Election Toolkit for the 2025 Election to the CFIA-S&A Group Executive

This is your election toolkit to inform you about the 2025 election to the CFIA-S&A Group Executive. Voting can only be done by accessing your account on the PIPSC voting system.

You will receive an email that voting is opening on September 9, 2025.

If you have a change of email address, please send an email to membership@pipsc.ca at the PIPSC National Office. Please ensure that you use your personal email address

Please read all materials carefully to ensure that your vote gets counted.

This year, we will be electing the following representatives to the CFIA-S&A group executive for three-year terms.

All CFIA-S&A members will be able to vote for the three Member-at-Large positions. The three candidates with the highest number of votes will be considered elected to the CFIA-S&A Executive Committee.

The CFIA-S&A Group is looking for candidates that have significant previous union experience and a good working knowledge of the current Collective Agreement expiring in 2026 and PIPSC.

Elected officials will be required to:

• assume Officer portfolios;
• attend Sub-group Annual General Meetings (AGM) in their region;
• attend the CFIA-S&A Group and PIPSC AGMs, as well as the Sub-group President’s Meeting; and
• meet approximately 4 times per year in person or via Zoom (meetings may take place on weekdays, weekends, and evenings).

These are volunteer positions requiring a commitment to perform duties both at times during and outside of your normal public service work hours.

Voter Eligibility

Members in good standing with PIPSC in the CFIA-S&A Group are eligible to vote in their respective regional election and all member-at-large positions. 

Voting Instructions

Please read the following information carefully:

• All emails from the voting system will come from: donotreply-nepasrepondre@elections.pipsc-ipfpc.ca (please check any junk/spam folders).
• An onboarding email will be sent on September 9, 2025, with the following subject: PIPSC Voting System Account Onboarding.
• If you have not received the onboarding email, please ensure we have the correct email address on file by contacting elections@pipsc.ca
• If you have received the onboarding email but wish to update your current email on file, please reach out to elections@pipsc.ca
• If you have already completed the onboarding for the National Election or the Practice Vote, you will NOT receive this email. 
• Members must complete the onboarding process to log into their account (a password reset will not work). Please follow the instructions in the onboarding email. 

• Help documents for the new voting system can be found here: English and French
• YouTube videos for the new voting system can be found here: English and French

• If you don't have a cell phone, you can set up two-factor authentication using the following: extension to add to browser  and instructions on how to.

If you have any questions or require any assistance, please send an email to elections@pipsc.ca.

Election Activities

Problems have arisen in the past that have caused embarrassment to candidates, some examples of which should be avoided:

• Use of any Institute membership list for campaign purposes. Contact information contained on the PIPSC Web Site is provided for the sole purpose of allowing members to contact their Institute representatives for employment-related problems or questions. This information may not be used in unsolicited bulk e-mailings.
• Use of a logo sufficiently similar to the CFIA-S&A Group or the Institute logo as to imply support.

Résumés Submitted by Candidates

All candidates were invited to submit résumés, of 250 words or less, stating their experience/objectives. The résumés of candidates for the positions you are eligible to vote for can be viewed through the above candidates list and through the PIPSC voting system when logging into vote. Candidates could include why they want to be on the executive and any priorities the executive should address.

NOTE: The resumes submitted have been reproduced without corrections to a maximum of the first 250 English words. The translated versions were produced by PIPSC translators.

This Election Procedure will be done in accordance with the CFIA-S&A Group Constitution and By-Laws by clicking on this link: https://pipsc.ca/groups/cfia-sa/canadian-food-inspection-agency-scientific-and-analytical-group-constitution-and-by.

Deadline for voting: October 9, 2025, at 5 pm (Ottawa time)

If you have any questions or require assistance, please send an email to elections@pipsc.ca.

Fred Jamieson
CFIA-S&A Elections Committee Chair