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March 12, 2026 | CUPE Manitoba Regional Office - Training Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba | English

STEWARD LEARNING SERIES

This workshop offers the following sessions: - Creating Accommodation-Friendly Workplaces - Representing Gender and Sexually Diverse Members Pre-requisite: Introduction to Stewarding Note: Please bring your Steward Handbook and Passport
March 12 - 13, 2026 | CUPE Saint John Office, Saint John, New Brunswick | English

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 ...
March 13, 2026 | ONLINE, Nova Scotia | English

BARG - Picket Captain Training (OLS)

In this online workshop, picket captains will learn about: • the issues in dispute; • the strike plan; • their responsibilities; • how to manage situations that might come up on the picket line. NOTE: This workshop is for picket captains.
March 13, 2026 | ONLINE, Nova Scotia | English

BARG - Picket Captain Training (OLS)

In this online workshop, picket captains will learn about: • the issues in dispute; • the strike plan; • their responsibilities; • how to manage situations that might come up on the picket line. NOTE: This workshop is for picket captains.
March 13, 2026 | ONLINE, Manitoba | English

SLS - What stewards need to know about pensions (OLS)

In this online workshop, participants will learn about public pensions and about the different types of workplace pension plans. They will also explore the different roles they, as Stewards, can play to support and accompany members in understanding and protecting their pension.
March 13, 2026 | CUPE Manitoba Regional Office - Training Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba | English

Cancelled: Indigenous Cultural Safety in Healthcare

This workshop is for CUPE members who work in healthcare settings, such as hospitals, long-term care, first responders, public health, etc. What this workshop covers: -What Indigenous cultural safety means and how it can improve experiences for everyone. -The impacts of settler colonialism and an...
March 14, 2026 | CUPE ARO Boardroom, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | English

BARG - Preparing for a Successful Strike

To be effective, a strike needs to be well organized. This workshop covers the four pillars of a well run strike: administration, finance/strike pay, communications and picket schedules. NOTE: This workshop is for the Strike Committee.
March 15, 2026 | CUPE ARO Boardroom, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | English

BARG - Picket Captain Training

In this workshop, picket captains learn about: • the issues in dispute; • the strike plan; • their responsibilities; • how to manage situations that might come up on the picket line. NOTE: This workshop is for picket captains.
March 16, 2026 | Quality Inn Airport, Dieppe, New Brunswick | French

Cancelled: 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 ...
March 16, 2026 | CUPE Saskatoon Area Office, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | English

SLS - Duty of fair representation

Learn about where stewards get their authority in the workplace, the duty of fair representation, and other labour laws that cover the workplace. NOTE: Please bring your Steward Handbook to the workshop.
March 18 - 19, 2026 | CUPE Sault Ste Marie Area Office, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario | English | $25 (Affiliate) | $30 (Non-affiliate)

Financial Essentials and Financial Officers

Financial Essentials and Financial Officers
March 18, 2026 | Best Western Plus Bridgewater Hotel, Cookville, Nova Scotia | English

BARG - Preparing for a Successful Strike

To be effective, a strike needs to be well organized. This workshop covers the four pillars of a well run strike: administration, finance/strike pay, communications and picket schedules. NOTE: This workshop is for the Strike Committee.
March 18, 2026 | ONLINE, Newfoundland and Labrador | English

Introduction to Stewarding - Part 2 (OLS)

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 online workshop is for you! Note: This is Part 2 of Introduction to Stewarding. Part 1 is a pre-requisite to this course.
March 18, 2026 | CUPE Sydney Area office, Sydney, Nova Scotia | English

BARG - Preparing for a Successful Strike

To be effective, a strike needs to be well organized. This workshop covers the four pillars of a well run strike: administration, finance/strike pay, communications and picket schedules. NOTE: This workshop is for the Strike Committee.
March 18, 2026 | CUPE Manitoba Regional Office - Training Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba | English

ARC - Solidarity with Workers in Palestine - Part 2

This 2-part workshop covers: - Essential background of Palestinian history, politics and the situation today - The reality of settler colonialism - The apartheid nature of the Israeli state - Labour conditions for Palestinians - Narrative and media bias - CUPE's history of advocacy for Palest...
March 19, 2026 | Old School Community Gathering Place, Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia | English

BARG - Preparing for a Successful Strike

To be effective, a strike needs to be well organized. This workshop covers the four pillars of a well run strike: administration, finance/strike pay, communications and picket schedules. NOTE: This workshop is for the Strike Committee.
March 19 - 20, 2026 | Centre de Villégiature Deux Rivières, Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick | 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 ...
March 19 - 20, 2026 | CUPE Dalhousie Area Office, Dalhousie, New Brunswick | English

LET - Financials

LET - Financial Essentials LET - Financial Officers
March 20, 2026 | Harbour Lites New Horizons CLub, Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia | English

BARG - Picket Captain Training

In this workshop, picket captains learn about: • the issues in dispute; • the strike plan; • their responsibilities; • how to manage situations that might come up on the picket line. NOTE: This workshop is for picket captains.
March 20, 2026 | CUPE Manitoba Regional Office - Training Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba | English

BARGAINING TRAINING SERIES

This workshop offers the following sessions: - Reconciliation in Bargaining - Notetaking for Bargaining
March 22, 2026 | CUPE ARO Boardroom, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | English

BARG - Picket Captain Training

In this workshop, picket captains learn about: • the issues in dispute; • the strike plan; • their responsibilities; • how to manage situations that might come up on the picket line. NOTE: This workshop is for picket captains.