Toronto Environment and Climate Change Canada Branch Activity Report
Number of members:
495 Regular
27 Retired
16 Rands
Current Executive Members
Bill Sukloff (CS) Branch President
Andrea Darlington (SP) Vice President
Amir Shabbar (SP) Treasurer
Qian Li (SP) Secretary
Monirul Mirza (SP) Member-at-Large
Balbir Pabla (CS) Member-at-Large
Diane Pendlebury (SP) Member-at-Large
Dawn McDonald (SP) Member-at-Large
Jian Feng (SP) Member-at-Large
Anna Deptuch-Stapf(SP) Member-at-Large
Harry Keess (SP) Member-at-Large
Previous AGM date: October 17, 2018
Next AGM date: September 2019
Branch Executive Meetings
Last Meeting Date: March 4, 2019
Next Meeting Date: June 2019
Number of meetings held since last Regional Council: 5
2018 Branch Activities
- Information bulletin sent to all members every few months.
- Monthly meet and greet sessions in the cafeteria, coffee/tea provided
- Regular meetings with senior managers, both informally and formally through LMCC’s at the Regional and Local Levels.
- Coordination with the local subgroups: SP, RE, and CS
- Lunch and Learn sessions
- Public Service Pensions
- Potential changes to the current sick leave system
- Participation in the PIPSC Toronto Picnic with the GTA Branch and the Toronto CS Sub-group
- Meeting with 10 members in the Research Manager (REM) classification (positions changed from excluded to represented)
Issues and Concerns:
- Pay problems resulting from Phoenix
- A fair and transparent staffing process
- Second language training
- Working in virtual teams
- Workplace 2.0/3.0
- Telework
- Asbestos in the workplace
Submitted by: Bill Sukloff
Branch President