AMAPCEO

Each June, AMAPCEO recognizes Indigenous History Month as an occasion to celebrate the history, heritage, and diversity of Indigenous peoples in Canada, and to recognize the strength of present-day Indigenous communities.

Visit amapceo.on.ca/indigenoushistorymonth to learn about the importance of celebrating Indigenous History Month.

Ontario public service unions, including AMAPCEO, called on the Secretary of Cabinet to allow temporary remote work for employees in Toronto during FIFA World Cup.

The OPS Employer has responded that on the Toronto game days (June 12 and 26), employees may adjust their start or end times, and that managers can approve ad hoc remote work requests.

If you work in downtown Toronto, AMAPCEO encourages you to request remote work.

Reminder: if you have received an AWA decision, share your response letter with us at [email protected].

Learn more: https://amapceo.on.ca/news/ops-employer-responds-union-letter-fifa-reminder-share-your-rto-decision

On May 17, AMAPCEO recognizes the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia as a celebration of LGBTQ+ people to our culture while recognizing the barriers that they still face both locally and globally.

Learn more » https://amapceo.on.ca/idahtb

Last week, AMAPCEO activists gathered for our annual Equity Forum. Representatives from our Equity Caucuses took the opportunity to network, learn more about the vital role AMAPCEO’s Equity Caucuses play in strengthening our union, and participate in a workshop on collaborative leadership.

Read on » https://amapceo.on.ca/news/activists-gather-amapceo-equity-forum

The Pride Caucus met up recently at an AMAPCEO Social with its members!

Learn about our equity caucuses which are designed to create spaces for demographically and culturally similar AMAPCEO members to build community, support other members, and nurture future union activists.

https://amapceo.on.ca/equity/caucuses

May 5 is the National Day for Awareness of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, and Gender-Diverse People (MMIWG2S+), also known as “Red Dress Day”, coined by Métis artist Jamie Black as “an aesthetic response to this critical national issue.”

Today, we honour the lives of MMIWG2S+ by raising awareness of this ongoing national tragedy, and we hold in our thoughts the families and communities who live with the grief of losing loved ones.

Visit https://amapceo.on.ca/reddressday to learn more.

National Mental Health Week is an annual awareness campaign around the world focused on promoting mental well-being, reducing stigma around mental illness, encouraging open conversations about mental health and promoting actions to support it.

In Canada, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)’s Mental Health Week occurs on the first week of May, from May 4 to May 10.

Check out our resources available for National Mental Health Week:
https://amapceo.on.ca/mentalhealthweek

The National Day of Mourning occurs yearly on April 28 to honour those who have lost their lives or been injured in the workplace.

On this day, AMAPCEO joins workers, other unions, and labour organizations across the country to pause and honour the memory of those who have lost their lives, suffered injuries, or faced life-altering illnesses as a result of their work.

Learn more: https://amapceo.on.ca/news/national-day-mourning-we-continue-our-fight-health-safety-and-wellness-all-workers

AMAPCEO members from our Eastern Ontario District recently presented a cheque to Dress for Success, an organization dedicated to providing support, guidance and mentorship to women in need in the Kingston community!

We are pleased to share that our members donated $750 to the organization as part of AMAPCEO’s Community Donations program.

Learn more about our community sponsorships here: amapceo.on.ca/donations

In a recent submission on family status to the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC), AMAPCEO called for enshrining flexible work, ensuring timely accommodation processes, and increased funding for childcare and supportive services.

This submission was made as part of the OHRC’s call for recommendations on family status, twenty years after the publication of its original “Cost of Caring” report.

“Ontario’s landscape has shifted significantly since the publication of that report,” said President Dave Bulmer. “Post-pandemic return-to-office (RTO) mandates have reversed flexibility and disproportionately harmed caregivers by intensifying the conflicts between work, commuting, and caregiving responsibilities.”

Read the full submission here » https://amapceo.on.ca/media/9864/download?inline

Equal Pay Day is dedicated to raising awareness of the gender pay gap by highlighting that women must work longer than men to earn the same amount. In 2026, this day is recognized on Tuesday April 14, 2026.

Visit amapceo.on.ca/event/equal-pay-day-tuesday-april-14-2026 and learn more about the importance of Equal Pay Day.