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 

January 24, 2019 - 3:46pm •
PSAC North regional women’s committees and volunteers participated at, attended and/or co-sponsored events on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Iqaluit, Whitehorse and Yellowknife. Commemorating December 6 by holding vigils and events continues to be an opportunity to speak out against all forms of violence against women.
November 7, 2018 - 12:31pm •
NWT Women’s Committee donated to the Family Support Centre Shelter located in Hay River. The committee would like to thank Quality Furniture for free shipping to airport and Buffalo Air Express for free shipping to Hay River.
September 12, 2018 - 4:44pm •
During the summer, Nunavut Regional Women Committee donated some fishing equipment and taxi vouchers to Apex’s Qimaavik Women Shelter in Iqaluit.  From left to right are Nunavut's Regional Women’s Committee secretary, treasurer and chair: Lili Weemen, Lisa Kirk and Sue Avery.
July 18, 2018 - 12:40pm •
Women experiencing homelessness face an added challenge every month. The NWT Disabilities Council has launched a donation drive asking for feminine hygiene products to help women experiencing homelessness access the appropriate supplies they need.  Responding to this important call, PSAC North’s NWT Regional Women’s Committee donated hygiene products to the council. The committee encourages people to help support this initiative. 
May 17, 2018 - 4:07pm •
The Whitehorse Regional Women’s and the Yukon Aboriginal Peoples’ committees hosted a teddy bear picnic for Jordan’s Principle, May 10.   
February 26, 2018 - 11:25am •
  Pictured from left: Dawn Skinner, Marie Buchanan, Suzette Montreuil, Samantha Moynes, Sheila Laity, Holly Ferris, Simone Cummings.  
January 24, 2018 - 1:32pm •
The Native Women Association of the NWT hosted an unveiling of the Beaded Hearts Tapestry as part of the opening of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) hearings in Yellowknife on Jan. 22, 2018. The hearings took place over three days and involved 40 families sharing their experiences.  The Beaded Hearts Tapestry was created to pay respect to Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and to acknowledge the families who have experienced great loss.
September 22, 2017 - 11:08am •
PSAC North supports partnering organizations like Yukon Women's Transition Home, which has put together a series of videos to help those involved in a crisis. The three-part video series is called "Together for Safety" and involves six Whitehorse women's groups and Whitehorse RCMP working together to provide educated assistance for victims of sexualized assault or domestic violence. Watch and share the videos today.     
May 2, 2017 - 9:08am •
Our Family Fun Day in support of affordable, high quality child care in Canada this Saturday in Yellowknife was a huge success! We welcomed more than 200 children and their families for a day of fun activities and a great learning experience for parents about what universal child care could look like in Canada.
October 3, 2016 - 3:03pm •

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