Vancouver – August 26, 2025 – Remmy Mpitarusuma is a UFCW 1518 members, and co-founder and the President of the Burundian Community Association of British Columbia (BCABC) and is the latest recipient of the UFCW Canada Equity Grant.
Toronto – August 12, 2025 – Sebastian Biasucci, of Neighbourlink North York, was a successful recipient of the UFCW Canada Equity Grant.
Toronto – July 30, 2025 – UFCW Canada has released a new resource to support persons with disabilities in navigating the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) application process, for which the first payments are released this month.
Toronto – July 9, 2025 – The UFCW Canada National Indigenous Committee is pleased to once again collaborate with the Assembly of Seven Generations, a national youth-led organization, in gathering and selecting artwork to form part of the 2026 UFCW Canada Indigenous Calendar.
Budapest – July 7, 2025 – On June 28, Budapest Pride marked a historic moment: despite an official ban, surveillance threats, fines, and threats of prosecutions, the streets filled with a record-breaking 200,000 proud and peaceful marchers, including trade unionists.
Langley, B.C. – June 18, 2025 – Ashley Baresinkoff is a proud member of UFCW Local 247, working in the retail grocery sector for more than a decade. She is a member of the UFCW Canada Indigenous Committee and her local union’s Member Engagement Committee. In the fall of 2024, she also became a recipient of the 2024 Equity Grant program under the Community Action stream.
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