October 20 - 24, 2025
English
Classroom
CUPE/SCFP
The block schedule for this CUPE 204 Weeklong Mental Health First Aid is as follows:
Day 1:
- Opening Activities
- Union Perspective: Mental Health Basics
- Understanding Mental Health
- Preventing mental Injury
Day 2:
- Daily Opening: Burning Questions and Concerns
- Presentation and Discussion: Accommodations, Return to Work, Legal Framework, etc.
- Union Tools: The Legal Framework
- Accommodations, Return to Work, etc.
- Reviewing tools available to us
Day 3:
- Daily Opening: Reflection Using Quotes
- Working Through Mental Health Situations: Using our Union Tools
- Transforming Conflict
Day 4:
- Transforming Conflict
Day 5:
- Daily Opening: Self-reflection Activity
- Beyond Bubble Baths: Boundaries, Self-talk, and Self-Care
- Custom 204 Content: Procedures, Forms, Practices, etc.
- Evaluation and Parking Lot
- Closing Activity
SLS - HS - Preventing Mental Injuries at Work
Oct 20, 2025 (1:00pm-4:00pm (Central))
New forms of work, job insecurity, work intensification, high demands, violence and a resulting poor work-life balance are resulting in psychosocial and mental health problems in CUPE workplaces. This module focuses on the workplace as the cause or a contributor to mental health issues, and not the individual. Discuss strategies and actions that actually help make workplaces psychologically healthier and safer.
SLS - Understanding mental health
Pre-requisites: Introduction to Stewarding
Oct 20, 2025 (1:00pm-4:00pm (Central))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.
Transforming Conflict
October 22 (1:00pm) - 23, 2025 (4:00pm)
At work and in the union... Conflict is a natural part of our lives. Learning to handle it well improves relationships with other members, co-workers and the employer. In this workshop, you will: • deepen your understanding of conflict; • strengthen your communication skills; • practice responding to conflict.
Oct 15, 2025
CUPE Manitoba Regional Office - Training Centre
703-275 Broadway
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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CUPE 204
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