The Central Board of Directors sets broad policies to ensure effective governance and functioning of CCPA, in accordance with its purposes and principles. It approves budgets; ensures CCPA’s research, quality control, ethical standards and legal compliance are in place; and hires the National Executive Coordinator to support the work of the Board and support the inter-office Directors’ Group, which constitutes CCPA’s Management Team.
Directors to the Central Board are nominated by CCPA offices and supporting partners. The Members’ Council is composed of all supporters of the CCPA including each regional office, supporting partner organizations, and other allied organizations and selected individuals. The Council receives reports from the CCPA offices and organizational allies; selects the auditors, and approves audited financial statements; amends bylaws; sets broad policy directions for the CCPA, and ratifies decisions of the Central Board as may be required from time to time; nominates and approves potential Council members; ratifies the Central Board nominees and votes for the Chair of the Board from a ballot prepared by the Central Board nominating committee.
The work of each office is governed by a Steering Committee. Each Steering Committee has its own Rules and Procedures to govern the work of its office and to support the work of the Central Board.
The six office Steering Committees meet throughout the year (number of times determined by each SC). The Members Council and the Central Board meet as required to review the organization’s financial and human resources and its activities and outcomes.
Central Board of Directors
Larry Brown (Chair)
Tania Jarzebiak
Eve-lyne Couturier
Morna Ballantyne
Shannon Murray
Sussanne Skidmore
Charles Smith
Alec Stratford
Mark Hudson
Bernice Pontanilla
Grace-Edward Galabuzi
Dave Lambert
Members’ Council
Larry Brown (National Union of Public and General Employees)
Tania Jarzebiak (Canadian Union of Public Employees)
Pam Foster (Canadian Association of University Teachers)
Elizabeth Kwan (Canadian Labour Congress)
MIscha Terzyk (Canadian Teachers’ Federation)
Coleen Jones (Canadian Union of Postal Workers)
Monica Rusnak (Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario)
Gary Fenn (Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation)
Kiavash Najafi (Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada)
Howie West (Public Service Alliance of Canada)
Mark Hennessy (United Food and Commercial Workers)
Angelo DiCaro (Unifor)
Meg Gingrich (United Steelworkers)
Steven Staples (Individual supporter)
Miriam Sobrino (BC representative)
Shannon Murray (BC representative)
Andrée Gacoin (BC representative)
Sussanne Skidmore (BC representative)
Matt McLean (MB representative)
Rebecca Blaikie (MB representative)
Alec Stratford (NS representative)
Kent Peterson (SK representative)
Charles Smith (SK representative)
Morna Ballantyne (National Office representative)
Bruce Campbell (National Office representative)
Roxanne Dubois (National Office representative)
Eve-Lyne Couturier (Allied organization -- IRIS)
Ricardo Acuna (Allied organization -- Parkland Institute)
Grace-Edward Galabuzi (Diversity representative to the Central Board)
Dave Lambert (Diversity representative to the Central Board)
Pat Armstrong (Constituency representative)
Niigaan Sinclair (Constituency representative)
Priscilla Settee (Constituency representative)
Jim Stanford (Constituency representative)
Chairperson or designate, Canadian Federation of Students
Shop steward or delegate (non-voting, Unifor 567)
National Office Steering Committee
Alex Himelfarb (Chair)
Eve-Lyne Couturier (Vice-chair)
Jim Stanford (Research Chair)
Morna Ballantyne
Bronson Black
Bruce Campbell
Roxanne Dubois
Maxim Fortin
Monia Mazigh
Katrina Miller
Ziya Tong
Howie West
Paige Galette