Super congratulations to our Jenn McDowell, recipient of the 2026 CUPE Ontario Health and Safety Award. ✊
Serving Local 1287 as our Joint Health and Safety Co-Ordinator and serving as Co-Chair of her employer’s Joint Health and Safety Committee, Jennifer has spent years fighting to make workplaces safer for workers across Niagara Region — leading major remediation projects, supporting members across 13 bargaining units, and never hesitating to hold employers accountable.
Her dedication to health and safety is unwavering, and deeply rooted in lived experience.
Go Jen!!!!
CUPE Ontario. “Congratulations to Sister Jennifer MacDowell, recipient of the 2026 CUPE Ontario Health and Safety Award. .” Instagram, 27 May 2026, https://www.instagram.com/p/DY2xH1olIK9/