The Institute’s Legacy Foundation would like to remind you that the deadline to submit a scholarship application is July 13, 2018.
In 2018, the Foundation will award the following scholarships:
To be eligible, applicants must be children or grandchildren of Regular or Retired members in good standing or members who were in good standing at the time of their death. Children or grandchildren of Rand deductees are not eligible.
Applicants must be entering their first year of post-secondary education in autumn 2018 in a full-time post-secondary program at an educational institution (including cégeps) in Canada or outside Canada.
The basis of selection is the same for all scholarships. Only one scholarship will be awarded to each of the chosen candidates.
Applications will be evaluated by an impartial selection panel using these factors:
More information and an official application form can be obtained at www.pipsc.ca/legacy or by email scholarship@pipsc.ca.
A complete application must include:
Please submit the application with your supporting documents by email to scholarship@pipsc.ca or by mail or fax to:
Evaluation Committee
The Professional Institute
Legacy Foundation
250 Tremblay Road Ottawa, Ontario
K1G 3J8
Telephone: (613) 228-6310 / 1-800-267-0446
Fax: (613) 228-9048 / 1-800-465-7477
All applicants, successful or otherwise, will be notified by the Evaluation Committee.
Awards will be applicable to the academic year commencing in September 2018. The successful candidates will be notified by mid-September 2018.
A cheque will be forwarded to the successful applicant once confirmation of enrollment in a post-secondary institution is received.
Please note that the Foundation may use photos and names of recipients in promotional material.
On Thursday, May 24, 2018, you received an email from the PIPSC eMail Migration Team with a unique 6-digit temporary password. Regrettably, Google requires a minimum 8-character password. As such, we have now added 99 at the end of each password previously sent out.
You can access your temporary password in Groupwise: https://gw8.pipsc.ca/gw/webacc
You will be able to access your new Gmail account here:
https://accounts.google.com/signin
Username: < your @pipsc.ca email address >
Temporary password: original 6 digit password with 99 added at the end
If you have any issues connecting to Gmail, please contact PIPSC support by email: informatics@pipsc.ca or by phone: 1-800-267-0446
Thank you,
PIPSC eMail Migration Team
Fellow Members,
Next month’s election in Ontario is vital. As public service professionals, it’s important that we think about which parties are going to increase public services and which ones are going to decrease them. When it comes to making the lives of Ontario children, seniors, families, and our members better, that matters. Because more and better public health care, child care, education and jobs make the difference between communities that are strong, healthy, and vibrant ... and those that aren’t.
Your vote matters. You already know how important your work can be to the lives of others. That’s why I want to urge you to be sure to vote on June 7 – and to vote for public services.
You can make a pledge to vote for public services by visiting: https://action.pipsc.ca/vote_for_public_services. We’ll be sure to remind you to vote closer to election day.
To learn more and ensure you are registered to vote, please visit Elections Ontario.
Better Together!
Debi Daviau
President
On behalf of PIPSC members, I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Chris Aylward as newly elected National President for the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC). I look forward to continued work with President Aylward on issues of joint significance to our members. When PIPSC and PSAC work together we achieve great things and I know our successful collaboration will continue with President Aylward’s strong leadership.
I would also like to congratulate Magali Picard, who has been elected National Executive Vice President, and Sharon DeSousa, elected as Alternative National Executive Vice President. I look forward to working with these two exceptional leaders.
In closing, I wish a happy retirement to outgoing National President Robyn Benson and express a big PIPSC thank you for her passionate leadership and achievements for federal public employees.
Better Together!
Debi Daviau
President
Dear Members,
Last month, I had the opportunity to represent PIPSC and the Canadian labour movement at the Labour 7 (L-7) summit in Ottawa. This was a preparatory meeting hosted by the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) leading up to the G-7 meeting this summer in Québec. As a CLC Vice-President, I was invited to participate in this important discussion of how we can best tackle the challenges facing workers today and in the future. Topics included ensuring the innovation agenda is inclusive, gender equality, and adapting to technological change.
It was a unique opportunity to meet with labour leaders from the G-7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States) and to discuss our issues with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and key members of his Cabinet. Not only did we enjoy an open and frank discussion with the Prime Minister, but we also had the opportunity to engage in a productive dialogue with Ministers Patty Hadju (Employment, Workforce Development and Labour), Maryam Monsef (Status of Women), and Chrystia Freeland (Foreign Affairs).
Below are a few photos from the two-day session, including one of me with our Prime Minister, and the other with an impressive group of international women leaders that I was humbled to meet.
Better Together!
Debi Daviau
Happy National Nursing Week to all nursing professionals across Canada!
Every day, your hard work improves the lives of Canadians. During this special week, the theme of “Yes This Is Nursing,” reminds us of the diverse work that nurses take on from monitoring patients’ health to performing critical diagnostic tests and administering lifesaving, innovative treatments.
On behalf of the Professional Institute, I want to thank the over 3,000 nurses who work in a variety of departments and institutions across the country.
To celebrate this occasion, I’d like to share a profile of PIPSC member Valerie Emery who explains the challenges and benefits of her work in a Whitehorse emergency room:
Watch the video.
As she expresses so well:
“In the emergency room, people come in and it’s the worst day of their lives. So just meeting them where they’re at and being able to help them through their crisis for the day…it gives me joy to be able to do that for them and their families.”
To Valerie and all her colleagues across the country, thank you again for your invaluable contribution to the well-being of Canadians and for bringing the principles of caring, and community to our health care system.
Better together!
Debi Daviau
Like all Canadians, members of the Institute are shocked by the senseless deaths and horrific injuries that occurred yesterday afternoon in Toronto. Our thoughts are with the victims and their families.
The tragedy took place in front of a major public service office building located at 4900 Yonge street. We don’t know at this time if any of our members were hurt in the catastrophe, and the vicinity of the building is the site of an ongoing investigation by Toronto police. As such, it is possible that access to the facility may be restricted today. We will keep you informed of developments as information becomes available.
Debi Daviau
President
ServicePlus, your member benefit program, will be awarding major prizes to three members who visit the ServicePlus Website during the "Spring Into Summer" contest March 20 to June 1, 2018.
These prizes include: a $5000 WestJet gift card, a $3000 The Brick gift card and 100 000 Choice Privileges® Rewards points (Choice Hotels).
What’s more, for each PIPSC member that requests a home or automobile quote, Aviva Canada will donate $5 to the PIPSC Legacy Foundation, up to $7500 in total.
Here is the link https://www.serviceplusgroup.ca .
Funding for this contest is provided entirely by the ServicePlus partners through affinity revenues. No purchase necessary, skill testing question required.