Regional Structure: Council and Committees
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.
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.
Read the Bylaws in this section of the website that govern Regional Council.
Mission, Vision and Values Statements
PSAC North Regional Council Members
Josée-Anne Spirito – Regional Executive Vice-President (REVP), North
Reyhan Sarikaya – Alternate REVP, North
Justin Lemphers
Yukon Employees Union
President
Donna-Marie Haughton
YT Territorial Director
Winnie Hoe
YT Area Council
Gord Reed
YT Regional Indigenous Peoples’ Committee
Sherry Masters
YT Regional Access Committee
Chris Spencer
YT Regional Pride Committee
Lisa Keenan
YT Regional Women’s Committee
Ever Ledoux
YT Racialized Workers Committee
Ifenna Ulasi
YT Health & Safety Committee
VACANT
YT Young Workers Committee
Gayla Thunstrom
Union of Northern Workers President
Catherine Crocker
NT Territorial Director
NT Area Council
NT Area Council
Nora Doig
NT Regional Indigenous Peoples’ Committee
VACANT
NT Regional Access Committee
VACANT
NT Regional Pride Committee
Patty Martinez
NT Regional Women’s Committee
Horatio Sam-Aggrey
NT Racialized Workers Committee
Prerna Krishan
NT Health & Safety Committee
VACANT
NT Young Workers Committee
Jason Rochon
Nunavut Employees Union President
VACANT
NU Territorial Director
Lisa Kirk
NU Area Council
Mary Kootoo
NU Regional Indigenous Peoples’ Committee
VACANT
NU Regional Access Committee
VACANT
NU Regional Pride Committee
VACANT
NU Regional Women’s Committee
Rita R. Sewornu
NU Racialized Workers Committee
Derek Allerton
NU Health & Safety Committee
VACANT
NU Young Workers Committee
Regional Committees
Committees are also an important part of our structure. The North Regional Council is composed of the chairs of each committee in the North.
PSAC North Regional Committees help to guide our union and protect the interests of our members. 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.
- Access Committee
- Health & Safety Committee
- Indigenous Peoples’ Committee
- Pride Committee
- Racialized Workers Committee
- Women’s Committee
- Young Workers Committee
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. Activists are the heart of our union – of any union – and your involvement will help ensure that our union and the labour movement continue to thrive.
Contact your PSAC Regional Office and let them know that you want to get involved.