Council on Full-Time Women Workers (see page 453)
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official3340
- Date
- 1967 August 22-31
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Bishop of Kootenay
- Seconder
- Bishop of Brandon
- Text
- In place of the substantive resolution No. 2, page 329 of the Convening Circular.
- That the Primate be asked to give the Council one further year for study and action and then discharge it in favour of a Personnel Division for both men and women. And further that the Primate be asked to constitute the Council as a Sub-committee of the proposed new Commission on Women. CARRIED in both Houses.
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. Council on Full-Time Women Workers
- Anglican Church of Canada - Employees
- Anglican Church of Canada - Personnel management
- Women in the Anglican Church of Canada
Fair Employment Practices
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official1187
- Date
- 1977 August
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 86
- Mover
- The Ven. J.C.R. Williams
- Seconder
- Mr. J.W. Daunt
- Text
- That General Synod, in accord with its own views on fair employment practices as expressed in Appendix 1 of the Report of the Task Force on Fair Employment Practices, initiate an enquiry into the current range of salaries, stipends and benefits within the Anglican Church of Canada, with a view to presenting suggestions to the National Executive Council for a more just system of stipend payment in all dioceses and parishes.
- The Assessors ruled that the words "in accord.....Fair Employment Practices" must be deleted from the Motion.
- the Motion now reads:
- That General Synod initiate an enquiry into the current range of salaries, stipends and benefits within the Anglican Church of Canada, with a view to presenting suggestions to the National Executive Council for a more just system of stipend payment in all dioceses and parishes. CARRIED ACT 86
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Employees - Salaries, etc.
- Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy - Salaries, etc.
- Employment - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Guidelines for Fair Employment Practices
- Anglican Church of Canada - Personnel management
Fair Employment Practices
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official1897
- Date
- 1992 June 18-26
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 92
- Mover
- Mrs. A. Davidson
- Seconder
- Rt. Rev. R. Hatton
- Text
- That this General Synod receive the Guidelines for Fair Employment Practices (revised 1992) and commend its use to all employing bodies within the Anglican Church of Canada. CARRIED Act 92
- Subjects
- Employment - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Guidelines for Fair Employment Practices
- Anglican Church of Canada - Personnel management
Lay Ministries
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official1730
- Date
- 1975 June
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 63
- Mover
- Miss Ruth Scott
- Seconder
- Rt. Rev. T.D. Somerville
- Text
- "That this General Synod recommend to diocesan authorities that all types of lay ministries, stipendiary and non-stipendiary, within the Anglican Church of Canada, be open to all qualified persons without regard to sex."
- CARRIED Act 63
- Subjects
- Lay ministry - Anglican Church of Canada
- Women in the Anglican Church of Canada
- Ministry - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Personnel management
- Gender parity - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Sexism - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
Parental Leave
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official786
- Date
- 1989 June 15-23
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 142
- Mover
- Mrs. C. Boodram
- Seconder
- Rt. Rev. J.B. Curtis
- Text
- That the Committee on Ministry be requested to examine the issues of parental leave and benefits and prepare guidelines for all employees of the Anglican Church of Canada. CARRIED WITHOUT DEBATE Act 142
- Subjects
- Parental leave - Canada
- Parental leave - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Employees
- Employment - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Personnel management
Report of the Committee on Ministry
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official255
- Date
- 1983 June
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 45
- Mover
- Rev. Elspeth Alley
- Seconder
- Mrs. Helen Woolley
- Text
- "That this General Synod accept the following guidelines for a healthy deployment system for clergy as submitted by the Committee on Ministry as a follow-up to the booklet "Guidelines for Fair Employment Practices" published by the Committee on Ministry in 1979:
- 1. deployment is based on and facilitates a national and diocesan mission strategy;
- 2. the system is responsive to human need;
- 3. there is optimum matching and regular supervision and evaluation of individuals and positions;
- 4. the individual priest and congregation are participating in the process;
- 5. neither the size nor the financial strength of the parish or diocese is a basis for distinction in deployment policy;
- 6. movement is facilitated between dioceses and regions;
- 7. accurate information is available to clergy about job opportunities;
- 8. all clergy have the opportunity to supply a current data file which would be available to dioceses and parishes;
- 9. there is a national policy of equal financial support for equal responsibility and competence required for stipendiary personnel;
- 10. resources are available to help parishes and clergy make healthy transitions at the beginning and end of appointment;
- 11. there are responsible methods of releasing clergy who are not effective in their ministry." CARRIED Act 45
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy - Appointment, call and election
- Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy - Rating of
- Anglican Church of Canada - Personnel management
- Guidelines for Fair Employment Practices
- Employment - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
Report of the Pension Committee
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official339
- Date
- 1983 June
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 94
- Mover
- Mr. K.W. Lemon
- Seconder
- Ven. J.F.N. Jones
- Text
- "That this General Synod support the Pension Committee in its goal to ensure that The Anglican Church of Canada at all levels (national, diocesan, parochial, educational, institutional, etc.) treat its employees in a just and equitable manner with regard to pensions, insurance, health care, and other employee benefits." CARRIED Act 94
- Notes
- The new Committee will be asked to increase pensions by 10%.
