Education Committee

The CUPE Education Committee is responsible for the following.

  • Make recommendations on education for the Local at each monthly meeting
  • Review all education activities
  • Inform the executive board of its recommendations concerning education related items
  • Review material received by the Local regarding schools, conferences, conventions or any other sessions that may educate the membership
  • Maintain a list of all approved conferences, conventions, schools, seminars and any other education sessions which members of the Local have attended

Members

Please contact all members of the committee as a collective using the following group email address.

  • TBD

Individuals on the Committee and their contact information is as follows.

Name Phone Email
Sammie Hung TBA TBA
Diane Johnson (Grenfell) TBA djohnson@cupe1615.ca
Michelle MacIssac TBA TBA
Scott Quilty TBA TBA
Natalie Webber (709) 864-8476 nwebber@cupe1615.ca

Mandate

  1. It shall be the duty of this Committee to:
    1. review all material received by the Local regarding schools, conferences, conventions or any other sessions that may educate the membership;
    2. make recommendations for all aspects of education for the Local at each monthly meeting;
    3. inform the executive board of its recommendations concerning education related items which, due to untimely notification, need to be dealt with before the next membership meeting. In the absence of a membership meeting the Board shall approve, amend or reject such recommendations and implement them. The executive shall report all such decisions at the next scheduled regular monthly membership meeting;
    4. review all education activities periodically keeping in mind the finances of the Local and the education budget, if such has been approved by the membership;
    5. co-ordinate with the Union Development and Communications Departments of CUPE, and with the regional Education Representative, in implementing both the Local’s and CUPE’s educational policies and communications needs.
    1. The Committee shall be composed of five members, including at least one member from Grenfell Campus. The Committee shall appoint a secretary from among its members.
    2. The secretary of the Education committee shall maintain, at all times a list of all approved conferences, conventions, schools, seminars and any other education sessions which members of the Local have attended. The list shall also contain the names of the members who attended and the location of each session. A copy of this list shall be furnished to the Recording Secretary and the Trustees committee upon request.