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DISTRICT COUNCIL

District Council is made up of representatives from each of the five bargaining units in OSSTF District 7: 
  • ESP: Education Support Professionals
  • OPT: Office Professionals & Technicians 
  • OTBU: Occasional Teachers' Bargaining Unit (secondary) 
  • PSSP: Professional Student Services Personnel 
  • TBU: Teachers' Bargaining Unit (secondary) 
District Council consists of up to sixteen voting members, plus up to seven non-voting officers.
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2024-25 DISTRICT 7 COUNCIL

District Council Executive
President: 
Kevin Smith
First VP: Brian Windross
Second VP: Donna Morrison
Third VP: Krista McCormick
Fourth VP: Samantha Watson
District Treasurer: Kevin Smith 
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District Officers
District Constitution Officer: Bonnie Cameron 
District Educational Services Officer: Penny Huettlin 
District Equity Officer: Trinna 
Thompson 
District Health & Safety Officer: Brian Windross
District Human Rights/ Status of Women Officer: Michelle Humphrey
District Political Action Officer: vacant
Labour Council Liaison Officer: Kevin Smith

DISTRICT 7 COMMITTEES
DISTRICT 7 CONSTITUTION 2024

2024-25
​DISTRICT COUNCIL
MEETING DATES

October 3, 2024
November 28, 2024
February 13, 2025
April 10, 2025
June 12, 2025


MINUTES OF PAST 
​DISTRICT COUNCIL
​MEETINGS

Minutes of District Council meetings are stored in the D7 Archive. 

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OSSTF District 7 (Bluewater) bargaining unit presidents:  
  • Kevin Smith, Office Professionals & Technicians 
  • Krista McCormick, Education Support Professionals 
  • Leslie Hastie, Professional Student Services Personnel 
  • Samantha Watson, Secondary Occasional Teachers
  • Brian Windross, Secondary Teachers 
​Photo taken at OSSTF Provincial Council, June 2023

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OSSTF District 7 (Bluewater) bargaining unit presidents standing up for Better Schools, Stronger Communities:  
  • Samantha Watson, Occasional Teachers
  • Krista McCormick, Education Support Professionals 
  • Kevin Smith, Office Professionals & Technicians 
  • Brian Windross, Secondary Teachers 
  • (missing) Leslie Hastie, Professional Student Services Personnel 
​Photo taken at OSSTF Provincial Council, April 2023

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The 2021 District 7 AMPA Delegation wearing #RedForEd. 
Top row: Brian Windross, Bonnie Cameron, Betty-Jo Raddin
Middle row: Kerrie Lynn Boys, Andrea Graham, Jessica Elphick, Penny Huettlin, Samantha Watson
Bottom row: Paula Walpole, Michelle Phillips, Gord Cale, Catherine McLeod, Krista McCormick

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June 2020 District Council Meeting (via Zoom)
Top row: Paula Walpole,  Bonnie Cameron, Betty-Jo Raddin, Kevin Smith, Krista McCormick
2nd row: Karen Littlewood, Gord Cale, Kerrie Lynn Boys, Ian Burbidge, Andrea Graham
3rd row:  Linda Law, Brian Windross, Karen Wilson, Samantha Watson, Leslie Hastie
4th row: Penny Huettlin, Nancy MacDonald

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Several members of District Council at the 2019 OSSTF Summer Leadership Conference
Standing: Dawn Perry, Bonnie Cameron, Penny Huettlin
Seated: Brian Windross, Krista McCormick, Kevin Smith, Paula Walpole, Michelle Phillips

NE SIBI QUISQUE CONSULAT, SED INTER NOS AUXILIO SIMUS.
Let us not take thought for our separate interests, but let us help one another
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Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation   District Seven Bluewater