Call for Volunteers for 2024
PIPSC Official Languages Inclusion Team
If you are interested in participating as Chair or Member of the Official Languages Inclusion Team (OLIT) for 2024, you are invited to submit your expression of interest by completing the prescribed form by the deadline of Friday May 3, 2024.
Note 1 The OLIT is comprised of 8 people (1 Official Languages bilingual chair, 3 Francophones (a minimum of 1 who is also an allophone), 3 Anglophones (a minimum of 1 who is also an allophone) and 1 Staff Member (Subject Matter Expert who is an active participant)
Note 2 OLIT member responsibilities are defined in the PIPSC Policy on Committees of the Board
Note 3 OLIT members are chosen using the following criteria in order of importance:
- People who are not self-interested but rather want others to win too. Members are not there to solve their personal problems but rather to solve the global issues that all members are dealing with.
- Primary Diversity Criteria – Anglophone, Francophone, Allophone, Unilingual (those that speak only one official language and have limited access).
- Secondary Diversity Criteria – profession, geography, people who really get the barriers and may have lived through and are living through the barriers.
Note 4 Only volunteers who have complied with the due-process call for nominations, and have adhered to the prescribed time lines, shall be deemed to be eligible candidates.
Application Process
Fill out the prescribed form by clicking on the following link: Application form. The instruction process for applying is listed below:
Note 5 As a condition of appointment applying to any Committees, you may be required to sign a confidentiality agreement and a conflict of interest declaration confirming that, as a member of a Committee, you will declare any perceived or real conflict of interest with any matters being discussed in the Committee. Moreover, you may be required to be available for meetings of the Committee on very short notice pursuant to the applicable by-laws.
- Indicate your Group and Region.
- State whether you are applying as Chair or Member.
Note 6 If you are not selected as Chair, you will automatically be considered as a member.
- List any Committees of the Board on which you served for the past five (5) years.
- Include a brief rationale (on the prescribed form) outlining the reasons why you wish to be considered and what you would bring to the work of the committee you are applying for.
Deadline
The deadline for expressions of interest is no later than Friday, May 3, 2024.
Information
Please consult the information on the Selection Process and Selection Criteria by following these links:
Committees of the Board, Institute By-Laws and Policy on Committees of the Board of Directors.
If you have any questions, please contact us at: committeevolunteers@pipsc.ca.
