BIOGRAPHY
Bea currently teaches high school at Hapnot Collegiate in Flin Flon. She is the Independent Learning Coordinator, Resource teacher and a member of the Leadership Team.
She worked for six years for the mine in Flin Flon, where she was an active member of the United Steelworkers of America local 7106 serving on the bargaining committee and on the local executive as the Recording Secretary. After turning in her shovel, she received her B.Ed from University of Manitoba in 1987. She has also been an official agent for Flin Flon’s MLA Gerard Jennisen.
Bea began her involvement with MTS in her first year of teaching in Brochet. She saw an MTS call for committee members to serve on the Equality in Education committee and was a successful applicant. During her five years on this committee she served as a member and co-chairperson. She was also selected to work on the MTS Boundaries Task Force.
Her first contribution to a local association was with Kelsey Teachers’ Association where she was Treasurer for a year before moving back to her home town of Flin Flon. Since then, she’s served on the Flin Flon Teachers’ Association in a number of capacities including:
- President
- Vice-President
- Bargaining Chairperson
- PD Chairperson
- Treasurer
- Secretary
She currently serves as the Employee Benefits Chairperson for her local association and is a member of MTS Group Benefits Standing Committee.
She lives at Bakers Narrows on the lakefront in the home she and her spousal equivalent, Dallas, built. In her spare time she tries to play guitar, dabbles in photography, sews, fishes, and attempts to edit the four novels she’s written in the last four years in hopes that one day she will be a published author.
ELECTION STATEMENT
“The important thing is not to stop questioning”
Albert Einstein
Teachers enter the profession of teaching to make a difference with their students. I believe teachers should continue their mission as educational leaders with the voice of MTS to assist meeting their wants and needs.
The never ending quest to provide appropriate education is a challenge we face every day. We need the tools and resources to address the range and depth of student needs.
I am convinced we must continue to examine a process for provincial bargaining. If provincial bargaining were to be mandated by the government, then our job is to insure that the transition would be as smooth as possible.
Can there ever be a just society? The moral compass of society should demand continued effort towards social justice, even if some would argue the impossibility of achieving it.
Never stop questioning. Whether it is issues directly related to the classroom, or our own organization, every member is responsible for the direction of MTS. Your provincial executive is your voice. I encourage every member to question at every opportunity and to help guide the moral compass of MTS. It is essential that our provincial executive be open and accessible to the membership and willing to take guidance from the voice of the teachers of Manitoba.
I am a proud member of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society who hopes you will allow me the privilege to serve you by supporting me in this election.
