PSAC welcomed nearly 40 racialized members from all over the country for the very first Racialized Members’ Leadership Forum in Ottawa March 3-4, 2025. The forum was a place for members to help craft a leadership program to increase representation of racialized members in leadership roles in our union. 

The forum gave participants the opportunity to engage in empowering workshops, hear from brilliant keynotes speakers, and explore strategies for fostering inclusive leadership in our union.  

The forum was an opportunity for members to share stories of barriers and challenges with one another while fostering community to navigate systemic racism, imbalanced power structures, and lack of representation. 

Next steps 

PSAC is committed to fostering leadership that truly reflects the diversity of our membership. With input from members who attended the forum and results from the union’s membership survey results – PSAC will now build PSAC’s Racialized Members’ Leadership Program to be launched in reasons across the country later this year.