RE Group - PIPSC Resolution 1 - 2019

Resolution for endorsement to PIPSC AGM #1

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the RE Group endorse the following motion for submission to the PIPSC AGM:

“WHEREAS the Institute endorses the principle of employment equity; and

WHEREAS we do not currently have a quantitative mechanism in place to assess equity group participation within our volunteer positions; and

WHEREAS collecting data through self-identification could enable the Institute to better understand both its current state of equity group participation, and trends in that participation over time,

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Institute put in place a voluntary self-identification process for stewards and executives to identify as belonging to the equity groups defined by the Employment Equity Act as well as the addition of a non-binary gender option, age group, dependents and LGBTQ2+ identity; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the techniques to protect the confidentiality of small populations of persons be appropriately applied.”

Commentary

This motion is similar to motions endorsed by the RE Group AGM in 2017 and in 2018, edited based on feedback from the 2018 PIPSC AGM resolutions sub-committee.  At both AGMs the motion was part of a mass referral to the Board of Directors due to time challenges with the AGM schedule.  A pilot project was initiated around the 2018 AGM, but a permanent process has not been established, so we believe this motion is still valid.