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Ms. Marie Clarke Walker

Former Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Labour Congress, Canada

Marie is the first racialized woman to serve as Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Labour Congress, and was the first racialized woman and youngest person elected as their Executive Vice-President in 2002.

She is currently a Titular Member on the International Labour Organization Governing Body. In 2017, she served as Vice-President (Workers) of their annual conference. Most recently, as the Worker Vice-Chair and spokesperson for the standard setting discussion on violence and harassment in the world of work, she helped to negotiate the historic Convention and Recommendation on Violence and Harassment in the World of Work.

Marie is the former Equity Vice-President for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Ontario Division, and was the first-ever national Diversity Vice-President for CUPE.

Her passion for human and labour rights is evident at the community, national and international levels. She has served as an Executive member on multiple boards.

TS3 - Innovations in tripartite governance of occupational safety and health

The tri-partite model for the governance of OSH policy and regulatory development has been an effective approach to strengthening worker health protection in Canada, and many other countries. This technical session will review global innovations in tripartite governance in support of policy, regulation and standard development. The session will consider opportunities and challenges in the new world of work, and examine how the model has supported a culture of prevention. Panelists will discuss the work of the tri-partite technical committee that developed ILO Convention C190, and the session will include four case studies of tripartite governance experiences in Chile, New Zealand, Singapore and Canada.

Moderator:
Cameron Mustard, Canada

Speakers:
John Beckett, Canada
Marie Clarke Walker, Canada
Pedro Contador, Chile
Michael Dauncey, Canada
Sujoy Dey, Canada
Fiona Ewing, New Zealand
John Ng, Singapore
Rakesh Patry, Canada
Shelley Uvanile-Hesch, Canada

Time:
Live : 22/09/2021 - 10:30 EDT - 12:15 EDT
Rerun : 22/09/2021 - 20:30 EDT - 22:15 EDT