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CUPE Education Workshop Calendar (Alberta)

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Mental Health and Health and Safety Series

November 17 - 20, 2025 | Holiday Inn Express, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario | English | $80 (Affiliate) | $90 (Non-affiliate)
Health and Safety an Introduction; Basics of Incident Investigation; Understanding Mental Health; Preventing mental injuries at work, Recommendations and notetaking and Identifying and documenting hazards

STEWARD LEARNING SERIES

November 17 - 18, 2025 | ONLINE, Manitoba | English
This workshop offers the following sessions:

- Grievance Handling (OLS) - November 17 (5:00 - 8:00 pm)
- Notetaking (OLS) - November 18 (5:00 - 8:00 pm)

LET - Trustee Orientation (OLS)

Nov 17, 2025 | ONLINE, Newfoundland and Labrador | English
This online workshop will help new trustees understand their role and responsibilities. You will leave the workshop with a better understanding of union finances, financial controls, and financial terms as well as the basics of the trustees' audit.

Local Executive Training

November 17 - 21, 2025 | Windsor Area Office, Windsor, Ontario | English | $250
Local Executive Training

Basic Photography

Nov 19, 2025 | Alberta Regional Office, Edmonton, Alberta | English
You don’t need fancy gear to take powerful photos, just your phone and a good eye. This hands-on workshop is designed to help CUPE members capture high-quality, compelling images using the tool most of us already have in our pockets: a cellphone.

Learn the fundamentals of photography (composition, lighting, framing, and timing) with a focus on real-world union needs. Whether you’re documenting a rally, highlighting members on the job, or adding visuals to your local’s social media, this course will give you the skills and confidence to tell your story beautifully.

Introduction to Stewarding

Nov 19, 2025 | CUPE Saint John Area Office, Saint John, New Brunswick | English
What does a CUPE steward do? If you are a new steward and want to learn how to help CUPE members solve workplace problems, this introductory workshop is for you!

In this workshop, you will learn:
• investigating workplace problems;
• filing a grievance;
• meeting with management;
• dealing with workplace complaints.

NOTE: Please bring a copy of your collective agreement to the workshop.

LET - Financial Essentials

Nov 19, 2025 | CUPE New Glasgow Area office, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia | English
This workshop is for all members in an elected position within the local union. Whether you are a trustee or a member of the executive, learning about the basics of the local union’s finances is a priority. In this workshop, you will learn about your duties regarding the finances of the union, budgeting and how to be transparent and accountable to members. 

NOTE: This workshop is a pre-requisite for Secretary-Treasurers and Trustees wishing to take LET - Financial Officers.

LET - Financial Officers

Nov 20, 2025 | CUPE New Glasgow Area office, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia | English
Following the completion of LET - Financial Essentials, this 6-hour workshop allows Secretary-treasurers and Trustees to delve deeper into local finances.

Secretary-treasures will learn how to use the CUPE electronic ledger, manage the local union's funds and accounts, and prepare reports to the membership and the trustees.

Trustees will learn how to properly perform an audit of the local union's books, accounts, properties, and assets. At the end of this workshop, Trustees will be able to make recommendations to the local union to improve the local union's financial health.

NOTE: Please bring a laptop, if possible.

LET - Financial Essentials

Nov 20, 2025 | CUPE Local 37, Calgary, Alberta | English
This workshop is for all members in an elected position within the local union. Whether you are a trustee or a member of the executive, learning about the basics of the local union’s finances is a priority. In this workshop, you will learn about your duties regarding the finances of the union, budgeting and how to be transparent and accountable to members. 

NOTE: This workshop is a pre-requisite for Secretary-Treasurers and Trustees wishing to take LET - Financial Officers.

LET - Financial Officers

Nov 21, 2025 | CUPE Local 37, Calgary, Alberta | English
Following the completion of LET - Financial Essentials, this 6-hour workshop allows Secretary-treasurers and Trustees to delve deeper into local finances.

Secretary-treasures will learn how to use the CUPE electronic ledger, manage the local union's funds and accounts, and prepare reports to the membership and the trustees.

Trustees will learn how to properly perform an audit of the local union's books, accounts, properties, and assets. At the end of this workshop, Trustees will be able to make recommendations to the local union to improve the local union's financial health.

