Our Regional Structure: Committees and Council

Regional Committees

Activists are the heart of our union, and your involvement will help ensure that our union and the labour movement continue to thrive. Committees help to guide our union and protect the interests of our members.

PSAC North Regional Committees operate under Section 15 of the PSAC Constitution and, along with health & safety committees, focus on specific equity-seeking groups (members with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, 2SLGBTQIA+ members, racialized workers, women, young workers) with the goal of ensuring that equity seeking members have a platform to address human rights issues within the union and the membership.

If you are passionate about one (or more!) of the issues that our regional committees focus on, you will find a warm welcome awaits you. Many of today’s leaders developed their skills, abilities and talents on a committee. They not only educated themselves but became an invaluable resource to local members, components and PSAC National.

Contact your PSAC Regional Office and let them know that you want to get involved. (or, visit the Committee web pages below for more information and to sign up for updates)

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Regional Council

The PSAC North Regional Council is our highest decision-making body that brings together duly elected or appointed representatives from all three territories. The Regional Executive Vice-President (REVP North) chairs the Regional Council and is the political voice for PSAC in the Yukon, NWT and Nunavut. PSAC North is also composed of three Resident Components, three Area Councils (one for each territory) and three Territorial Directors. (The North Regional Council is composed of the chairs of each committee in the North.)

All positions on the North Regional Council are elected from among the membership. Members of the council work in jobs represented by the union and serve the union as volunteers. In addition to chairing the North Regional Council, the REVP represents the North on the Alliance Executive Committee, the body that runs the union nationally.

The Regional Councils meets at least three times a year to strategize on issues that affect PSAC members in the North.

PSAC North’s Regional Council’s role, as defined in the PSAC North By-Laws, is to:

• Manage the business of PSAC North between its Triennial Conventions; and
• Establish regulations to guide the operations of PSAC North.