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2023 Canada Chapter AGM Dates and Details
posted by Dianna English | Toronto Chapter Chair
March 05, 2023Are you looking for the details of your Chapter Annual General Meeting? Here you go! Please find a listing of all 2023 Canada AGMs below!
DA Canada Candidate Statements and Voting Information
posted by Danielle Stampley | Toronto Chapter Co-Vice Chair
February 23, 2023Thank you to all the candidates for the DA Canada 2023-2025 Board! Please see the election updates and candidate statements below.
The following positions received a single nomination and will be acclaimed and begin to hold these positions at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) March 26, 2023. RSVP for the AGM here.
Chair: Erin Kotecki Vest
Executive Vice Chair: Jacob Wesoky
Co Vice-Chair: Heather Paterson
Co Vice-Chair: Anya Brown
Treasurer: Susan Brennan
Counsel: Alicia Windsor
Membership Secretary: Sue Alksnis
Volunteer Manager: Randi Weitzner
IT Manager: Jessica David
In accordance with the DA Canada Bylaws, the above candidates will also serve as DPCA Voting Representatives.
As a result of the above candidates’ election by acclamation, we received fewer male or non-binary nominees for DPCA Voting Representative than needed to achieve gender balance in accordance with the DPCA Charter. Accordingly, the following nominees who identify as male will also be acclaimed as DPCA Voting Representatives:
Steve Nardi
David Mivasair
Noah Goldstein
Finn McGrathThe following candidates who identify as female are running for DPCA Voting Representative. Ballots will be circulated by email by March 5, 2023. We received no nominations from non-binary candidates.
Julia Buchanan
Rachel Eugster
Julia Gould
Eden WeinWe will be seeking nominations from the floor at the AGM for the following positions, which received no nominations: Secretary, Programs and Events Manager, and Male/Non-Binary DPCA Voting Representatives. If you would like to run for one of these positions and would like more information, please contact the Nominations and Elections Committee at [email protected] . View the position descriptions here.
Upcoming Events
Friday, March 03, 2023 at 12:00 AM through March 31, 2023 Eastern Time (US & Canada)
ERA Call to Action - Cake time
The Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced
in Congress in 1923 - 100 years ago!To commemorate that, Democrats Abroad is joining women across the U.S.
holding birthday parties in March – many on March 22
the date in 1972 that Congress submitted the ERA to the states for ratification.Despite that we’ve met all the constitutional requirements, the ERA has not been published.
The goal is to raise awareness that the ERA is still not officially in the US Constitution.
Please share these flyers at the birthday party and with your family and friends:Equal Means Equal has created a "cookbook" of ideas and graphics for groups to leverage. Click here to access.
For more details on the ERA 100th birthday party, listen to Shari Temple’s appearance on the DA Blue Cafe podcast.
Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) · 8 rsvps
VIA Zoom in Kitchener, ON, CanadaAnnual Event
Annual General Meeting
New Officers and Board Members
Plans for upcoming year
Building our Chapter
Preparing for 2024 Election Year
Other Items of Business
RSVP Now !!