Tag: Member Education
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Region 5 educational weekend
Courses offered: Public Speaking: Finding Your Voice, Connecting with Your Audience Advancing Union Issues through Labour-Management Committees Duty to Accommodate 2: Making Accommodation Work Health and Safety: Level Two Stewards 1: Making a Difference in the Workplace Stewards 2: Facing the Employer, Building Member Involvement Stewards 3: Dealing with Discipline Women in Unions: Strengthening Leadership…
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Region 5 Educational Weekend
Courses offered: Stewards 1: Making a Difference in the Workplace Stewards 2: Facing the Employer, Building Member Involvement Local Treasurers Course Health and Safety: Level One Advanced Grievance Handling for Union Building Duty to Accommodate 1: A Tool for Inclusive Workplaces The Indigenous Journey: Walking Together Building Your Community Through Political Action Please click here…
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Region 5 Educational Weekend: June 4-5, 2016
Courses offered: Stewards 1: Making a Difference in the Workplace Stewards 2: Facing the Employer, Building Member Involvement (pre-requisite: Stewards 1) Stewards 3: Dealing with Discipline (pre-requisite: Stewards 1 and 2) Basic Grievance Handling for Union Building Human Rights, Union Rights and Global Solidarity Dealing with Workplace Conflict Union Strategies for Attendance Management Programs Social…
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Region 3 Educational Weekend: October 15-16, 2016
Courses offered: Stewards 3: Dealing with Discipline Health and Safety: Level Three Follow the Money: A First Course in Public Economics Mental Health: Challenging the Stigma in the Workplace Please click here for application package. Application deadline: September 1, 2016.
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Region 2 Equity Conference
Region 2 will be holding an Equity Conference on January 14, 2017 at the Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale. Application deadline is Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. Please contact your regional office for more information.
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Hamilton Treasurers Course
The Hamilton Regional Office will be offering the Local Treasurers Course on September 21, 2016. Click here for application package. Please contact the Hamilton Regional Office for more information at 1-844-765-1405.
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Region 2 Educational Weekend: June 4-5, 2016
Courses offered: Basic Grievance Handling for Union Building Dealing with Workplace Conflict Health and Safety: Level Two Mental Health: Challenging the Stigma in the Workplace Stewards 1: Making a Difference in the Workplace The OPSEU Story: Building our Union Together Applications are now closed. Please contact the Hamilton Regional Office for more information at 1-844-765-1405.
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Region 1 Educational Weekend, June 11-12, 2016
Courses offered: Stewards 1: Making a Difference in the Workplace Reducing the Gap: The Importance of Pay Equity in Union Work Women in Unions: Getting Involved Union Skills for Workplace Investigations Mental Health: Challenging the Stigma in the Workplace Three 3-hour workshops: Finding, Recruiting and Maintaining Leaders Effective One-on-One Communication Union Strategies to Take Action…
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Education Multimedia
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Congratulations to OPSEU local presidents
Forty-five local presidents from across the province completed an orientation program at OPSEU head office over the past two weeks. The newly expanded program is three days long, and includes discussions and activities designed to introduce participants to the important role and functions of being a local president. Staff presenters shared information about the many…
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McIntyre Powder Project Timmins intake clinics
From 1943 to 1980, thousands of mine workers in Ontario were forced to breathe in an aluminum dust as a condition of employment. Mining companies hoped “McIntyre powder” would prevent silicosis. In 2015, Janice Martell, president of OPSEU Local 604, created the McIntyre Powder Project to seek answers on the long-term health effects of the…
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Orientation for Local Presidents – May 16-18
OPSEU is holding two Orientation for Local Presidents sessions in May 2016. Each three-day workshop is an orientation for OPSEU local presidents to aid them with their leadership roles within the union. The session will help local presidents navigate OPSEU’s organizational structure, systems, supports and resources. Participants will strategize on building an involved membership through…
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Orientation for Local Presidents – May 11-13
OPSEU is holding two Orientation for Local Presidents sessions in May 2016. Each three-day workshop is an orientation for OPSEU local presidents to aid them with their leadership roles within the union. The session will help local presidents navigate OPSEU’s organizational structure, systems, supports and resources. Participants will strategize on building an involved membership through…
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Region 3 – Train the Trainer 1
Are you ready to learn new facilitation skills with other particiapnts who have demonstrated a commitment to using labour education as part of their work as activists? OPSEU's Train the Trainer1: Focus on Facilitation Skills introduces participants to the theory and practice of activist education used at OPSEU. Its focus is effective facilitation and co-facilitation,…
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Orientation for Local Presidents – November 2015
OPSEU will be holding two Orientations for Local Presidents in November 2015. This two-day workshop provides an orientation for OPSEU local presidents to their leadership roles within the union. Day one helps local presidents navigate OPSEU's organizational structure, systems and resources. Local presidents will also strategize on building an involved membership through steward development and…
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accessible event landing page – including fillable and downloadable applications and forms
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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OPSEU launches new animated video series
A new series of short animated videos is the latest addition to our collection of education materials offered to OPSEU members. Perfect as an introduction for new members, a lunch and learn or at any union event, these videos cover important topics such as the collective agreement, union dues and grievance procedure. Be sure to…