Course Listings

Understanding Historical Legacies and Addressing Current Challenges In this two-day pilot course, members will review key moments and often forgotten histories of racial exclusion in Canada’s labour movement. Members will explore contemporary manifestations of anti-Black racism and racism in the labour market and our labour movement. We will reflect on how the persistence of such…

Grievance Handling gives new shop stewards essential knowledge for handling Level I Grievances. Participants gain a better understanding of how to work with members at the initial stages of the grievance procedure and how to mobilize members around workplace problems.  Open to: All members in good standing from Southwest region, and new Local Stewards are…

Deepening our Understanding of Gender and Sexuality and Combatting the Rise of Organized Transphobia This one-day course aims to help members understand the rise of organized transphobia, which has grown rapidly in recent years spurred on by the emboldening of the far right and as part of a larger “Conservative Countermovement” against social progress. The…

The Joint Learning Program (JLP) was established in 2001 as a collaborative initiative between the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. This program represents a pioneering agreement in Canada where a bargaining agent and the employer jointly deliver learning activities through contract negotiations. The JLP's funding and mandate are…

TALKING UNION BASICS introduces members to the PSAC, and prepares them for more advanced union education. It provides an historical and structural overview of the union, introduces participants to the collective agreement, and gives them a chance for hands-on practice in problem-solving.This course will be delivered over 2 separate days. Please read the dates and…

TALKING UNION BASICS introduces members to the PSAC, and prepares you for more advanced union education. It provides a historical and structural overview of the union, introduces participants to the collective agreement, and gives a chance for hands-on practice in problem-solving. Open to: All members in good standing represented by the Thunder Bay Regional Office,…

Racism and Our Labour Movement: Understanding Historical Legacies and Addressing Current ChallengesIn this two-day course, members will review key moments and often forgotten histories of racial exclusion in Canada’s labour movement. Members will explore contemporary manifestations of anti-Black racism and racism in the labour market and our labour movement. We will reflect on how the persistence…