Doug Gaetz
This Ad-hoc committee was put in place by the National President to facilitate the implementation of a resolution to hold a mental health conference prior to the next convention in 2023.
He appointed myself as Chair, Greg Krokosh as Co-Chair and Mathieu Juneau, technical advisor.
The committee held meetings on September 15th and 16th, September 29th, October 17th, October 20th, November 3rd and November 16th, 2022. All meetings were held virtually through MS Teams.
The committee has been in discussions with an outside mental health agency, the PSAC’s Education section and other components to discuss what they could offer in the way of information and speakers to help the committee succeed in developing and presenting the conference.
The conference will be held at the Marriott on Kent St. in Ottawa, April 21-23, 2023. While the UTE normally hold its conferences at the Delta, Ottawa, the hotel was not available on the requested dates.
The committee will continue to meet regularly in order to complete the planning stage of its mandate and looks forward to a successful conference.
Respectfully submitted,
Doug Gaetz
Chair of the Committee