Steelworkers leader Roxanne Brown recalls key lessons from Leo Gerard 

It’s a memory that makes Roxanne Brown smile during a sad week for the United Steelworkers. Brown, the 10th International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), was the featured speaker at the Dr. Leo Gerard Lecture Series on Sept. 24, at Laurentian University. She is the first woman and person of colour to lead the USW. Gerard was a key mentor in Brown’s career. The series honours Leo Gerard, the son of a Sudbury miner who stepped onto the global stage from his beginnings as a