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Employees - Pensions
- Anglican Church of Canada - Personnel management
- Employment - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Pensions - Anglican Church of Canada
Report of the Women's Unit
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official293
- Date
- 1983 June
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 29
- Mover
- Rt. Rev. R. Hollis
- Seconder
- Dr. R.J. Gardiner
- Prologue
- Moved by: Mrs. Nora Smith
- Seconded by: Canon T. Gracie
- "That
- 1) The General Synod reaffirms the 1980 General Synod Acts 21 and 22 as continuing policy;
- 2) dioceses be asked to report to the National Executive Council at its Spring meetings in 1984 and 1986 on the changes in the numbers of women and men on the diocesan staff and diocesan committees.
- Text
- "That paragraph 2 be deleted from the original motion." CARRIED
- The motion as amended reads:
- "That the General Synod reaffirm the 1980 General Synod Acts 21 and 22 as continuing policy." The motion as amended was put and CARRIED Act 29
- Notes
- Act 21 - 1980 General Synod: "That this Synod commend to the dioceses that they develop and implement policies and strategies for the fuller participation of women in the leadership and councils of the Church."
- Act 22 - 1980 General Synod: "That this Synod encourage affirmative action to ensure more rapid progress toward sexual equality of opportunity in filling senior positions at the national and diocesan levels of the Church."
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Committees - Membership
- Representation on committees - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Personnel management
- Affirmative action programs - Canada
- Women in the Anglican Church of Canada
- Woman (Christian theology) - Anglican Church of Canada
- Man-woman relationships
- Gender parity
- Sexism - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
Report of the Women's Unit
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official1197
- Date
- 1980 June
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 21
- Mover
- Mrs. D. Church
- Seconder
- Mrs. E. Bains
- Prologue
- This report was presented by Mrs. Doreen Church who introduced members of the Unit. An audio-visual presentation was made to indicate some of the concerns of the Women's Unit.
- Text
- That this Synod commend to the dioceses that they develop and implement policies and strategies for the fuller participation of women in the leadership and councils of the Church. CARRIED ACT 21
- Subjects
- Church, Doreen
- Anglican Church of Canada. Women's Unit
- Women in the Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Personnel management
- Affirmative action programs - Canada
Report of the Women's Unit
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official1198
- Date
- 1980 June
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 22
- Mover
- Mr. D.G. Irvine
- Seconder
- Mrs. L. Cochran
- Prologue
- Moved by: Mrs. D. Church
- Seconded by: Mrs. E. Bains
- That this Synod encourage the appointment of more women to senior staff positions in national and diocesan offices.
- Text
- That all the words following "encourage" be deleted and be replaced with the words "affirmative action to ensure more rapid progress toward sexual equality of opportunity in filling senior positions at the national and diocesan levels of the Church." CARRIED
- The motion now reads:
- That this Synod encourage affirmative action to ensure more rapid progress toward sexual equality of opportunity in filling senior positions at the national and diocesan levels of the Church.
- The motion, as amended, was put and CARRIED ACT 22
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Employees
- Women in the Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Personnel management
- Man-woman relationships
- Gender parity - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Sexism - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada