Regional Executive Meeting #2 Tuesday, April 14, 2026

BC-Yukon Region – Regional Executive Meeting #2

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM and Wednesday, April 15, 2026 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Civic Hotel, 13475 Central Ave, Surrey, BC V3T 0L8

Meeting ID: HDN8L7M9NQZ

MINUTES

Meeting commenced at 1:13 PM

Approval of Agenda – (All) M/S/C
Approval of Minutes – (All) M/S/C
February 2, 2026
No edits
Business Arising from Minutes – (All)
Review of action items – (T. D’Souza)
Steward Council 2026 speakers and guests  – (M. Cranny/All)
Discussed potentially having a VP give a speech
ERO panel (1.5 hr) and ERO case analysis (3-4 cases, 1 hr) was suggested
Discussed potential courses – constructive conflict resolution (4 hours), exploring privilege and oppression (2.5 hrs), bystander intervention (2 hrs), preventing burnout (4 hrs)
Created tentative schedule
ACTION ITEM: Find charity for 2026 Steward Council (Amanda)
ACTION ITEM: Find Elder for 2026 Steward Council (Alicia)
Outreach spreadsheet
Nikhil to assist with coordinating outreach events for Aug 2026 and Feb 2027
2026 Regional Council – (All)
First Nations Elder – (S. Auchoybur)
Update given by Morgan – visit to Friendship Centre TBD
Charitable organization – (C.Drummond)
Update provided in absentia – Mustard Seed on board, presenter available
Spring newsletter – (M. Cranny/All)
Morgan has started the newsletter
Terri to take over
Missing member spotlight, other events
Leadership training – (All)
Meeting emcee – (M. Cranny)
Roger has been booked, deposit has been paid
Targeted callout for participants to be sent by June
Final decision to be made by RX in August
Training to be Dec 4-5 2026
2026 visibility items – (T .D’Souza)
Free distributes for RC/SC – pens, patches, luggage tag, light
Voucher item for RC/SC (only 1 item per person) – scarf, electronics organizer, water bottle
Future ideas – socks
ACTION ITEM: survey to membership for wants/needs (Terri)
ACTION ITEM: RX polos to be ordered for August RX (Terri)
Storage locker – (M. Cranny/N. Gandhi/E. Rahman/T. D’Souza)
Nikhil not able to find a locker near same price or with a good location when compared to the current locker
Morgan to extend current locker contract for the rest of the year
Delegate email – (N. Gandhi)
Email was drafted and sent to RX for review
Email to be revised with suggested edits and sent out ~1 week before RC/PIPSC AGM
Steward calls – (M. Cranny)
20 in attendance on the March 24 call
Steward training in Victoria to be run on June 10 by Efrain Rodriguez
In line with other Regions, the steward calls are to include a draw for a prize to encourage participation ($50 gift cards)
New member handbook review – (All)
Comments provided by Nikhil, Emad, and Terri
EOTY form – (Awards Committee)
Form was updated with suggested edits and was distributed to the membership on March 2
Outreach
Data summary – (E. Rahman)
Will be updated and added to 2026
Options for next meeting – (M. Cranny)
Aug 2026 – Penticton
Alex to look into it
Potential outreach – Summerland research centre
2026 and 2027 meeting dates/places – (M. Cranny)
Currently working with Alex to determine and finalize dates and locations
Branch President calls – (N. Gandhi)
1st meeting was on March 31
All Branch Presidents but 1 were in attendance
Branch Presidents shared notes from their events, trainings, and meetings
Davy (Surrey-White Rock) to bring a resolution to the PIPSC AGM to have stewards required to have a PIPSC email
Next meetings: Regional Council and Sept 22 
Regional Director Report – (M. Cranny) M/S/C

It’s been a busy time for me. I have attended 2 Board of Directors meetings since February. WFA and RTO are the burning issues currently and while I personally haven’t had many folks in our region come to me, I know we have affected members and stewards are stepping up to help them as much as they can. The main thing is stewards are the primary resource to help folks with WFA and we to bring in consultation teams where appropriate. We have been pushing back on RTO as there are many issues with it strictly from logistics, let alone the human element. Our hands are pretty tied but we will keep advocating. I am appreciating our new COO, Stan MacLellan and we have recently, like yesterday, brought in Brent Farrington from PSAC to be our director of Public Affairs and that is an exciting thing.

I was able to attend 2 SP led rallies to Parliament Hill to fight cuts to science. The first in January had great media coverage which saw national attention to how cuts to science will result in less service to Canadians as well as issues with health and safety which could cause crisis in the future. The second rally was in February (warmer!) and while it didn’t get the press coverage we would have liked we had the CFIA and RE group presidents (and a few members) there in support and lots of pics were taken and shared on social media.

Some other good news, the new website is launched!  It is a much better design and gives you lots of great resources at your fingertips and the search function is much better. If you are a steward there is even more functionality. There are some growing pains, some things haven’t been fully updated and other things need some tweaks but I am confident these will get ironed out with time. If you notice anything particularly vexing be sure to send a note to IT so they can sort it out. We would like them to set up at webmaster@pipsc.ca or similar but that doesn’t exist yet.

