{"id":12960,"date":"2025-12-17T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=12960"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T17:24:11","slug":"building-a-stronger-canada-one-public-service-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=12960","title":{"rendered":"Building a stronger Canada, one public service at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From coast to coast to coast, PSAC members make a difference every day \u2014 because public services are only as strong as the people behind them.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mackenzie Hulzebosch helps keep Canada safe  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a parole officer in Hamilton, Mackenzie Hulzebosch has a lot on her plate when she gets up and goes to work. Mackenzie visits offenders at their houses, jobsites, and her office to help them safely reintegrate back into public life.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are the frontline workers,\u201d Hulzebosch said.We\u2019re the people keeping you safe. Making sure that the public service is supported ensures that we can continue to help Canada in the best and most efficient way.\u201dHulzebosch says parole officers work with high-risk offenders balancing a heavy, complex caseload. She says her top concerns at work are staffing levels and training.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But she feels a sense of pride whenever she helps her clients transition to the next stage of their life after parole.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen they leave with a job, with a house, with better connections to their family and being a positive member of society, I am so proud of that because I see the work that they put into it,\u201d said Hulzebosch.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helping unemployed Canadians get the benefits they deserve  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Charito Humphreys, it\u2019s crucial to support unemployed workers in Canada. Humphreys helps provide them with insurance benefits, through her work at an employment insurance call center.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMost people will use employment insurance at one point or another,\u201d said Humphreys. \u201cThese are services that Canadians rely on in almost any aspect of their life.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Humphreys\u2019 call center, based in Regina, Saskatchewan, offers insurance benefits for illness, maternity, compassionate care and more. Though she does not directly provide this support, she educates the officers that will, as a business expertise advisor.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor me, the best part about my job is when I have officers who come back to me and say: \u2018thank you for all that you\u2019ve done to support me in my job,\u2019\u201d said Humphreys. \u201cWhat you\u2019ve taught me has helped me become a better officer. It\u2019s helped me provide a better level of service. To me, that means I\u2019ve done my job well in supporting these officers in being the best that they can be in order to serve Canadians.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An ally advocating for First Nations teachers  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caila Pischke loves her job as a schoolteacher. The school where she teaches hosts 110 students, all of which are members of the Denesuline First Nations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are one of the only western schools in Canada that is on a federal reserve,\u201d said Pischke. \u201cI work at Cold Lake First Nations, in Alberta.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though Pischke herself does not identify as a member of the First Nations, much of the teaching at her school is done in the Denesuline language. However, Pischke and her fellow teachers had not been receiving an indigenous language allowance. As president of her local teachers\u2019 union, Pischke helped bargain for it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe ended up getting the indigenous languages allowance for the teachers at our school,\u201d said Pischke.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was really important to be able to recognize the indigenous languages and be able to see them as national languages in Canada, and not just English and French.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Butler safeguards Canada\u2019s waterways  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a fishery officer that calls the winding rivers of central Newfoundland home, Peter Butler is proud to protect Canada\u2019s waterways. Butler patrols and regulates surrounding fisheries and educates local communities on how they can conserve Canada\u2019s aquatic resources.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI work to safeguard and protect Canada\u2019s freshwater and marine ecosystems,\u201d said Butler.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur waters are very vital to our local economy; they\u2019re a source of income for a lot of people living here and important to the well-being of folks living in the community and beyond.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This work is an important driver of the economy in the province: the marine sector accounted for approximately 33 per cent of Newfoundland and Labrador\u2019s GDP in 2022. He also helps support other agencies with search and rescue operations and other emergencies such as wildfires and floods.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Butler wants to ensure that the important work he does in the public service is protected.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re there to serve Canadians,\u201d said Butler. \u201cOur job is to keep these waters protected for the environment and our children and for the generations to come.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: PSAC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From coast to coast to coast, PSAC members make a difference every day \u2014 because public services are only as strong as the people behind them.   Mackenzie Hulzebosch helps keep Canada safe   As a parole officer in Hamilton, Mackenzie Hulzebosch has a lot on her plate when she gets up and goes to work. Mackenzie visits offenders at their … <\/p>\n

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