HEU’s Equity Conference is an opportunity to celebrate HEU’s history as a social justice union and to build leadership capacity among HEU members who identify with a designated equity group.
Successful applicants will join HEU members from across B.C. to learn about building inclusive and diverse union locals, and to share their experiences and ideas as members of an equity group within our union.
Members wanting to attend this conference must self-identify as one or more of the following:
- Indigenous
- Two-spirit, women & non-binary
- Worker of colour/racialized worker
- 2SLGBTQIA+
- Worker with a disability, and/or
- Young worker (33 years or younger)
Equity Standing Committees
HEU’s six Equity Standing Committees work to provide outreach and advocacy to HEU members, advise on matters related to DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) and work in solidarity with other social justice groups and the union movement. Each committee is made up of seven members who self-identify with the equity-seeking group the committee represents.
Four members for each committee will be elected at the Equity Conference. The remaining three positions and three alternates will be selected through an Expression of Interest. Any interested equity-seeking HEU member is invited to submit their interest in participating as a member of the Equity Standing Committees.
