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CUPE Education Workshop Calendar (Alberta)

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Introduction to Stewarding

Dec 5, 2025 | CUPE Grande Prairie Area Office, Grande Prairie, 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 - Financial Essentials

Dec 5, 2025 | Yorkton Area Office, Yorkton, Saskatchewan | 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

Dec 6, 2025 | Yorkton Area Office, Yorkton, Saskatchewan | 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 - Parliamentary Procedure

December 6 - 7, 2025 | CUPE Grande Prairie Area Office, Grande Prairie, Alberta | English
This workshop is about following rules of order when chairing union meetings. Learn about the role of the chair and the different elements (motions, amendments, points of order, etc.). Get a chance to put the learning into practice.

NOTE: Please bring a copy of your local bylaws to the workshop.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

December 8 - 9, 2025 | ONLINE, Manitoba | English
This workshop offers the following sessions:

- Health and Safety - An Introduction Part 1 - December 8 (5:00 - 8:00 pm)
- Health and Safety - An Introduction Part 2 - December 9 (5:00 - 8:00 pm)

Recommended to register for all sessions.

LET - Trustee Orientation (OLS)

Dec 8, 2025 | CUPE Manitoba Regional Office - Training Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba | 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.

SLS - Conflict skills for stewards

Dec 8, 2025 | CUPE Grande Prairie Area Office, Grande Prairie, Alberta | English
Unresolved workplace conflict is stressful and weakens the union. Learn about the sources of workplace conflict and how to choose a response that fits the situation. Practice conflict communication skills that will help you resolve conflict at work and in the union.

SLS - HS - Preventing Mental Injuries at Work

Dec 8, 2025 | CUPE Grande Prairie Area Office, Grande Prairie, Alberta | English
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.

WSIB Level 4 - Return to Work

December 8 - 12, 2025 | Windsor, Ontario | English
**PRE-REQUISITE IS LEVEL 1 & 2**
The fourth of six certification courses offered within Prevention Link’s core curriculum, is designed for participants who will or currently assist injured workers, individually or collectively, through a therapeutic return to work (RTW) and provides workplace parties with the tools necessary to develop strategies that ensure successful outcomes. Through the exploration of leading research, law, and evidence-based best practices, participants learn: The principles of good return to work practices and the Duty to Accommodate; Legal lessons from precedent-setting cases and their practical use; Barriers to successful return to work and their elimination using the social model of disability and therapeutic return to work principles; An in-depth comparison between older methods of disability management and the newer progressive disability prevention model; The paradigm shift from management to prevention and the roles of the parties involved (employer, an injured worker, representative, H&S representatives) including their rights and responsibilities in the process.

LET - Leadership Essentials

December 9 - 10, 2025 | Centre de Villégiature Deux Rivières, Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick | French
Who am I as a leader? Who are we as a local union? How do we fit into the broader movement? Learn how to use the power of your elected position to build power and strengthen solidarity in the union, in the labour movement and in our communities.

Steward Training Fort McMurray and Area

December 10 - 12, 2025 | Fort McMurray Area Office, Fort McMurray, Alberta | English
These workshops are being offered to all CUPE members in the Fort McMurray/Wood Buffalo Region.

Introduction to CUPE (OLS)

Dec 16, 2025 | ONLINE, New Brunswick | French
In this workshop you will:
• explore union values;
• learn about CUPE’s structure;
• find out how unions solve problems ;
• gain skills that will help you play a stronger role in your CUPE local.

BARG - How Bargaining Works

Dec 16, 2025 | CUPE ARO Boardroom, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | English
This module can be added to other parts of the Bargaining Education Program. It covers the legal framework for collective bargaining and where we get our power as a union.

Analyzing your Collective Agreement

Dec 16, 2025 | CUPE ARO Boardroom, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | English
This workshop provides tools to support locals in all stages of the bargaining cycle – from preparing for bargaining, to being at the bargaining table, to the “crunch” if bargaining breaks down.

LET - Parliamentary Procedure

December 18 - 19, 2025 | CUPE Cornwall Area Office, Cornwall, Ontario | English
This workshop is about following rules of order when chairing union meetings. Learn about the role of the chair and the different elements (motions, amendments, points of order, etc.). Get a chance to put the learning into practice.

NOTE: Please bring a copy of your local bylaws to the workshop.

Health and Safety - An Introduction

January 5 - 6, 2026 | Alberta Regional Office, Edmonton, Alberta | English
This course serves as an introduction into the world of health and safety and explores different basic concepts such as:
• Identification of hazards;
• Hierarchy of controls;
• The basic role of health and safety committees;
• Basics on the right to refuse.

NOTE: See more Health and Safety courses in the Health and Safety Learning Series.

Health and Safety - An Introduction

January 12 - 13, 2026 | CUPE Local 37, Calgary, Alberta | English
This course serves as an introduction into the world of health and safety and explores different basic concepts such as:
• Identification of hazards;
• Hierarchy of controls;
• The basic role of health and safety committees;
• Basics on the right to refuse.

NOTE: See more Health and Safety courses in the Health and Safety Learning Series.

BARG - Preparing for Bargaining (OLS)

Jan 12, 2026 | ONLINE, Ontario | English
In this online workshop, you will learn about:
• the bargaining process;
• the legal framework for bargaining;
• what to expect on the first day of bargaining;
• bargaining table basics;
• consensus decision-making; and
• staying strategic.

NOTE: This workshop is intended for members of a Bargaining Committee.

Duty to Accommodate

January 12 - 13, 2026 | Local 46 Union Office, Medicine Hat, Alberta | 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 - Duty of Fair Representation

Jan 13, 2026 | Local 46 Union Office, Medicine Hat, Alberta | English
Learn about your local's duty to represent the members in your union, the legal requirements of fair representation and how it applies to your collective agreement and other laws covering your workplace.

LET - Financial Essentials

Jan 14, 2026 | Local 46 Union Office, 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.

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