Social Mapping Project

New deadline to submit: November 25, 2024 Thanks to all of you who have been doing the hard work to get the message out about the social mapping survey. To ensure maximum participation we have decided to extend the deadline by a few weeks. This is the final push – tell your members to #GetMapped! Plus,...

The Social Mapping Project (SMP) is a ground-breaking demographic survey and review of OPSEU/SEFPO membership systems. The project will help us identify gaps and barriers and provide ideas for how to make our union more inclusive. A core part of the project is the Social Mapping Survey, which is launching next week. Check your inbox...

Why should I participate? The Social Mapping Survey is a fundamentally important project for OPSEU/SEFPO. The survey is conducted every five years as per OPSEU/SEFPO Policy. The union recognizes that the ever-changing demographic of the membership needs to be surveyed regularly.  The information we get from members during this process will identify gaps and barriers...

Register or update your information in the member portal to ensure your voice is heard! The Social Mapping Project (SMP) is an important piece of our work to strengthen our union together. OPSEU/SEFPO members throughout the entire province will be asked to complete a survey to learn more about who we are and how to...

OPSEU/SEFPO’s SMP Ad Hoc Committee would like to thank the many members who have taken the time to be part of the conversation about the amendment to add Equity Seats to the union’s board. To find out more, please visit www.opseu.org/equityseats, which includes an FAQ, a recording of our most recent Zoom info session, and...

Members from OPSEU/SEFPO’s Social Mapping Project (SMP) Ad Hoc Committee have spent the past year and a half working on a constitutional amendment that, if passed, would change the current structure of the OPSEU/SEFPO Executive Board – adding seven seats designated as Equity Executive Board Members. The Ad Hoc Committee has continued the work that...

History The Social Mapping Project (SMP) is a ground-breaking demographic survey and review of OPSEU/SEFPO membership systems.  Launched in 2010, it was the first of its kind. It has since allowed OPSEU/SEFPO to identify gaps and barriers by providing the necessary information to ensure services meet the needs of all its members.  The SMP was also...

OPSEU’s 2019-20 Social Mapping Project (SMP) was the hot topic of the day at the 19th annual Joint Leadership Day event, held on September 22nd. Hosted by the OPSEU’s Equity Chairs and MC’ed by the chair of the Indigenous Circle, Krista Maracle, the virtual event unveiled the results and recommendations from the union’s second SMP...

The Social Mapping Project (SMP) is a ground-breaking demographic survey and review of OPSEU membership systems. Launched in 2010, it was the first of its kind. It has since allowed OPSEU to identify gaps and barriers by providing the necessary information to ensure services meet the needs of all its members.  The past ten years have...

Let us know how we can help you. Our social mapping project will help us do just that. Be counted! Demographic data helps to gain a clearer picture of what your changing needs are and how OPSEU can best respond to them. Here are some examples of how we were able to put data and...

As a public sector union, OPSEU’s priority is to serve our members well. As a social justice union, we also fight for fairness and equality in our workplaces, in our communities and our province. But if we want better, we’ve got to do better too. That’s what the 2019 Social Mapping Census is all about,...

RadioLabour’s Canada Report for February 15 to 21, 2019, reports on how the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) discovered the full diversity of its members by implementing a ‘social mapping’ project. An interview with OPSEU President Smokey Thomas. Click here to listen to the podcast on Rabble.ca. The interview begins at 1.07 and ends at 6.05.