Along with other issues, we will be discussing the dire impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on workers in the cultural sector, many of whom suffer from precarious work arrangements, variable funding, or insufficient social and economic support. We will also be discussing vaccine access and reaction by affiliates to the pandemic as well as climate justice.

Draft Agenda

Opening Remarks and Welcome

• Steve Porter, Sector Coordinator

• Sandra Davis, ESCW co-chair

• Marcelo DiStefano. ESCW co-chair

Update on the PSI Executive Board Meeting

• Rosa Pavanelli, PSI General Secretary

PSI Assessment of COP26 and the Ways Forward

• David Boys, PSI Assistant General Secretary

Critical Issues Facing Cultural Workers

• Zita Holbourne, FRSA, PCS National Vice President

Report on the UK

• Jon Richards, Assistant General Secretary Bargaining, Negotiating and Equalities, UNISON

Report on Africa

• Everline Aketch, Ph.D., Sub-regional Secretary for English-Speaking Africa, Uganda

  • Covid-19 impact on the education sector: Africa's experience.

Report on Quebec

• Eric Pronovost, president of the Fédération du personnel de soutien scolaire (FPSS-CSQ)

• Valérie Fontaine,president of the Fédération du personnel de soutien de l’enseignement supérieur (FPSES-CSQ)

Wrap Up