Sunday, March 21, 2021
NOMINATION CALL & NOTICE OF ELECTIONS FOR SEVEN (7) NUNAVUT EMPLOYEES UNION (NEU) REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT (RVP) & ALTERNATE RVP POSITIONS
Pursuant to NEU By-Law 12 Section 4, the Regional Vice-Presidents and Alternate Regional Vice-Presidents shall be elected by the Members in Good Standing of their respective Region by a secret ballot held within one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the opening of Convention. There are seven (7) RVP positions and seven (7) Alternate RVP positions as follows:
- Nunavut Capital Region: Iqaluit;
- Baffin South: Cape Dorset (Kinngait), Kimmirut, Ottawa and Sanikiluaq;
- Baffin Center: Clyde River, Pangnirtung, Pond Inlet and Qikiqtarjuaq;
- Baffin North: Arctic Bay, Grise Fiord, Hall Beach (Sanirajak), Igloolik and Resolute Bay;
- Kivalliq South: Arviat, Churchill, Rankin Inlet, Whale Cove and Winnipeg;
- Kivalliq North: Baker Lake, Coral Harbour, Chesterfield Inlet and Naujaat; and
- Kitikmeot: Cambridge Bay, Gjoa Haven, Kugaaruk, Kugluktuk and Taloyoak.
NEU By-Law 12 Section 4 also states that candidates shall have demonstrated at least one (1) year of active Union service. RVPs sit on the NEU Executive and participate in Executive Meetings, and other meetings throughout the year, including the NEU Triennial Convention which may involve one or more trips.
The RVP nomination period is open on March 19, 2021 and closes on May 21, 2021. The elections will be held in all communities and announced after the nomination period. If you are interested in being nominated, please:
- email: communications@neu.ca; or
- call:1.877.243.4424 (toll free within Nunavut) or 867.979.4209.
