First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Committee

Mission:

To promote awareness of our proud First Nations, Métis and Inuit culture and how it intertwines within our union environment.

Composition:

Committee members must be members in good standing who identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit who have completed an "Expression of Interest" form within the appropriate deadline and following notice of the reconstitution of Committees. The motion to formally appoint members to the Committee is the express authority of the SEIU-West Executive Board. The President or Designate is Ex-Officio to this Committee. The President or Designate will assign Staff resources to the Committee.

The Chairperson or Co-Chairpersons shall be a member of the Committee and appointed by the consensus of the Committee Members.

The Committee will consist of up to eight (8) members. The term will be the two years between SEIU-West Biennial Conventions.

Goals:

Engage our First Nations, Métis and Inuit members to strengthen their union involvement.
Inform and educate all union members on First Nations, Métis and Inuit issues within the workplace.
Recruit potential members by attending career fairs and conferences.
Be an advisory and resource for all union members, the Executive Board and Bargaining committees on First Nations, Métis and Inuit issues.

Committee Members:

Chair:

Angela Munshaw - Recreation Worker, Moose Jaw Special Care Home (Moose Jaw) 306.630.9525

Recording Secretary:

Wolana Fox - Licensed Practical Nurse - Cypress Regional Hospital - 306.750.0559

Members:

Maggie Hodgson - Licensed Practical Nurse - Homecare - 306.421.6478

Meghan Durocher - Family Support Worker - Prairie Harm Reduction - 306.201.9037

Ex-Officio Top Officer:

Lisa Zunti - 1.888.999.SEIU ext 8730

Staff Representative:

Dennel Pickering – 306.652.1011 ext. 2241

Resources:

The Truth and Reconciliation Report on YouTube: #ReadTheTRCReport

Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Donation Drive Poster

For Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) for hours for your Practicing License, check out this information on culturally safe care: https://clpns.com/culturally-safe-care-cep/

Nursing and Reconciliation

Book Club List

Bannock in Heaven - Laķalet Kîsiķohk

Five Little Indians - Michelle Good

Firekeeper's Daughter - Angeline Boulley

Firewater - Harold R. Johnson

Half Breed - Maria Campbell

I Am Not a Number - Dr. Jenny Kay Dubuis, Kathy Kacer

Indian Horse - Richard Wagamese

Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann

Life in the City of Dirty Water - Clayton Thomas-Muller

The Right to Be Cold - Sheila Watt-Cloutier

Three Day Road - Joseph Boyden

Up Ghost River - Edmund Metatawabin

What I Remember, What I know - Larry Auglaluk

Show/Movie Club List

Bones of Crow: Official Trailer

Killers of the Flower Moon: Official Trailer

Little Bird: Official Trailer

True Story Part 1: Official Trailer

True Story Part 2: Official Trailer

Sugarcane: Official Trailer

We Were Children: Official Trailer

Now That We Are Free, We Are Home

Request an Orange Shirt for Truth and Reconciliation Day 2024

September 30th is Orange Shirt Day and we are honoured to support this movement.
This is a day to honuor Indigenous children who were taken away to residential schools in Canada.
This day was also recently declared the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Apply now! First Nations Métis Inuit Empowering Each Other Conference 2024

The SEIU-West First Nations Métis Inuit Committee (FNMIC) is pleased to invite members to apply for their one-day conference, taking place at our Saskatoon SEIU-West office (747-46th Street West) on October 2nd, 2024.

Reflection on Rock your Roots Walk for Reconciliation

The SEIU-West First Nations, Métis and Inuit Committee (FNMIC) attended the Rock your Roots Walk for Reconciliation on June 21st, National Indigenous Peoples Day. They wanted to share their reflections with you and invite you to join them next year in the walk.

June is National Indigenous History Month!

The SEIU-West First Nations Métis Inuit Committee (FNMIC) would like to share some upcoming events and invite you to join in celebrating our first peoples across Turtle Island. FNMIC members will be at the Rock your Roots Walk for Reconciliation on June 21st. Join us in your cultural attire or orange shirts to honour the Residential School Survivors.

The Office of the Treaty Commissioner has a list of events found here.
Wanuskewin has a list of public programming for the month of June found here.

Would you like to learn about First Nations, Métis or Inuit cultural teachings? Check out the Create to Learn website!

Whether you attend an event in your community, learn how to pronounce the territorial name of the land on which you live, or consider the sacred importance of land, we hope that you take some time to learn about the history of the place you live, and strive to learn something new about the culture, history, or language of First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples.

Red Dress Awareness Walk 2024

Join the SEIU-West First Nations Métis Inuit Committee (FNMIC) in a walk on May 5 to bring awareness for Missing &Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit (IWG2S) people.

Report from Taking Care Together: Aging Into Wellbeing, a Métis Health Conference 2024

Recently the First Nations Métis Inuit Committee went to the first ever Taking Care Together: Aging into Well-Being, A Métis Health Conference. They invited a member to join them and were eager to provide their insight as Health Care Professionals, as well as gain insight into how we can do better as a Health Care System. These are their reports:

Apply Now! Taking Care Together: Aging Into Wellbeing, a Métis Health Conference 2024

The First Nations Métis Inuit committee is pleased to sponsor one (1) member to join them at the conference: Taking Care Together: Aging Into Well-Being, a Métis Health Conference being held at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon (Hall A) on February 2 and 3, 2024.

First Nations Métis Inuit Scholarship

SEIU-West First Nations Métis Inuit Committee is pleased to offer yearly scholarships for members who are Status Indian, Non-Status Indian, Inuit or Métis who are in good standing (dues paying members) that are taking a class in a College, University or recognized Tech or Vocational Post-Secondary School for the year they are applying in.
Applications must be received by November 15th and include: proof of registration, receipt of payment and an essay on "How can the labour movement be an ally with First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples?”

Apply here.

In order to ensure as many people benefit from this program as possible, if you have won an SEIU-West Scholarship within the past three years, you will not be considered.

National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. This is an important day, as families and loved ones of women and girls who have been murdered, or are currently missing, remember their sisters, mothers, daughters, aunties, and friends. This day is often called Red Dress Day, in recognition of the Red Dress Project. The following was submitted by SEIU-West member by Freda Weeseekase.

FNMIC Donations Drive 2022

SEIU-West's First Nations, Métis and Inuit Committee is requesting your support to help those in our communities that are struggling with homelessness and housing insecurity.

They plan to fill backpacks with necessities and hand them out to those that could really use a little help.

First Nations, Métis and Inuit Committee