Act gained royal assent Tuesday, the final step in the legislative process to becoming law. The act will take effect April 1, transferring power over land and resources to the government of the Northwest Territories.

We Are All Affected: The True Colour of the Cuts

February 13, 2014 - 12:51pm •

Since the Conservatives took power in 2006 under Stephen Harper’s leadership, the federal government has been constantly attacking human rights and equity through a series of legislative changes and cuts to programs and services. Cuts contained in the 2012 and 2013 federal budgets, along with other recent legislation, have had a particularly harsh impact on equity-seeking groups, including racially visible people.

History in the Making: PSAC works for GLBT People

February 13, 2014 - 11:35am •

Do you know your GLBT history? Test your knowledge in this workshop.

Gender Identity and Expression in Canadian Human Rights Legislation

February 13, 2014 - 11:29am •

North West Territories The Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the grounds of gender identity which is defined as including transgendered persons and those who identify with or live as a gender that is different from their biological sex. It covers employment, tenancy, public services, memberships in trade unions, and publications. (2004)

Lest We Forget: Social Conservatism vs LGBT Rights

February 13, 2014 - 11:21am •

In September 2007, the Prime Minister appointed David Brown to the Ontario Superior Court in the Toronto area. Brown represented anti-gay and anti-abortion views in a handful of court cases and wrote legal documents on the "sanctity of life." Freedom of choice groups were understandably miffed. This is just one reason why Canadians should dump Prime Minister Stehpen Harper. Read all 60 reasons here.

Discrimination, Bullying and Harassment of GLBT Youth and Workers

February 13, 2014 - 11:14am •

A guide to ensuring safe schools and harrassment-free workplaces for the LGBT community.

Affecting Change in the Union

February 13, 2014 - 10:28am •

Looking to put forward a resolution in the coming months? Follow thw simple guide below to drafting articulate, concise resolutions.

Charting Our History: A chronology of racialized workers in Canada and the laws that impact them

February 13, 2014 - 10:23am •

James Calbert Best was the son of a human rights activist and a railway porter, his career in the federal public sector began in the Department of Labour in 1949, where he co-founded the Civil Service Association of Canada, one of the organizations that merged in 1966 to form the PSAC.

Temporary Foreign Workers Program in Canada: Modern Day Slavery

February 13, 2014 - 10:07am •

We are living in an era when corporations and labour/workers crisscross the globe in an ever ending queues: corporations want to increase their wealth and profit margin, while workers want a standard of living that enables them provide for themselves and their families.Corporations have rights and are growing their monopolistic power while workers are dispersed and increasingly more vulnerable. They form part of the same system and occupy the same “transnational space”. This is globalization.