DISTRICT COUNCIL

District Council is made up of members of each of the four bargaining units in OSSTF District 7: 
  • ESP: Education Support Professionals
  • OPT: Office Professionals & Technicians 
  • PSSP: Professional Student Services Personnel 
  • STBU: Secondary Teachers' Bargaining Unit        (both permanent and occasional) 
District Council consists of up to 20 voting members: 12 members representing their bargaining units, plus 8 officers elected at large. 

2026-27 DISTRICT 7 COUNCIL

District Council Executive
President: Brian Windross
First VP: Krista McCormick
Second VP: Kevin Smith
Third VP: Tracy MacGregor
District Treasurer: Kevin Smith  
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District Officers
District Constitution Officer: Bonnie Cameron 
District Educational Services Officer: Penny Huettlin 
District Equity Officer: vacant 
District Health & Safety Officer: Brian Windross
District Human Rights/ Status of Women Officer:  vacant 
District Political Action Officer:  vacant 
Labour Council Liaison Officer: Kevin Smith

2026-27
​DISTRICT COUNCIL
MEETING DATES

October 1, 2026 –  Chesley
November 26, 2026 –  via Zoom 
February 11, 2027 –  via Zoom 
April 8, 2027 –  via Zoom 
June 10, 2027 – location TBA

MINUTES OF PAST 
​DISTRICT COUNCIL
​MEETINGS

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