CLC President receives honorary doctorate from Ryerson University
October 11, 2018
CLC President Hassan Yussuff received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws (honoris causa) from Ryerson University on Thursday in Toronto. “I’m grateful and I’m humbled to receive an honorary degree from this important institution,” said Yussuff in his Convocation address to graduates from Ryerson’s Ted Rogers School of Management and the Yeates School of Graduate Studies. Shortly after immigrating from Guyana,…
CLC President receives honorary doctorate from Brock University
June 6, 2018
CLC President Hassan Yussuff received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws (honoris causa) from Brock University on Tuesday in St. Catharines. “It’s an honour to be here, and I am humbled to stand on this stage, at this great institution, and receive an honorary degree,” said Yussuff in his Convocation address to Brock’s Faculty of Social Sciences graduates. He went on…
A message from Hassan Yussuff on Unifor’s decision to disaffiliate from the CLC
January 17, 2018
I was deeply disappointed by today’s news that Unifor has decided to disaffiliate from the Canadian Labour Congress. This evening the CLC held an emergency meeting of our Canadian Council, the CLC’s highest decision-making body between conventions. At this meeting, our affiliates reaffirmed their unanimous support for the CLC and a strong labour movement. In turn, I stressed that as…