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PSAC North Regional Council

Women's Committee

JOIN US! TOGETHER WE CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS

Calling all PSAC North women in the North . . .

If you want to tackle issues affecting women and work for positive change, we’re your committee.

Add your voice and ideas and help make change for women in and out of the workplace.

You don’t have to be in Yellowknife to join. Our conference call meetings can easily accommodate you – no matter where you live.

Let’s organize events and initiatives to ensure an end to violence against women, access to public not-for-profit child care, strong public services, pay equity, an end to poverty, job security and equality in everything.

Our Mandate

The objectives of the PSAC North Regional Women’s Committee are to identify, promote and assist union actions by

Educating, politicizing and mobilizing women by making links between themselves, the union, the workplace, the community and equality rights
We do this by empowering, uniting and engaging all women to take action and move the Womens’ Rights agenda forward.

Stay connected to the issues . . . and the solutions

We participate in conferences, educational and training programs on Women’s issues
Ensure and promote representation of Women members, their issues and equality goals in the various union bodies, programs and social justice groups
Sit on the National Human Rights Committee and other PSAC National and Regional bodies . . . and much more.

You can also view Terms of Reference for Regional Women's Committees in Nunavut, Yukon and the NWT.

Click here to view and dowload PSAC Regional Women’s Committee Handbook.

Regional Women's Committees Brochures:

Yukon

Northwest Territories

Nunavut

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#)

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.

The 29th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)

January 27, 2020 - 2:34pm •

The 29th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) will be held from Monday, May 4 to Friday, May 8, 2020 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The PSAC will be fully funding up to fourteen delegates to represent PSAC’s five equity groups: women, Indigenous peoples, racially visible peoples, persons with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ2+ communities. In addition to equity groups, the PSAC will fully fund up to seven young worker delegates.

Together, we can End Period Poverty

January 21, 2020 - 4:38pm •

By Dawn Skinner, PSAC North NWT Regional Women’s Committee Period poverty is a pervasive issue in Canada and yet many of us may ask what period poverty is. In a nutshell, 'period poverty' refers to having a lack of access to sanitary products due to financial constraints. It has been called a great barrier to equality and low income, homeless and marginalized women bear the brunt of it.