In March we re-launched both the quarterly Steward check-in and quarterly Branch presidents check-in. These were good chances to connect with each other and share issues and ideas. Thanks to Nik for taking notes after I had to leave the Branch Presidents meeting.

As part of Lobby week activities I met with my local Liberal MP, Will Greaves. I was joined by Sandy Daughen and together we raised the issues of WFA and how we feel the cuts being made are going to harm Canadians, reduce services and cost the government more in the long run. We also brought up RTO and that we strongly feel they should reconsider this idea as many folks can work effectively from home, there are climate change implications, there are health and safety issues with some workplaces and overall there is simply not enough space to manage their RTO goal. We also discussed Phoenix and how we are still dealing with so many issues and the government should reopen talks to discuss damages for our members. Dr. Greaves listened to our concerns, asked some questions which we answered and hope helped him see our side a bit better. He seemed open to our points and understands he is the voice for over 550 members that work/live in his riding.

Here is a summary of my activity since our last RX meeting

Executive Compensation Committee – Virtual – Feb 11th

Board of Directors – Ottawa – Feb 18-20th

Broadbent Institute Progress Summit – Ottawa – Mar 4-6th

NRCan Consultation meeting – Virtual – Mar 20-21st

Steward Check-in – Virtual – Mar 24th

SP AGM – Ottawa – Mar 28th

Lobby week, met with Liberal MP Will Greaves – Victoria – Mar 30th

Branch Presidents Check-in – Virtual – Mar 30th

Executive Compensation Committee – Ottawa – Apr 8th

Regional Directors Meeting – Ottawa – Apr 9th

Board of Directors Meeting – Ottawa – Apr 10-11th

In Solidarity,

Morgan Cranny

BC-Yukon Director

Office/Staff Report – (K. Hawkins) M/S/C

We currently have 297 cases with the office. We have one higher caseload but we are trying to balance that off. We still have one person on leave. One ERO is retiring next year and we will be hiring in the fall for that role. WFA is increasing workload, particularly DFO in this region. We are still in a manageable space.

Kris Hawkins

Manager – BC/Yukon and Prairies/NWT Regions

Financial Report – Treasurer – (P. MacDougall) M/S/C
Financial update
Morgan motioned to provide a $50 giftcard to 1 random steward at the quarterly calls M/S/C
Regional Training Committee Report – (P. MacDougall) M/S/C

Labour School April 15-18

Had over 60 applicants this year . 4 had applied for the same course they attended last year.

Executive Training May 29-30

We have been approved for additional training this fiscal (National fiscal year). So we will be holding the Core Executive Training at the end of May. This will be facilitated by two of our Peer-to-peer facilitators, Cynthia Denman and Priyanka Prabakaran.
Applications close today and selections will be made shortly. We are locating 1 seat per branch that will be filled (hopefully) with the input of the Branch Presidents. The remaining will be selected based on a combination of the following: new to an executive, varying the groups represented, equity groups, and using a random number generator when no clear choice exists.

National TEAM meeting March 2026

Large Discussion on budgeting and various reports needed. As part of discussion our budget issues for 2026-2027 in BC was addressed. I believe all is good now. Additionally, our request for an additional training session that was mentioned above occurred, which was obviously successful.
Suggestion was made to allocate time at Steward Councils for Consultation President(s) to discuss consultation.
Ont is doing Treasurer training at their Stewards Council
Education would like more lead time for Labour school requests – they are hoping we can set courses at least 1/2 year prior. QC working on making 3 year plans.
National Training being held of the CLC Course on domestic violence. Long discussion on selection criteria, and choosing facilitators. Subsequent to the meeting we received the CLCs list of trained facilitators. As this list included members who are also on our member facilitators list, we amended the plans and selected our facilitators based on the members who appear on both lists.

Upcoming training in BC/Yukon Region
Labour school in April
Domestic Violence training in May (Ottawa)
National training initiatives
TEAM is revamping Basic Steward Training
TEAM discussed virtual binders and courses
TEAM discussed updates to the list of courses and suggested ideas for new courses

Awards Committee – (A. Lunz)
EOTY nominations
Closes April 30
Only a few nominations received so far
YPC Initiative – (E. Rahman) M/S/C

The YPC has continued building momentum with strong engagement across recent events. The Surrey White Rock dine out scheduled for April 21 sold out within a day, highlighting high member interest. Similarly, the Lower Mainland pickleball event on May 2 has also reached full capacity.

We have also approved budgets for several upcoming collaborative events, including a dine out with the Vancouver Branch, as well as a joint dine out with SP Burrard and 401 Burrard SP. These partnerships continue to strengthen cross-regional engagement and provide more opportunities for member connection.

Looking ahead, we have confirmed in-person meetings during Regional Council, which will include two half-day sessions. In addition, a YPC engagement event will be held on the evening of one of the meeting days to further encourage participation and networking among members.

