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Convention Update Day 1: April 19, 2018 OPSEU honours Dr. Howard McCurdy Stanley Knowles Humanitarian Award Howard Douglas McCurdy (December 10, State University. 1932 – February 20, 2018) was a Canadi- an civil rights activist, politician and univer- McCurdy has also served for a time as sity professor. Michigan State University’s president of the National Association for the Advance- Life and career ment of Coloured Born in London, People (NAACP), Ontario, McCurdy’s which he found- great-great-grand- ed. father Nasa McCurdy was In 1959, he an agent on the joined the Biology Underground Department at Railway by which Assumption Uni- African-American versity (now part slaves escaped to of the University Canada in the 19th of Windsor) and century. became the first person of African He moved to Am- descent to hold a herstburg, Ontario tenure track posi- when he was nine tion in a Canadian and encountered university. He racism for the first was department time when he tried head from 1974 to join the Scouts. to 1979. He was excluded and told to form a In 1976–80, he black-only troop. founded and was president of the McCurdy studied Canadian College at the University of Western Ontario, where of Microbiologists. McCurdy authored more he received a Bachelor of Arts, and later at than 50 scientific papers and served on the Assumption College in Windsor, where he editorial boards of Bacteriological Reviews received a Bachelor of Science. He was and the Canadian Journal of Microbiology. awarded a Master of Science and a PhD in In 1967–68, he was president of the Cana- microbiology and chemistry from Michigan dian Association of University Teachers. Convention Update Day 1: April 19, 2018 Convention Update is brought to you by Les mises à jour sur le Congrès vous sont the elected members of the inSolidarity offertes par les membres élus du comité Committee, with the support of OPSEU staff, InSolidarity, avec le soutien du personnel and the OPSEU Executive Board. du SEFPO et du Conseil exécutif du SEFPO. 1 In 1962 he founded the Guardian Club, a civil rights organization to fight racial discrimination in Windsor. In 1969 he was a founder and the first President of the National Black Coalition of Canada. McCurdy’s speech at the NDP’s founding convention is credited with choosing the name “New Democratic Party.” In 1979, he was elected alderman in the city of Windsor and served two terms until he was elected as the New Democratic MP for the riding of Wind-sor- Walkerville in the federal election of 1984, there- by becoming Canada’s second black MP and the first black NDP MP. In the 1988 election, he was re-elected in the re- named riding of Windsor-St. Clair, where he served until his defeat in the 1993 federal election. He was also a candidate for the party leadership in the 1989 leadership convention that selected Audrey McLaugh-lin. McCurdy died on February 20, 2018, at the age of 85. He is survived by his wife, four children, and 10 grandchildren. Awards McCurdy has received many awards, including the Canadian Centennial Medal in 1967, the Queen’s Sil-ver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and the J.S. Woodsworth Award for Human Rights in 2001. In 2012, McCurdy was made a member of the Order of Ontario. In No-vember 2012, McCurdy was designated a Member of the Order of Canada. ■ Brought to you by: 2 Honorary Lifetime Membership Award Steve Graham, Local 462 retiree Steve worked as a paramedic in the Kingston area for 36 years until his retirement in 2016. Steve also served as a steward and in various other positions within the local, including local president, but mostly as treasurer. Steve faithfully and expertly looked after local finances for many years, even continuing to do so while going through serious health issues.■ Honorary Lifetime Membership Award Sue Brown, Local 462 retiree of what was coming day-to-day. Sue help defused serious conflicts in the local. The clashes had been longstanding and perilous In 2002, with the Conservatives at it again, Sue to us as a whole. Yet Sue was not intimidated was fearless in the face of both government and or deterred. Her no-nonsense diplomacy went a police action. Sue spent innumerable hours on long way in moving people. Like an old pro, she all of the locals’ picket lines, reassuring members managed to get members listening and find com- that if we stuck together, they would be fine. The mon ground. mood morphed from one of anxiety to one of res- olute determination. In 1996, in North Bay, she helped lead a huge picket line at the Psychiatric Hospital. That strike The end of the strike saw Sue arrested and was carried by local leaders like Sue who hung in charged. These charges