2008 PSAC NATIONAL ABORIGINAL
PEOPLES' CONFERENCE
“MAAWANGITEENG”: WHERE THE JOURNEY BEGINS!
CALL FOR RESOLUTIONS
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF RESOLUTIONS
MAY 30, 2008, 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
The 2008 PSAC National Aboriginal Peoples' Conference will be held in Winnipeg, from September 19 to 21, 2008
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of our 2008 PSAC National Aboriginal Peoples' Conference are to:
- Connect with our Aboriginal Brothers and Sisters
- Educate and build capacity within Aboriginal communities and the Union
- Politicize Aboriginal Rights around the eradication of poverty (clean water, housing, education), for quality public service and a clean environment
- Raise awareness of the Union's role in advancing Aboriginal Peoples' Rights in the workplace, community and society as a whole
The resolutions should be aimed at strengthening and improving the Union's work on issues related to the Aboriginal communities and at advancing our objectives.
Resolutions will be discussed, debated and voted on at the Conference and then subsequently submitted to the appropriate bodies including the next PSAC Triennial Convention in 2009.
- The traditional resolutions process will be utilized for the 2008 PSAC National Conference for Aboriginal Members (i.e. resolutions committee, debate at the Conference).
- All PSAC constitutionally recognized bodies and union structures, as well as the NAIM Circle, will be entitled to forward resolutions to the 2008 PSAC National Conference for Aboriginal Members
- Only four (4) Resolutions per body/structure will be accepted.
- Please limit your resolution to a maximum of 150 words.
Please note that Resolutions will be grouped into three categories:
- Resolutions pertaining to mobilizing, political action, education, etc. around the PSAC National “Defend Quality Public Services” Campaign and other national PSAC campaigns.
- Resolutions focused on broader equality issues and political action.
- Resolutions dealing with internal PSAC structures, policies, education.
Should you have any questions regarding the resolutions process, please contact Seema Lamba, the PSAC Human Rights Programs Officer, at 613-560-4387 or via email at lambas@psac-afpc.com.
In Solidarity,
Patty Ducharme, NEVP
Jean-François Des Lauriers, REVP - North
Co-chairs of the 2008 PSAC National Aboriginal Peoples' Conference
In a Resolution that was adopted by the NBoD in June 2006, resolutions that are being submitted for the PSAC Triennial Convention will be accepted in either the traditional format or in a clear language format. Therefore either of the following resolution formats may be used in order to submit resolutions for the 2008 PSAC National Aboriginal Peoples' Conference.
The following is a sample resolution reproduced in both the Traditional format and the Clear Language format:
TRADITIONAL FORMAT
TITLE: ABORIGINAL WOMEN'S EQUALITY
ORIGINATOR: PSAC
LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN: E
WHEREAS Sharon McIvor, an Aboriginal woman, has launched an important legal challenge against the sex discrimination engrained in the Indian Act; and
WHEREAS the B.C. Supreme Court ruled in McIvor's favour concluding that the federal government must remove sex discrimination from the determination of Indian status and restore equal Indian status to First Nations women and their descendants; and
WHEREAS the federal government is appealing the decision, with the case likely reaching the Supreme Court of Canada:
BE IT RESOLVED that the CLC support McIvor's legal challenge for full equality for First Nations women and descendants of First Nations women, including:
- providing a financial contribution to McIvor's campaign;
- distributing information, campaign and lobbying material throughout the CLC and encourage affiliates to support this case;
- urging the Harper government to drop the appeal against the McIvor cas
CLEAR LANGUAGE FORMAT
TITLE: ABORIGINAL WOMEN'S EQUALITY
ORIGINATOR: PSAC
LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN: E
THE PROBLEM OR ISSUE:
Sharon McIvor, an Aboriginal woman, has launched an important legal challenge against the sex discrimination engrained in the Indian Act.
The B.C. Supreme Court ruled in McIvor's favour concluding that the federal government must remove sex discrimination from the determination of Indian status and restore equal Indian status to First Nations women and their descendants.
The federal government is appealing the decision, with the case likely reaching the Supreme Court of Canada.
THE ACTIONS REQUESTED:
The CLC will support McIvor's legal challenge for full equality for First Nations women and descendants of First Nations women, including:
- providing a financial contribution to McIvor's campaign;
- distributing information, campaign and lobbying material throughout the CLC and encourage affiliates to support this case;
- urging the Harper government to drop the appeal against the McIvor case
Date Modified : 2010/01/29
