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PUBLICATIONS

*Three articles in Our Times on the findings of the project on “Leadership, Feminism and Equality in Unions in Canada”.

1. “Making Time for Equality: Women as Leaders in the Canadian Labour Movement” by Linda Briskin, Sue Genge, Margaret McPhail and Marion Pollack. Our Times (Feb/March 2013). OT1-pdf OT1-pdf

2. “Under the Rainbow: Equality during Times of Austerity” by Linda Briskin, Sue Genge, Margaret McPhail and Marion Pollack. Our Times (April/May 2013).OT2-final

3. “How to Revitalize Union Women’s Committees: Six Challenges and Six Strategies for Change” by Linda Briskin, Sue Genge, Margaret Mcphail and Marion Pollack. Our Times, June/July 2013. Our Times, June/July 2013. OT3

“Comment revitaliser les comités syndicaux de femmes: Six défis et six stratégies pour faire changer les choses” par Linda Briskin, Sue Genge, Margaret Mcphail and Marion Pollack. Our Times (June/July 2013).OT3-F

Our thanks to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers/Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des poste for this translation.

Our Times is an independent, pro-union Canadian labour magazine read by over 8,000 trade unionists, community activists and union supporters across the country. Dedicated to promoting workers’ rights and social justice, Our Times publishes stories by and about frontline workers in Canada: miners and factory workers campaigning to make work-related deaths a corporate crime, service workers organizing, part-time and temp workers speaking out for fair working conditions, and health care, education and government workers fighting for high-quality public services. Our Times‘ focus is workers’ rights and strong communities. We believe in jobs with justice, care for the environment, and international solidarity with workers everywhere. Our Times is published six times a year http://www.ourtimes.ca/.

“Our Times has been more than a touch of heart for union activists in the last 30 years – it’s the collective voice from our hearts.” Winnie Ng, Ryerson University

PRESENTATIONS

We have had the opportunity to share the findings of our project on Leadership, Feminism and Equality in Unions in Canada in a number of venues since this project was first launched. This includes presentations to a number of different union women conferences, workshops and meetings as well as a workshop at the Union Association of Labour Educators (UALE) conference in April 2013.

Our first presentation was at the Ontario Federation of Labour Women’s Leadership Summit in December 2012 and the Powerpoint for that event is posted below, together with Sister to Sister: Report on the OFL Women’s Leadership Summit. Women’s Leadership Summit, Ontario Federation of Labour, December 2012.

Power point presentation on Leadership, Feminism and Equality in Unions in Canada. At the Women’s Leadership Summit, Ontario Federation of Labour, Barrie (Ontario), December 2012. Women’s Leadership Summit, Ontario Federation of Labour (December 2012). For your information, italicized texts are quotations from those who participated in this project.

*”Sister to Sister: Report on the OFL Women’s Leadership Summit”.ofl-report Women’s Leadership Summit, Ontario Federation of Labour, Barrie (Ontario), December 2012.

Our other presentations to the CLC, CUPE, and OSSTF are similar in content so we have not posted them separately. The exception is the following French language translation of our presentation to the CUPW/STTP National Women’s Committee in October 2013. Our thanks to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers/Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des poste for this translation.cupw13FR