There will be a Unit Meeting for ALL Clerical on September 19th with your Shop Steward Shannon. This will be on Zoom starting at 5pm. Thank you to Shannon for putting this on. Be sure the share this with all Clerical members
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Meal Prep Aide Meeting
There will be an important Meal Prep Aide department meeting at the Union office on Monday September 25th. 5681 177B street, Surrey. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your Shop Steward, Laura, at ssattendants@cupe728.ca
Safe School Liaison Meeting
There is an important Safe School Liaison Meeting at the Union office (5681 177B Street Surrey) on Monday Sept 11. We will be discussing the recent change in hours among other important topics specific to this department. Please contact your Shop Steward, Laura, if you have any questions. ssattendants@cupe728.ca
School not in Session
Monday, November 13th is a Stat Holiday due to November 11th being on a Saturday. School is not in session
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day 2023 will take place on Saturday, 11th of November.
Remembrance Day is celebrated every year on the 11th of November. This is because during WW1, the conflict ended “at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month”.
CUPE728 will be presenting a wreath on November 11, 2023 at Veterans Square in Cloverdale, 17710 56A Ave
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process.
This federal statutory holiday was created through legislative amendments made by Parliament.
Wear orange
Both the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day take place on September 30.
Orange Shirt Day is an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day intended to raise awareness of the individual, family and community inter-generational impacts of residential schools, and to promote the concept of “Every Child Matters”. The orange shirt is a symbol of the stripping away of culture, freedom and self-esteem experienced by Indigenous children over generations.
On September 30, we encourage all Canadians to wear orange to honour the thousands of Survivors of residential schools.
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/national-day-truth-reconciliation.html
Orange Shirt Day
The Orange Shirt Society (Society) is a non-profit organization with its home in Williams Lake, BC where Orange Shirt Day began in 2013. The Orange Shirt Society was founded by Phyllis (Jack) Webstad and others who are no longer on our Board. We have both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Staff and Board Members. The purposes of our Society are as follows:
- To support Indian Residential School Reconciliation
- To create awareness of the individual, family and community inter-generational impacts of Indian Residential Schools through Orange Shirt Society activities
- To create awareness of the concept of “Every Child Matter