Category: Elections

The Election for the Trustee (3 year) position is now underway. Everyone should have received a ballot to their home email address. If you haven't, please contact your RVP immediately. The election for RVP - Region 4 (Manitoba) is also underway. If you are a member in Manitoba and have not received a ballot, please contact your current RVP immediately. Good luck to all those running!

UPDATED (December 6, 2019): There are elections taking place for RVP - Region 4 (Manitoba); and Trustee - 3 year. Below is the list of nominees (alphabetic by last name) with the articles they have prepared linked to their name. REGION 4 (Manitoba) Alex Hernandez Pamela Nowosad-Federowich TRUSTEE (3 year) Mary Elizabeth Archer (Alberta Regional Office)Sonia Argatoff (National Office)Carolyn Layfield (Kingston Area Office)

The nomination period for the upcoming elections is now closed.  Thank you to all who participated in the process and either nominated someone or allowed their names to stand for election.  The following is the list of acclaimations:PRESIDENT Trish Sinclair (Manitoba Regional Office) - acclaimed TREASURER Karri Patterson (Atlantic Regional Office) - acclaimed REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENTS Region 1 (BC) Connie Taylor (Prince George Area Office) - acclaimed Region 2 (AB) Patty Kinahan (AB Regional Office) - acclaimed Region 3 (SK) Heather Dillabaugh (Saskatoon Area Office) - acclaimed Region 5A (ON Area Offices) Brandi Kehoe (Hamilton Area Office) - acclaimed REGION 5B (ON Regional Office) Daniela Greco (ON Regional Office) - acclaimed REGION 7 (Maritimes) Kelli Lawrence (Charlottetown Area Office) - acclaimed REGION 8 (Atlantic) Jessica Scott (Atlantic Regional Office) - acclaimed…

As you are all aware, our elections are done electronically using Big Pulse.  The program that we use requires some training and experience in order to use it efficiently.  In the past, we have had one Returning Officer and have usually used them fairly exclusively, but it would be beneficial to have more than one person to turn to.  We would like to have a couple different members that would be interested in acting as Returning Officer start some training on the program so that our local has more flexibility when coming across the need to appoint a Returning Officer for an election.  If you feel this is something you would be interested in, please advise your RVP by the end of day on May 17th, 2019.  In Solidarity, COPE491…

Good morning, The results are in for the National Vice-President election that just closed.  Congratulations to Sandra Lenuik!  Click the link below to see the official Big Pulse results page.  ************************************************************************ Poll Result By-Election: National Vice-President Report date: Thursday 14 March 2019 00:53 EDT National Vice-President Number of voters: 142 · Group size: 253 · Percentage voted: 56.13 Ranked by votes RankCandidate IDCandidateVotes%115974803Sandra Lenuik5639.44215974801Tammy Laurin4934.51315974802Lindsay Mills3726.06 Click here for Big Pulse Results Page

Below you will find the bios of all the nominees for the upcoming election.  As bios are submitted, this post will be updated.  Click on the name to see the bio of each person. National Vice-President Lindsay Mills Sandra Lenuik Tammy Laurin    

List of Nominees and Acclaimation The nomination period for the upcoming elections is now closed.  Thank you to all who participated in the process and either nominated someone or allowed their names to stand for election.  There is one position that has been acclaimed and will not require an election.  Congratulations: Sister Heather Farrow - acclaimed as Regional Vice-President, National Region The following is a list of the nominees that will have an election. NATIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT: Sister Lindsay Mills Sister Sandra Lenuik Sister Tammy Laurin   The election for the above position will commence on March 6 and run until March 13, 2019.  Ballots will be sent to all members via email using Big Pulse.  If you do not receive a ballot on March 6, please contact your RVP.  Bios…