had a very significant tough during a time when we really had little idea residual effect on Sue’s life, but as unfair as they were, she always understood that it was sometimes Brought to you by: 3 the price of doing business – our business of caring equipped our members in their struggles with their for people! respective employers, but also proved to be a huge cost savings to the region as well. Sue took an This plain-spoken sister could always show such active role in mentoring young members, especial- poise under pressure and yet seem so humble. ly encouraging new sisters to run for positions of Humility was always the one trait that stood out leadership. with Sue. No matter which role she was in, whether it was as a local president, vice-president of the In retirement Sue still continues to attend her lo- North Bay and District Labour Council, Executive cal’s meetings as well as remain 662’s Area Coun- Board member or as a four term regional vice-pres- cil delegate. She is, of course, an active participant ident, her modesty was always so pervasive. with the Region 6 Retiree’s Committee and has gone on to create a retiree flying squad in North In 2008, there was an explosive strike by Local Bay. 674 at the Temiskaming Health Unit in New Liske- ard. Sue sprinted in with her vehicle, blocking the This doesn’t even scratch the surface of covering roadway, blasting the music (Raise a Little Hell), the over 35 years of dedicated service Sue has and opening up the tailgate to reveal a box full of given to OPSEU! Yes, the sister may have retired picket signs. Addressing the speechless strikers, from her job at the hospital as an activity therapist, she said, “Well, I’m not here for my health sisters. but she will never retire from what she has always Grab a sign!” She completely mobilized members been: an activist, mentor and leader. ■ and garnered the Local of the Year award! As an Executive Board Member, Sue instituted an effective education program that not only well Brought to you by: 4 Honorary Lifetime Membership Award Honorary Lifetime Membership Award Abidh Khan, Local 500 retiree an active participant in OPSEU’s Workers of Colour Abidh retired in November 2016 – at the age of 70 – Caucus. after more than 40 years as a member, steward and union activist in Local 500 at CAMH. He has been – and continues to be – a fixture at Labour Day and behind the bar at regional hospitality Over his four decades of activism in local 500, Abidh suites at weekend educationals and Convention. was a committed steward, advocate, and health and safety representative, where he played an active role Despite suffering a major heart attack and undergo- on the picket lines during the 1996 OPS strike, and ing emergency triple bypass surgery last September, continued to promote member participation and sup- Abidh has bounced back with his typical energy and port for the local up to, and after, his retirement. determination. He continues to be a presence in Re- gion 5, including, most recently, attending the Devel- He has also been a constant and active presence in opmental Services rally at Michel Coteau’s office on Region 5 – during both OPS strikes (even though he March 2, attending our International Women’s Day and the other members at the former Queen Street forum on March 3, and anchoring our hospitality suite Mental Health Centre were divested from the OPS that evening. in 1997), as well as on picket lines and rallies for the OPS, BPS and CAAT-A and CAAT-S strikes and cam- As a consistent and committed rank-and-file activist paigns. He also participated in strikes and campaigns for 40 years – and a genuine OPSEU phenomenon – by other unions and community allies. Abidh is an ideal candidate for an honorary OPSEU Lifetime Membership. Giving Abidh this award is an For more than 20 years, Abidh has been a delegate eloquent way of honouring the hard work and commit- and active and vocal participant in OPSEU’s Queen’s ment of the thousands of local and regional activists Park Area Council and its successor, the Greater like Abidh who are the backbone of our union. ■ Toronto Area Council. He has been increasingly active over the past 10 years or more in OPSEU campaigns and political action, from staffing and co-ordinating regional phone banks, to contacting members during provincial, federal and municipal elections, to becom- ing a fixture on anti-privatization and, later, We Own It leafletting, info pickets, rallies, canvasses and meet- ings. Abidh been a longtime supporter of the fight against racism, sexism and discrimination in our workplaces and communities, reflecting his experience as an immigrant and worker of colour in Canada starting in the 1970s.
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