The deadline for receipt at the National Office of Local resolutions for our forthcoming Convention is April 3, 2023. It is essential that this deadline for resolutions be strictly observed, to ensure that all resolutions may be properly indexed, reproduced and sent to delegates in advance of the Convention dates. LOCAL INPUT PROCEDURE UVAE Locals …
2022 Theme: Dignity, Freedom and Justice for All
International Human Rights Day – December 10 Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on December 10 — the day on which the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. World Human Rights Day inspires everyone to speak up and take action to end discrimination in all forms, whenever and …
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Uncover the costs: UVAE Newsletter
Welcome to our campaign update. We will be posting this regularly as we continue to highlight UVAE members' concerns and report to you on the campaign to slow down contracting out in Veteran Affairs Canada. Send us your thoughts, ideas and feedback. Together we will win! Case-Manager-Newsletter-No.-9Download Eng_PSAC-Dec-LetterDownload November EditionDownload Newsletter-5Download Special-Newsletter-EditionDownload Campaign Newsletter #3Download …
Countdown to Convention 2023
Greetings! The UVAE National Executive has confirmed that the Nineteenth Triennial Component Convention is to be held in Vancouver, B.C. in 2023. The Place: Fairmont Waterfront Hotel The Dates: October 12-15, 2023 A separate convention bulletin will be issued on the preparation and submission of convention resolutions. Local Presidents are asked to arrange their Annual …
International Day of Persons with Disabilities December 3rd, 2022
Today, the world population is over 7 billion people and more than one billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the world's population, live with some form of disability; 80 per cent live in developing countries. What disability means A disability is a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the …
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Remembrance Day November 11, 2022
SYMBOLISM OF THE POPPY It started with a poem written by a World War I brigade surgeon , Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, who was struck by the sight of the red flowers growing on a ravaged battlefield, after the Second Battle of Ypres in which some 87000 Allied soldiers were killed, wounded or went missing, …