Today is Persons Day in Canada, a day to commemorate the 1929 legal decision that finally gave Canadian women the right to vote. Two years earlier, five Canadian women who became known as the “Famous Five”– Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby and Henrietta Muir Edwards—filed a legal challenge against the provisions of […]
CUPE BC acknowledges that the province of British Columbia is located on the homelands of 203 distinct Indigenous nations and cultures; with more than 30 different languages and close to 60 unique dialects spoken in the province. We ask all CUPE members to reflect, acknowledge and honour in their own way the First Nation land on which they live, work and play.
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