![]() Her research areas include early modern drama experimental theatre feminist and LGBTQ issues in theatre and stage direction and Aphra Behn, the first professional female playwright. in Theatre from Trinity College, Dublin, and PhD in English Literature with a specialization in drama from the University of South Florida (USF). in English from Lafayette College, an M.Phil. She is a three-time recipient of the NEW TIMES “Best Director” Award for Cleansed by Sarah Kane (2012) The Rover by Aphra Behn (2013) and A Map of Virtue, Or, & The Importance of Being Earnest (2015/2016). She earned a 2016 Carbonell Nomination for Best Director of a Play for MUD by Maria Irene Fornes, and she is a two-time Silver Palm Award recipient for her direction of Mud by Maria Irene Fornes and Collective Rage by Jen Silverman (2015-2016) and for her adaptation and direction of The Rover by Aphra Behn (2013-2014). Nicole is a Full Member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. ![]() Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Wednesday morning disruptions to important services are getting more severe, with citizenship ceremonies cancelled and the immigration backlog growing.Nicole is Producing Artistic Director of Thinking Cap Theatre at The Vanguard. Federal ministers have said they are monitoring for blockades of critical roads and infrastructure. In recent days, the strike intensified with union leaders ordering members to demonstrate outside “strategic” government locations. The sooner the PSAC is ready to make real progress, the sooner we can deliver wage increases for our employees and end this strike.” We will not sign agreements that the country cannot afford, nor ones that severely impact our ability to deliver services to Canadians. “But let me be very clear, these agreements must be in the best interest of Canadians. We are committed to delivering a fair deal that recognizes the valuable contributions that public servants make every day,” Fortier said in the Wednesday statement. “Employees have the right to strike, and we fully respect that. The demand for seniority-based retentions will also be considered, she added.įinally, while Fortier pointed to the latest federal budget’s commitment to reduce the use of contractors as part of a bid to cut costs, she wrote a full ban on contracting “would severely compromise the government’s ability to deliver services and work for Canadians.”ġ:59 PSAC strike: Workers increasing pressure on feds for deal The government has also promised to review the telework directive “for a post-pandemic world,” she said, while declining to say if it will consider PSAC’s demand that it become part of the collective agreement. Canada’s largest federal public-service union continues to be on strike across the country after talks with the government failed to produce an agreement.įortier said in an open letter Monday that Ottawa has reached agreements with PSAC on more than 560 union demands, but four key issues remain unresolved: wage increases, remote work as a negotiated right, a ban on contracting out and deciding who gets laid off in the event of cuts based on seniority. PSAC workers and supporters walk a picket line in Halifax on Monday, April 24, 2023.
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