Tara Peel

Tara Peel

National Director

Canadian Labour Congress

Biography

Tara Peel is the National Coordinator for Health, Safety and Environment at the CLC, where she is responsible for developing national campaigns and providing analysis on a variety of workplace health, environmental health and sustainability issues. Tara is a member of the Task Force on Just Transition for Canadian Coal Power Workers and Communities as well as a member of the board of directors of Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac Canada) and the national steering committee for the Green Economy Network (GEN).

She serves as a member of the Council of Governors for the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, a member of the Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Committee to the Labour Program at Employment and Social Development Canada, and the WHMIS Current Issues Committee advising the Workplace Hazardous Materials Bureau at Health Canada. Previously, Tara was responsible for health, safety and environment priorities at the Manitoba Federation of Labour.