Emad Rahman

BC-Yukon YPC Chair

Pickleball event
Sold out event – 95 registrants total , with 72 players
Rob McDonald to give keynote speech
Amanda to drop by event for RX representation
Upcoming events
Surrey-White Rock “Dine Out” reached max registration in one day
2 ½ day YPC meetings for Regional Council
1 day is YPC engagement at a restaurant – TBD
Swag will be clear fanny packs ordered by Terri
Looking into also getting an instant camera, and a speaker/mic combo for giving speeches at events
Joint “Dine Out” event with Vancouver Branch TBD
Joint SP – 401 Burrard, SP – Vancouver “Dine Out” event TBD
Joint “Dine Out” event with Victoria Branch TBD
National initiatives
Legacy Fund & Del Dickson cup – (S. Auchoybur)
Update given by Morgan in absentia
National meeting next week
Applications increased once policy changed to no longer needing to be going into 1st year

RECESS: 4:48 PM
RESTART: 9:08 AM

Other standing items
Outreach location list – (M. Cranny)
To be updated with recent events
Corporate Calendar  – (T. D’Souza)
Events on new PIPSC website
Website shows old dates, making it confusing to identify current events
Calendar was updated for April 2026
Bylaws Committee  – (N. Gandhi)
Committee met twice since Feb RX
Consulted with Morgan and Pete to amend bylaws
Went over bylaws 5.4, 8.3.3, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
Some discussion on 8.3.3 on when to hold the time to appeal to ensure there is opportunity for the appellant to raise the appeal
Modified amendment from “one hour” to “at least one hour”
Some discussion on 10.1 on what committees should be included, and how/where committees are appointed
All motions to adopt amendments and bring the amended bylaws to RC were M/S/C
To be sent to Alex to include in the binder
ACTION ITEM: ToR to be reviewed during the Strategic Planning meeting (All)
PSAC Liaison update – (K. Johnston)
Reached out to PSAC but haven’t heard back
Reached out to CAPE using their generic form and they will connect us with a representative
PIPSC Committees of the Board reports – (All)
HRDC

We had our first meeting on March 13th. At this meeting, we selected tentative dates for the rest of the year. We plan to have 5 additional in-person meetings, and some virtual meetings as needed.

We discussed goals of the committee and developed the 2026 HRDC Plan that will be presented to the board

The committee will contribute to PIPSC anti-harassment strategy, incorporating results of the 2022 PIPSC survey that was sent to equity deserving members

The need for training on EDIA topics was discussed, especially for stewards

We briefly discussed HRDC resolutions that were previously submitted for AGMs and plan to re-work some of them this year

The idea of proposing an international solidarity caucus was carried forward from last year and will be fleshed out further this year

We met with Tony Jones (acting General Counsel) and reviewed the draft equity statement

Equity caucus chairs provided updates on their caucuses, and new caucus chairs were selected where necessary

We discussed CLC’s calls for equity caucus members

In solidarity,

Madeeha

SAC
Met at the end of Feb and April
Discussed WFA and the scientific integrity online training
Had a speaker talk about Women in Science and sending out a survey to the membership
Terri raised at the meeting that the SAC should review and update their strategic plan
Next meeting is in June
BLPC
Met in Feb, next meeting in April
Discussed some of the 2025 AGM resolutions to ensure that the amendments were made

New Business
Region name on new PIPSC website – (T. D’Souza)
Inconsistencies with our Region’s name on the PIPSC website
Discussed other errors
ACTION ITEM: Submit errors through contact from (Terri)
First Nations welcome/opening protocols orientation (N. Gandhi)
Discussed doing more than just having an Elder do an opening for our main meeting, such as an educational piece after the opening, education for the RX on how to approach reaching out to an Elder/friendship centre, work on building relationships beyond just the event
Nikhil proposed to have a First Nations consulting company give a talk to the RX at the strategic planning meeting, and potentially have them present at Regional Council 2027
Could also reach out to our partner unions, Federations of Labour for advice
ACTION ITEM: Reach out to First Nations’ consulting company to give RX a talk at the August meeting (Nikhil)
Review of new member handbook (All)
Reviewed proposed edits and made some changes to the document
ACTION ITEM: More complex comments to be shared with Crystal for action (Terri)
Branch succession (All)
Branches seem to cycle through being successful and doing well, to struggling and losing participation
Branch Presidents meetings have started again and could be a good proactive support as well as facilitate connections to members
Had discussion on strategies to recruit participation to keep Branches going
Staff appreciation (N. Gandhi)
Will be on Dec 3 after the RX meeting
Looking into Stock and Supply as the first option
Next Meeting(s)
June 4, 2026, Laurel Point Inn, Victoria
Aug 24-25 – potentially Penticton (Regional Executive meeting & Strategic Planning Meeting)
October 22 & 23, 2026 – Coast Coal Harbour (Vancouver)
December 3, 2026 – Vancouver 
Feb 5-6 2027 – potentially Fraser Valley
April 2027 – TBD
June 4-5 2027 Regional Council 
Oct 22-23 2027 Steward Council
Round table
Morgan shared thanks to everyone, particularly Nikhil and Terri for their recent efforts
Adjournment M/S/C

Meeting concluded at 12:03 PM