February 27 - March 2, 2025
When using a computer/laptop to register, please hit "Tab" on your keyboard after entering your Local number. If using a cellphone to register, please hit "Done" on your cellphone keyboard after entering your Local number. The option to select Unit/Employer will then generate for you to select (1) one listed.
Accommodation
Locals are responsible for booking their delegates’ accommodations. Please make reservations directly with the hotel prior to January 30, 2024 by calling (204) 642-8565. Quote CUPE Winter School 2025 when reserving your room.
Cost
Double Rooms: $144.00
Suites: $162.00
Deluxe Suites: $194.00
1-bedroom Vacation Suites: $225.00
English
Classroom
CUPE/SCFP
Courses offered for this Winter School are:
- Campaigns and Communications
- Steward Learning Series
- Human Rights Grievances, Bargaining and Campaigns
- Building for Gains in the Social Services Sector
Brochure can be found on the CUPE Manitoba website.
Custom Campaigns and Communications Content
February 27 (7:00pm) - March 2, 2025 (12:00pm) (9 spaces available)
With tips and hands-on skills-building activities.
Effective Lobbying and Growing our Mobilizing Power
February 27 (7:00pm) - March 2, 2025 (12:00pm) (9 spaces available)
Stewards can play a key role when the union needs to mobilize our members – whether it’s to support the bargaining committee, challenge lack of respect by management, or advocate for better funding for public services. Learn basic mobilization theory and government relations theory, and explore how stewards can tackle workplace problems in ways that engage more members and build the union’s power.
LET - Planning for Member Engagement (OLS)
February 27 (7:00pm) - March 2, 2025 (12:00pm) (9 spaces available)
Learn principles and processes to plan member engagement in your local.
Literacy Awareness and Artificial Intelligence
February 27 (7:00pm) - March 2, 2025 (12:00pm) (9 spaces available)
Literacy affects all of us at work. Learning new computer programs, understanding collective agreements, completing forms or writing reports can all pose barriers for our members. Learn about how stewards can increase literacy awareness and help make the union inclusive and accessible to members.
Custom Content on Handling Human Rights Grievances
February 27 (7:00pm) - March 2, 2025 (12:00pm) (8 spaces available)
Custom Content on Handling Human Rights Grievances
SLS - Mediating member-to-member conflict
February 27 (7:00pm) - March 2, 2025 (12:00pm) (8 spaces available)
Practice coaching members who are in conflict with other members, and work with a four-step approach to basic mediation.
SLS - Solidarity with Indigenous workers
February 27 (7:00pm) - March 2, 2025 (12:00pm) (8 spaces available)
Learn about Canada’s history of colonialism, engage in some myth-busting, and explore ways you can build solidarity with Indigenous workers and support reconciliation in the workplace.
SLS - Understanding mental health
February 27 (7:00pm) - March 2, 2025 (12:00pm) (8 spaces available)
Explore the steward’s role in supporting and representing members dealing with mental health issues. Learn how to challenge stigma, and how to approach a conversation with a member about a possible mental health issue.
Feb 18, 2025
Lakeview Gimli Resort & Conference
Box 1860, 10 Centre Street
Gimli, Manitoba
(map)
$450
Your registration is not final until payment is received. If payment is not received by February 7, 2025, your seat will be released.
Please make cheques payable to: CUPE/SCFP
Mail payment to:
Annalyn Jimeno
703 - 275 BROADWAY
WINNIPEG, Manitoba R3C 4M6
There is significant demand for our workshops. If you need to cancel your registration, please email Annalyn Jimeno, mbeducation@cupe.ca as soon as possible.
Thanks for your interest in CUPE’s Union Education Program and for your ongoing leadership in our union!
In response to the health concerns of our members and staff, CUPE has implemented a Scent-Free Policy at all of our workshops. Scented products such as hair spray, perfume and deodorant can trigger reactions such as respiratory distress and headaches. Facilitators and participants are asked to refrain from using scented products while attending our workshops and meetings. Thank you for your cooperation.
Annalyn Jimeno
mbeducation@cupe.ca