About FCEF

About the Family and Community Education Fund

Since 1989, through the contributions of participating local unions, the USW Family and Community Education Fund has supported activities like:

• Steelworkers Summer, where members’ children work at summer jobs in a USW district or national office to learn more about what our union does.
• Family Education Days, where local unions host picnics and fun days for the whole family and wider community.
• Subsidies to local unions to send young members to NextGen, district and national conferences.

Advisory committee

An advisory committee, made up of members and staff appointed by the Canadian directors, is responsible for reviewing the Fund and guiding its direction. A project review committee, also made up of members and staff appointed by the Canadian directors, is responsible for evaluating and approving large project submissions on a quarterly basis.

In 2024, the FCEF advisory committee included:

Warren Luky*

Local 6166, District 3

Alexandre Lebrun-Picard*

Local 6818, District 5

Liezsel Cariaso*

Local 8300, District 6

Dayna Sykes*

District 3 Education Co-ordinator

Maude Raîche*

District 5 Education Co-ordinator

Amanda Zakhour*

District 6 Education Co-ordinator

Alexandra Eshelman*

Administrative Assistant to the National Director

Gabriele Simmons*

FCEF Co-ordinator

Earl Graham

District 3 Staff Representative

Dany Maltais

 District 5 Staff Representative

Anita Bryan

District 6 Co-ordinator

Meg Gingrich

 Assistant to the National Director

Adriane Paavo

Department Leader, Education and Equality

*Members of the project review subcommittee.