NOTE: Please bring a laptop, if possible.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Nov 21, 2025 | CUPE Manitoba Regional Office - Training Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba | English
This workshop offers the following sessions:

- Violence Prevention
- Mobilizing Around Health and Safety

Education Locals Bargaining Think Tank

November 24 - 25, 2025 | CUPE Saskatchewan Regional Office, Regina, Saskatchewan | English
The Education Workers Steering Committee (EWSC), along with CUPE, is pleased to offer ALL CUPE education locals (affiliates and non-affiliates) the opportunity to take part in a coordinated bargaining think tank. The goal is to have locals be able to work with neighbouring locals to create common language, discuss collective agreement end dates, to focus on strategic bargaining and create a plan for you to take back to your local to prepare for your next round of bargaining. Our long-term goal is to have stronger and common collective agreement language across the province.

As a CUPE education local in Saskatchewan, two delegates from your local are invited to attend this two-day session with all expenses, including lost wages, reimbursed as per the CUPE National expense policy. This two-day session will end with a rally at the legislature the afternoon of November 25, 2025.

LET - Financial Essentials

Nov 25, 2025 | St. John's Presbyterian Church, Medicine Hat, Alberta | English
This workshop is for all members in an elected position within the local union. Whether you are a trustee or a member of the executive, learning about the basics of the local union’s finances is a priority. In this workshop, you will learn about your duties regarding the finances of the union, budgeting and how to be transparent and accountable to members. 

NOTE: This workshop is a pre-requisite for Secretary-Treasurers and Trustees wishing to take LET - Financial Officers.

Introduction to Stewarding

Nov 26, 2025 | CUPE New Glasgow Area office, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia | English
What does a CUPE steward do? If you are a new steward and want to learn how to help CUPE members solve workplace problems, this introductory workshop is for you!

In this workshop, you will learn:
• investigating workplace problems;
• filing a grievance;
• meeting with management;
• dealing with workplace complaints.

NOTE: Please bring a copy of your collective agreement to the workshop.

SLS - Grievance handling

Nov 27, 2025 | CUPE New Glasgow, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia | English
Share tips and successful practices with other stewards, and learn strategies for handling difficult grievances.

NOTE: Please bring your collective agreement and Steward Handbook to the workshop.

BARG - Mobilizing for Bargaining (OLS)

Nov 27, 2025 | ONLINE, Newfoundland and Labrador | English
In this online workshop, locals will learn to assess how well their members are engaged. The session covers building power by mobilizing members to build solidarity and support for the bargaining committee.

NOTE: This workshop is for the Mobilization Committee.

Participants need:
- Pens/markers and paper.
- Membership list

Duty to Accommodate

November 27 - 28, 2025 | Best Western Plus Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick | English
Learn about the rights and responsibilities of both employers and unions under the Duty to Accommodate. In this workshop you will:
• explore case law, key concepts and the prohibited grounds of discrimination under human rights law;
• learn to make the case for accommodating workers and how to help union representatives and employers come up with appropriate accommodations for members;
• Look at how we can break down stereotypes and stigma to support the accommodation process for those who need it.

Participants should bring a copy of their collective agreement.

LET - Secretary-Treasurer Orientation (OLS)

Dec 2, 2025 | ONLINE, Newfoundland and Labrador | English
This online workshop will help newly-elected treasurers learn about the basics of the local union’s finances. You will learn about your duties regarding the finances of the union, keeping the books, and how to be transparent and accountable to members. 

Introduction to Stewarding

Dec 3, 2025 | Peace River, Alberta | English
What does a CUPE steward do? If you are a new steward and want to learn how to help CUPE members solve workplace problems, this introductory workshop is for you!

In this workshop, you will learn:
• investigating workplace problems;
• filing a grievance;
• meeting with management;
• dealing with workplace complaints.

NOTE: Please bring a copy of your collective agreement to the workshop.

LET - Leading as a Team

Dec 4, 2025 | Peace River, Alberta | English
In this workshop, executive teams explore power and responsibility that comes with it, how we work in teams and how to balance our leadership styles to engage the membership and work effectively across diversity.

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