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On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, PIPSC NCR Indigenous Representative Greg Scriver, NCR member Kim Scriver, VP and HRDC Chair Katie Francis, and Advisor to the President Nick Pernal spent the day volunteering and carrying the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation’s National Memorial Cloth. This Cloth contains the names of over 5000 of the residential school children that did not return home. There are …

Meeting Minutes PIPSC HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE (HRDC)   Date: March 14, 2025 Place:  PIPSC HQ – 250 Tremblay Road, Ottawa, ON + Virtual Meeting time: 9:00PM to 5:00PM ET Meeting minutes taken by: Marielle Nadon   Present: Regrets: Katie Francis – PIPSC VP – NCR-  Chair Niraj Nitheanandan – CP – ATL – …

On September 5, 2024, Sandra Bender from the National Center for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) hosted a powerful webinar on Indigenous Residential Schools. The Human Rights and Diversity Committee’s Indigenous Caucus was honoured to partner with the NCTR on this webinar.  The webinar covered: the effects of intergenerational trauma  the consequences of residential school denialism …

Meeting Minutes PIPSC HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE (HRDC)   Date: Mar 2, 2024 10:00 AM EST Place: 250 Tremblay Road Meeting time: 9:00 AM—3:30 PM ET Meeting minutes taken by: Coralie Leduc Present: Regret: Stacy McLaren – Board Liaison – Chair Madeeha Choudhry – IT – Member Sophie Laporte – AFS – Member Sabrina Labbé – …

Meeting Minutes PIPSC HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE (HRDC)   Date: Mar 1, 2024 9:00 AM EST Place: 250 Tremblay Road Meeting time: 9:00 AM—12 PM ET Meeting minutes taken by: Coralie Leduc Present: Regret: Stacy McLaren – Board Liaison – Chair Jennie Esnard – NUREG – Member Madeeha Choudhry – IT – Member Sophie Laporte – …