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May 2, 2026 | CUPE ARO Boardroom, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | English

Public Speaking

This workshop will help you gain the confidence you need to speak up at a meeting or public event. Take the opportunity, in a supportive environment to practice speaking on various issues and resolutions. Learn ways to deal with nervousness, and how to prepare and present.
May 4 - 8, 2026 | The Russell Inn & Conference Centre, Russell, Manitoba | English

56th Annual CUPE Manitoba Weeklong Summer School 2026

Sessions being offered at this year's Weeklong Summer School are: 1. Health and Safety: Taking on Workplace Violence 2. Leadership: Union Leadership in a Polarized World 3. Labour Music and Art: Activating your Local 4. Steward Learning Series: Work Now, Grieve Later, Build Solidarity ...
May 4 - 5, 2026 | Quality Inn Airport, Dieppe, New Brunswick | English

Cancelled: Health and Safety - An Introduction

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...
May 4 - 8, 2026 | Delta Hotel, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario | English | $100 (Affiliate) | $120 (Non-affiliate)

Sault Ste Marie District CUPE Council School

Please note that the WSIB workshop will be held at the: CUPE Sault Ste. Marie Area Office Station Tower, 606-421 Bay Street Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 1X3 and SLS and H&S workshops will be held at the Delta Hotel, address listed below.
May 4, 2026 | ONLINE, Ontario | English

Challenging Racism (OLS)

This online workshop covers what racism looks like in our society and in our union, and your role in challenging it. Participation in this online workshop qualifies for a stamp in the passport for the Steward Learning Series (SLS) for Challenging Racism in the Workplace.
May 6 - 7, 2026 | CUPE Cornwall Area Office, Cornwall, Ontario | French

Duty to Accommodate

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 ...
May 6, 2026 | Rodd Charlottetown, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | English

CUPE PEI Education Day

Bring our work in house: How to stop contracting out | Canadian Union of Public Employees SLS - Mediating member-to-member conflict | Canadian Union of Public Employees
May 6, 2026 | CUPE Saint John Office, Saint John, New Brunswick | English

LET - Good Meetings

Have you ever sat through a meeting, either as a participant or a facilitator that you knew could be more focused, efficient, inclusive, or effective? We use Bourinot's rules of parliamentary procedure to make important decisions in a way that is fair. But sometimes a different kind of conversation ...
May 6, 2026 | CUPE BC Regional Office, Burnaby, British Columbia | English

Introduction to Stewarding

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 6-hour workshop, you will learn: • investigating workplace problems; • filing a grievance; • meeting with management; • dealing...
May 7, 2026 | CUPE Yarmouth Area Office, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia | English

LET - Duty of Fair Representation

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.
May 7, 2026 | CUPE Yarmouth Area Office, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia | English

SLS - Ally skills for stewards

Effective stewards are champions for human rights and equality. Explore what it means to be an ally, and ways that stewards can step up as allies in the workplace and the union.
May 11 - 12, 2026 | CUPE Peel Area Office, Mississauga, Ontario | English

WSIB - Level II

Prevention Link - WSIB Level 2 **NOTE: WSIB Level 1 is a prerequisite** The second level is designed to provide workers with the skills and knowledge to represent injured workers in the initial steps of a worker’s claim. This level is designed to build on the knowledge attained in Level I and is d...
May 12, 2026 | CUPE Fraser Valley Office, Abbotsford, British Columbia | English

Introduction to Stewarding

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 6-hour workshop, you will learn: • investigating workplace problems; • filing a grievance; • meeting with management; • dealing...
May 13 - 14, 2026 | CUPE Manitoba Regional Office - Training Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba | English

New Stewards Program

This workshop offers the following sessions: - Introduction to Stewarding - Representing Members in Front of Management