James Forster Human Rights Award

PAGE D’INTRODUCTION

The James Forster Award for Human Rights shall be presented annually to a member of OSSTF/FEESO who has shown exemplary dedication in the struggle for equity and the promotion of human rights locally, provincially and/or internationally over a number of years.  This award was established by the Provincial Council of OSSTF/FEESO in April 2001.

The deadline for nominations is January 31 and must be submitted online by clicking on the Nomination Form link below:

The electronic form features file upload capability.  You may submit attachments no larger than 20 MB.  Each file should be no more than 3MB.  If you submit your online form with attachments over 20 MB, you will arrive at a Page Not Found error.  If your attachments are large, we recommend you email them to melanie.opaleychuk@osstf.ca or mail them to Tracey Marshall.

Nomination Form

Guidelines

Criteria

The Provincial Human Rights Committee will consider the following criteria:

• Shows evidence of equity and human rights dedication and leadership at the local level.
• Shows evidence of equity and human rights dedication and leadership provincially and/or internationally. 
• Strong advocate for social justice.
• Equity and human rights work conducted over a number of years.

Disclaimer

The Human Rights Committee will determine which, if any, applicant will receive the award based on the established criteria.  The Human Rights Committee reserves the right not to grant the award in any given year.

Nominations

Previous Winners