Tag: Social Mapping Project
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Social Mapping Project (SMP) Final Report and Executive Summary 2025
Download and read the entire OPSEU-SMP Final Report English July 2025 Download and read the SMP Executive Summary ENGLISH Final July 2025 OPSEU/SEFPO represents approximately 180,000 members across Ontario comprising full-and part-time workers of diverse backgrounds. Members work in several sectors including the Ontario Public Services, Community Colleges, agencies within the Broader Public Sector, in…
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Thank you! Social Mapping Survey now closed
We want to take a moment to thank the thousands of OPSEU/SEFPO members who took the time to fill out the Social Mapping Survey. The survey has now closed and the exciting work of analyzing and reporting on the data will soon begin. The Social Mapping Project is a systematic demographic analysis of our membership…
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The Social Mapping Survey is coming next week!
The Social Mapping Project (SMP) is a ground-breaking demographic survey and review of OPSEU/SEFPO membership systems. The project will help us identify gaps and barriers and provide ideas for how to make our union more inclusive. A core part of the project is the Social Mapping Survey, which is launching next week. Check your inbox…
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Social Mapping Survey – Frequently Asked Questions
Why should I participate? The Social Mapping Survey is a fundamentally important project for OPSEU/SEFPO. The survey is conducted every five years as per OPSEU/SEFPO Policy. The union recognizes that the ever-changing demographic of the membership needs to be surveyed regularly. The information we get from members during this process will identify gaps and barriers…
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The Social Mapping Survey is coming soon.
Register or update your information in the member portal to ensure your voice is heard! The Social Mapping Project (SMP) is an important piece of our work to strengthen our union together. OPSEU/SEFPO members throughout the entire province will be asked to complete a survey to learn more about who we are and how to…
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Questions about the Equity Seats amendment? Check the FAQs and info-zoom
OPSEU/SEFPO’s SMP Ad Hoc Committee would like to thank the many members who have taken the time to be part of the conversation about the amendment to add Equity Seats to the union’s board. To find out more, please visit www.opseu.org/equityseats, which includes an FAQ, a recording of our most recent Zoom info session, and…
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Zoom Information Session on OPSEU/SEFPO Equity Seats
Members from OPSEU/SEFPO’s Social Mapping Project (SMP) Ad Hoc Committee have spent the past year and a half working on a constitutional amendment that, if passed, would change the current structure of the OPSEU/SEFPO Executive Board – adding seven seats designated as Equity Executive Board Members. OPSEU/SEFPO’s Executive Board has fully supported and endorsed this…
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Zoom Information Session on OPSEU/SEFPO Equity Seats
Members from OPSEU/SEFPO’s Social Mapping Project (SMP) Ad Hoc Committee have spent the past year and a half working on a constitutional amendment that, if passed, would change the current structure of the OPSEU/SEFPO Executive Board – adding seven seats designated as Equity Executive Board Members. OPSEU/SEFPO’s Executive Board has fully supported and endorsed this…
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Equity Seats Constitutional Amendment coming to OPSEU/SEFPO Convention 2023
Members from OPSEU/SEFPO’s Social Mapping Project (SMP) Ad Hoc Committee have spent the past year and a half working on a constitutional amendment that, if passed, would change the current structure of the OPSEU/SEFPO Executive Board – adding seven seats designated as Equity Executive Board Members. The Ad Hoc Committee has continued the work that…
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OPSEU/SEFPO Social Mapping Project 2020: Highlights
History The Social Mapping Project (SMP) is a ground-breaking demographic survey and review of OPSEU/SEFPO membership systems. Launched in 2010, it was the first of its kind. It has since allowed OPSEU/SEFPO to identify gaps and barriers by providing the necessary information to ensure services meet the needs of all its members. The SMP was also…
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Joint Leadership Day 2020: Moving from a social map to a road map for action
OPSEU’s 2019-20 Social Mapping Project (SMP) was the hot topic of the day at the 19th annual Joint Leadership Day event, held on September 22nd. Hosted by the OPSEU’s Equity Chairs and MC’ed by the chair of the Indigenous Circle, Krista Maracle, the virtual event unveiled the results and recommendations from the union’s second SMP…
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Joint Leadership Day
OPSEU’s Equity Chairs will be hosting the annual Joint Leadership Day. The Joint Leadership Day brings together Executive Board Members, MERC, CERC, Division and Sector Chairs, as well as Senior Staff. It is designed to help integrate equity issues into all aspects of OPSEU’s work. This year’s event will include a presentation on the Social…
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Social Mapping Census is complete!
The Social Mapping Project (SMP) is a ground-breaking demographic survey and review of OPSEU membership systems. Launched in 2010, it was the first of its kind. It has since allowed OPSEU to identify gaps and barriers by providing the necessary information to ensure services meet the needs of all its members. The past ten years have…
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Deadline to complete OPSEU survey extended to January 26, 2020
Let us know how we can help you. Our social mapping project will help us do just that. Be counted! Demographic data helps to gain a clearer picture of what your changing needs are and how OPSEU can best respond to them. Here are some examples of how we were able to put data and…
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Statement from President Thomas: OPSEU launches 2019 Social Mapping Census
As a public sector union, OPSEU’s priority is to serve our members well. As a social justice union, we also fight for fairness and equality in our workplaces, in our communities and our province. But if we want better, we’ve got to do better too. That’s what the 2019 Social Mapping Census is all about,…
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President Thomas talks social mapping on RadioLabour podcast
RadioLabour’s Canada Report for February 15 to 21, 2019, reports on how the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) discovered the full diversity of its members by implementing a ‘social mapping’ project. An interview with OPSEU President Smokey Thomas. Click here to listen to the podcast on Rabble.ca. The interview begins at 1.07 and ends at 6.05.
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Success in equity: an update from the Social Mapping Task Force
This year marks the seventh year since the launch of the OPSEU Social Mapping Project, and we have a lot to be proud of. The Social Mapping Task Force, working closely with OPSEU’s equity committees and caucuses, has undertaken a number of initiatives to make the union more inclusive and break down barriers to participation…
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Social Mapping Newsletter April 2014
The OPSEU Social Mapping Project The Social Mapping Project (SMP) is a ground-breaking demographic survey and review of OPSEU membership systems. Launched in 2010, it was the first of its kind and has since allowed OPSEU to identify gaps and barriers by providing the necessary information to ensure services meet the needs of all its…
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Social Mapping Project Newsletter
April, 2012 The latest social mapping newsletter highlights the findings of the Phase III recommendations and the plans for implementing the recommendations from Phase II.Download April 1, 2011 Highlights of the findings and recommendations from Phase II Final Report. Download October 8, 2010 OPSEU begins the second phase of the Social Mapping Project. Download May…
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OPSEU Social Mapping Achievements
A Brief History of the Social Mapping Project (SMP) 2008 – Convention Resolution passed 2009 – Census of the membership (Phase I) 2010 – First Membership Systems Review [Elections and Education] (Phase II) 2011 – Second Membership Systems Review [Bargaining, Communications, Organizing] (Phase III) 2011 – The SMP Implementation Task Force was established. The Task…