Category: Events
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2025 Persons with Disabilities Conference
The OPSEU/SEFPO Disability Rights Caucus invites you to submit your application to attend the inaugural 2025 Persons with Disabilities Conference, taking place from September 12 to 14, 2025, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Toronto Airport West. The conference theme is: “Breaking Accessibility Barriers: Disability is a Superpower.” This momentous event marks the first-ever conference organized by the…
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Join the CoRW at the 2025 Grand Parade!
The Coalition of Racialized Workers (CoRW), as a representative body of Black and racialized workers within OPSEU/SEFPO, is committed to fostering community engagement, cultural representation, and empowerment through purposeful capacity building efforts. CoRW is excited to invite OPSEU/SEFPO members to apply and join Saldenah Band for the upcoming Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade on Saturday,…
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Provincial Francophone Committee Conference
OPSEU/SEFPO’s Provincial Francophone Committee (PFC) invites you to a milestone Francophone conference, honouring five decades of the Franco-Ontarian Flag with the theme: 50 years of the flag: the spirit of our identity and resistance! For 50 years, the Franco-Ontarian flag has been a vibrant symbol of our resilience, our heritage, and our unwavering commitment to…
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Francophone members are ready to facilitate en français
OPSEU/SEFPO has 15 new facilitators for regional education events, and all of them are francophone members! Selected from across Ontario, participants gathered at the Sudbury membership centre in July for a four-day Train the Trainer. With a focus on course facilitation techniques and strategies, the program offered everyone the opportunity to build their facilitation skills and…
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First VPs join Local Presidents for biggest-ever orientation event
More than 60 Local Presidents and First Vice-Presidents participated in OPSEU/SEFPO’s Summer Local Leadership Orientations, including a huge double cohort training followed by an online training. These events marked the first time that First Vice-Presidents were invited to participate, following a motion brought forward at the 2025 Convention. The orientations covered OPSEU/SEFPO’s organizational structure, best…
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Attend the International Youth Day Trivia & Networking Event!
OPSEU/SEFPO’s Provincial Young Workers Committee (PYC) invites you to the International Youth Day Trivia and Networking event on August 12, 2025, at 6:00PM at the Wellesley Membership Centre – 31 Wellesley St. E. Toronto, ON! Whether you are joining us in-person in Toronto or participating online, this is a chance to meet fellow young workers,…
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OPSEU/SEFPO’s Young Workers Conference 2025! Deadline: August 3, 2025
Dear OPSEU/SEFPO Young Workers: The OPSEU/SEFPO Provincial Young Workers Committee (PYC) invites you to submit your application to attend the 2025 Young Workers Conference! It will take place from October 3 to 5, 2025, at the Sheraton Parkway Hotel in Richmond Hill. In addition to welcoming previous conference participants, we would like to extend a…
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Join the Webinar! The Global March to Gaza, Firsthand Experiences & Stories
OPSEU/SEFPO’s Coalition of Racialized Work, Provincial Young Workers Committee, Rainbow Alliance arc-en-ciel and Indigenous Circle will be hosting The Global March to Gaza, Firsthand Experiences & Stories Webinar. REGISTER HERE to join virtually for free on July 16, 2025, at 7:30pm. There will be a panel discussion including three Canadian activists who went all the…
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2025 Membership Development Trainees (MDT) and Staff Development Trainees (SDT) Programs Launch
Sent on behalf of President JP Hornick and First Vice-President Laurie Nancekivell We are thrilled to inform you that, as of September 15th, 2025, the Membership Development Trainee (MDT) and Staff Development Trainee (SDT) programs will begin. The purpose of these programs is to provide OPSEU/SEFPO members and internal permanent staff with an opportunity to…
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Region 5 Weekend Educational
How to challenge discrimination in the workplace. The best way to file a grievance. Making your work safer. As an OPSEU/SEFPO member, these are just a few of the free educational workshops you can take during the union’s Region 5 Weekend Educational taking place in-person on Saturday, September 20 and Sunday, September 21, 2025. The deadline…
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Region 1 Equity conference: “A Night Without a Home”
You are invited to attend the OPSEU/SEFPO Region 1 – Equity Conference being held at the London Membership Centre – 1092 Dearness Drive, London, ON N6E 1N9. Join us for “A Night Without a Home” and an eye-opening overnight experience to raise awareness about homelessness, addiction, and mental health. Spend the night with fellow members…
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Filipino Independence Heritage Month celebration on June 28
The Coalition of Racialized Workers (CoRW) Region 3 and 5, are inviting you to celebrate with us the Filipino Independence Day and Heritage month throughout June. Every year on June 12, Philippine celebrates 127 years of Independence, after 3 centuries of colonial rule by the Spanish. It marks a crucial moment in the country’s history. …
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Toronto Pride Events 2025!
OPSEU/SEFPO’s Rainbow Alliance arc-en-ciel (RAA) invites you to Toronto Pride! OPSEU/SEFPO members, friends, family members, and allies are encouraged to come out in support! For more information, send an e-mail to rainbowopseu@gmail.com. Please share the flyer below. Toronto Pride Calendar of Events 2025 Tuesday, June 24 AIDS Candlelight Vigil 9 p.m. Barabara Hall Park 519…
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Region 3 Educational – Sept 27-28
This is the call-out package for the Region 3 Educational to be held on September 27 & 28, 2025, at the Fern Resort Ltd. – 4432 Fern Resort Road, Ramara, ON L3V 0Z1, 1-800-567- 3376. Application for Educational Advance Request Form Human Rights Accommodation Request Educational Information Sheet Descriptions of courses being offered Statement of…
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Apply now for Region 3 Educational – Sept 27-28
This is the call-out package for the Region 3 Educational to be held on September 27 & 28, 2025, at the Fern Resort Ltd. – 4432 Fern Resort Road, Ramara, ON L3V 0Z1, 1-800-567- 3376. Application for Educational Advance Request Form Human Rights Accommodation Request Educational Information Sheet Descriptions of courses being offered Statement of…
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College Support Part-Time: A Plan to Win – Organizing Forum & Information Session
Ontario’s colleges face an unprecedented crisis. Lay-offs, program suspensions and closures chart an uncertain future for college workers and students alike. And in the midst of it all, part-time college support staff have been fighting for a fair contract from an employer that values their work as worth zero. For any fight – for a…
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Join OPSEU/SEFPO’s Coalition of Racialized Workers (CoRW) at Windsor’s Carrousel of the Nations
You are invited to join the OPSEU/SEFPO’s Coalition of Racialized Workers (CoRW) at Windsor’s Carrousel of the Nations Event Venue: The Caribbean Village: 2410 Central Avenue, Windsor, Ontario. For Seven years OPSEU/SEFPO has Sponsored the Windsor Carrousel of the Nations Every year at Carousel of the Nations, people from all walks of life come together to…
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Pride 2025 – raising our collective voices of resistance
Pride is a celebration. Beyond that it is a time to honour not just our pride and queer joy, but also the resilience and solidarity among our 2SLGBTQIA+ members, the communities we exist in, and the allies who are part of our collective fight. This Pride month, we reflect on the moment we are in:…
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National Indigenous History Month 2025: Solidarity for shared futures
June is National Indigenous History Month – and every year, it should serve as a call to action. For millennia, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples across Turtle Island have stewarded the lands upon which we build our movements and our lives. As a white settler nation established through legacies of enduring colonial violence, Canada…