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Beirne Scholarships Awarded

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Beirne Scholarships Awarded for 2024-2025

The CWA Joe Beirne Foundation was established in October 1974 by the CWA Executive Board to honor the name and memory of the founding President of CWA, who served for more than 30 years.

Sixteen partial college scholarships of $4,000 each are being awarded for the 2024–2025 school year. Winners, selected in a lottery drawing, will also receive second-year scholarships of the same amount, contingent upon satisfactory academic accomplishment. Part-time students taking fewer than 12 credits will receive half of the scholarship amount.

Eligible for the awards are CWA members and their spouses, children, and grandchildren, including those of retired or deceased members.

2024-2025 Winners:

Toemars Levell, son of Tasha Graham, CWA Local 1101
Nailah Thomas, CWA Local 1037
Chelsea Walsh, daughter of Timothy Walsh, CWA Local 1103
Alex Glynn, son of Sandra Tan, TNG-CWA Local 31026
Alejandro Boxx, son of Jeffrey Boxx, CWA Local 1170
Amberleigh Fretwell, daughter of Ian Thomas, CWA Local 2222
Paris Iqbal, daughter of Victoria Muñoz, CWA Local 3640
Brayden Degueyter, son of Nicholas Degueyter, CWA Local 3406
Branden Haywood, son of Willie Webb, CWA Local 4320
Jordyn Zittle, daughter of Jason Zittle, CWA Local 4302
Natalie Anderson, daughter of Joe Anderson, CWA Local 6012
Holden Guilfoyle, son of Timothy Guilfoyle, CWA Local 6410
Reina Lujan, CWA Local 7076
Jayleen Ramirez, daughter of Fernando Ramirez, CWA Local 9333
Charles D. Cease, son of Editha Cease, CWA Local 9003
Elisabeth Coppard-Reuten, daughter of Pat Coppard, CWA|SCA Canada Local 30223

Click here to learn more about the Joe Beirne Scholarship Program.

Carmel Smyth wins race to lead CWA Canada

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23.06.23

Carmel Smyth has been declared winner of the national election to determine the next leader of CWA Canada.

She garnered 469 votes while 349 went to challenger Meredith Martin, in the contest to replace outgoing President Martin O’Hanlon.

Lois Kirkup, who was acclaimed, continues in the post of vice-president for another four-year term. She is a longtime member and president of the Ottawa Newspaper Guild.

Said a victorious Smyth: “As we know, the media industry faces many challenges, and we have to be vigilant about having our voices and lived experiences included in the conversation. I will work hard to deserve your support.”

Smyth and Kirkup will be sworn in at the CWA Convention July 10-12 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Matt Skube, Hayley Juhl and Nigel Sones form the National Elections Committee, which conducted the country-wide vote, with Locals choosing the method, either in-plant, electronic or mail-in ballot.

The committee reported that it received at least one vote from every Local across the country. Two Locals conducted their vote electronically, one did an on-site vote and the others used mail-in ballots, none of which was spoiled.

Smyth, a journalist with 25 years of experience in private and public broadcasting, was president of the Canadian Media Guild (Local 30213) for nine years.

Martin, a producer/journalist with 20 years of experience at Ontario’s public broadcaster, was recently elected president of the Canadian Media Guild’s TVO branch.

Kirkup and O’Hanlon were first elected to the two top positions in a national vote in 2011.

O’Hanlon has been in the leadership ranks since the union’s inception as TNG Canada/CWA in 1995.

Creative Arts Financial, a credit union that provides mortgages, loans and financial services to arts and media workers

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Aug. 11, 2021

 

Dear CWA Canada members in Ontario,

If you’re looking for an alternative to the Big Banks with their big fees and bigger profits, while at the same time helping the union and workers in the creative arts and media, please continue reading.

CWA Canada, along with several other unions, is supporting a new entity, Creative Arts Financial, a credit union that provides mortgages, loans and financial services to arts and media workers – many of whom can’t get bank loans due to the precarious nature of their work.

As part of the arrangement, CWA Canada sits on the Advisory Board of Creative Arts Financial and gets a small share of any profits – money that can be used to serve you and your Local. But more importantly, we are supporting an institution that supports workers in our industry, including freelancers and part-timers.

As stakeholders with Creative Arts Financial, our members get special access to lower rates, special discounts and personalized services:

  • Open an account with direct deposit or bill payments and get $100 – plus a matching $100 donation to Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE).
  • Special mortgage and loan discounts, bonus rates on term deposits, affordable insurance, personal financial advice, and many other benefits (see brochure.)
  • Free access to thousands of ATMs across Canada

Please see the attached brochure and Q&A and consider signing up!

In solidarity,

Martin

Martin O’Hanlon
President, CWA Canada
The Media Union

 

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