Meet the 2010 Board of Directors for the Canadian Labour International Film Festival

Miguel Cifuentes is an organiser with UNITE-HERE Local 75.

Trish FitzPatrick works in the travel industry.

Anna Larsen coordinates research and educational resources with the Labour Education Centre (LEC). LEC is the education project of the Toronto and York Region Labour Council.

Andrea McCormack is a servicing representative with the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU).

Lorene Oikawa is the first Asian Canadian vice president for the BC Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU), and was re-elected to her second term. BCGEU represents over 65,000 members who work in direct government, community health and social services, First Nations government, post-secondary institutions, highways, and the broader public sector in BC. She participated in CLiFF’s inaugural year as the CLiFF BC Coodinator organizing venues throughout BC in addition to hosting CLiFF at the BCGEU Tom Kozar Education Centre in Burnaby BC. Lorene joined the CLiFF Board in 2010. As well as being a union activist and political activist, Lorene has been a union spokesperson on a range of topics including provincial and federal legislation, health care, education, child care, poverty, human rights, food security, TILMA (Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement), and migrant workers. Lorene is a member of the BC Federation of Labour Executive Council and the Canadian Labour Congress’s Human Rights Committee.
Lorene is a fourth generation British Columbian whose family migrated from Japan in the 1800’s and 1906.

Frank Saptel is the national communications trainer with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW).

Abbas Syed is a retired accountant and a community and social justice activist.