Canada Day — A Response from Chief Cadmus Delorme of the Cowessess First Nation
There is much debate as to whether or not Canada Day should be celebrated this year. Cadmus Delorme, Chief of the Cowessess […]
Systemic Racism – National Indigenous History Month
By Mikelle Sasakamoose a UCTE member – Local 20219 This week we had been preparing an introspective on our experiences observing with […]
Pretendians: Those who wrongly claim Indigenous identity
By Mikelle Sasakamoose a UCTE member – Local 20219 Grey Owl was the original pretendian. Born Archibald Stansfield Belaney in Hastings, England […]
Jim Egan – A man making history for LGBTQ2+ rights in Canada
This year, in honour of Pride month, we decided to go back in time to highlight stories which have shaped the rights […]
Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls and 2S+ persons
By Beth Ferguson a UCTE member – Local 20219 National Indigenous History Month began not with a celebration of Indigenous peoples in […]
2021 PSAC Virtual National Equity Conferences
Registration deadline: July 30, 2021 Deadline for submission of resolutions: August 13, 2021 PSAC’s triennial national convention will vote on the recommendations adopted […]
Red Brick Building – A true story of residential schools in Canada
By Mikelle Sasakamoose a UCTE member – Local 20219 When I was growing up on the Kamloops Indian Reserve, kids pretty much […]
In honour of Pride Month, UCTE exposes the “Fruit Machine” – The homosexual purge
15Many of us do not understand systemic discrimination. We have the false impression that, in Canada, a country with a reputation for […]
Pride Month – The story of Marsha P. Johnson
June is designated as Pride Month in Canada. It all began in 1924 in the United States when Henry Gerber founded the […]