National Day of Mourning – April 28, 2026

Dear colleagues,

April 28 is Canada’s National Day of Mourning. It is the day when we stop to remember workers who have been killed, injured, or made ill as a result of their jobs. Each year, tens of thousands of Canadians are injured and hundreds die from workplace causes.  It’s estimated some 274,000 workers had claims approved in 2023 for work-related injury or illnesses, and the real number is almost certainly higher than that. These are not just statistics to me because they include several of our own MUNACA members. 

To anyone in our membership who has lost someone because of their work, or who is living with an injury or illness as a result of working at McGill: I am so sorry. Please know that your colleagues at MUNACA are thinking of you.

On Tuesday, April 28, at 11:00 a.m., I am asking each of us to take a moment of silence together. At your desk or home office, on a walk – wherever you are. Let it be a moment of honest reflection, and a reminder of why the work we do around workplace health and safety matters. 

In solidarity,

Dino Dutz 
President, MUNACA