2009 CGEU Conference Program
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Wednesday, July 22
CCGEU Registration and Social Event
Beginning at 5 pm, CUPE 3902 Office: Suite 803, 180 Bloor Street West
Thursday, July 23
Canadian CGEU Sessions 101 Victoria College, University of Toronto
10:00 am Regional Breakout Groups
11:30 am Reports and Discussion
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Bargaining Support in the Current Economic Context
Wayne Dealy, CUPE 3902, University of Toronto
Kate Parizeau, CUPE 3902, University of Toronto
3:00 pm Coffee Break
3:30 pm Media and Communications
Rosemarie Bahr, Canadian Association of Labour Media
CGEU Events Victoria College, University of Toronto
1:30 – 5:00 Main Floor CGEU Registration
7:00 pm 323 Victoria College Opening Remarks and Greetings
Robert Ramsey, CUPE 3902, University of Toronto
Fred Hahn, Secretary-Treasurer, CUPE Ontario
Alan Sears, Teaching Associate, Ryerson University
9:00 pm Social Event
Graduate Students' Union Pub/Cafe, 16 Bancroft Ave
Friday, July 24
CGEU Workshops Victoria College, University of Toronto
10:00 am 101 Victoria College Organizing Post-Doctorates
Jesse Payne, CUPE 3906, McMaster University
Brian Graf, AAUP/AFT, Rutgers University
Mikael Swayze, CUPE 3902, University of Toronto
10:00 am 112 Victoria College Survival of the Fittest? Graduate Employees with Disabilities and the Academic Workplace
Emma Garret, GEO AFT-MI Local 3550, University of Michigan
Renee Echols, GEO AFT-MI Local 3550, University of Michigan
12:00 pm Lunch, Support Picket, CUPE 79 and 460
1:30 pm 101 Victoria College Collective Bargaining Basics
Melissa Moroz, CUPE 4163, University of Victoria
1:30 pm 112 Victoria College Restructuring University Teaching
Anita Seth, GESO/UNITE HERE, Yale University
Mikael Swayze, CUPE 3902, University of Toronto
3:00 pm Coffee Break
3:30 pm 101 Victoria College Developing Links: Labour and the Environmental Movement
James Nugent, CUPE 3902, University of Toronto
3:30 pm 112 Victoria College Contract Campaigns
Scott Bruton, AAUP-AFT, Rutgers University
6:30 pm Social Event, Dinner Provided
Graduate Students' Union Pub/Cafe, 16 Bancroft Ave.
Saturday, July 25
CGEU Workshops Victoria College, University of Toronto
10:00 am 101 Victoria College Organizing Research Assistants
Jim McAsey, GSEU/CWA 1104, SUNY
Zosia Turek, GSEU/CWA 1104, SUNY
Graham Cox, Canadian Federation of Students and PSAC Organizing Drives
10:00 am 112 Victoria College Strategic Corporate Research
Rob Gillezeau, GEO AFT-MI Local 2550, University of Michigan
Anita Seth, GESO/UNITE HERE, Yale University
12:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm 101 Victoria College Legislative Barriers to Organizing
Rana Jaleel, GSOC/UAW, New York University
Mark Salisbury, UE Local 896, University of Iowa
David Parsons, UAW Local 4121, University of Washington
1:30 pm 112 Victoria College Campus Coalition Building
Robert Ramsey, CUPE 3902, University of Toronto
Chantal Sundaram, CUPE 3902, University of Toronto
Sandy Hudson, University of Toronto Students' Union
Rose Da Costa, University of Toronto Graduate Students' Union
Graham Cox, Canadian Federation of Students
3:00 pm Break
Sunday, July 26
CGEU Closing
10:30 am 323 Victoria College Closing Remarks and Plenary
1:00 pm Baseball Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Tampa Bay Rays
