2009

Toronto – OPSEU members joined residents of Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood to send a loud message to Legal Aid Ontario about the future of Parkdale Community Legal Services (PCLS). More than 50 OPSEU members, including PCLS members of local 5118, residents of Parkdale, and supporters of the legal clinic, gathered outside of Legal Aid Ontario’s Bay...

December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women in Canada. In 1991, the Parliament of Canada established this day of mourning and remembrance to mark the anniversary of the murders of 14 female engineering students at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1989 in an act of gender-based violence. The...

The past two years have gone by very quickly! As your chair I have spent an average of 40 – 50 days per year attending meetings in Toronto and area. At times it has been a challenge to juggle the demands of this position. Despite the demanding work I consider it a privilege to be...