Course Listings

Course Description: This training is a must for Local Officers and other workplace representatives. You will learn what the law says about the Duty to Accommodate and how this law is applied in the workplace. These rights and our ability to enforce these rights have serious ramifications for the members, the union, and the employer.…

Location: The Crest Hotel (222 First Ave West, Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1A8) Course Description: This workshop was developed to action resolution (22/GEN-009) adopted at the 2022 PSAC National Triennial Convention, which called for PSAC to provide education to the membership to raise awareness about fascism and white supremacy.  This workshop covers the issues of…

Location: The Crest Hotel (222 First Ave West, Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1A8) Course Description: This is an introductory course for new Local Officers who need to know how to run a Local. Sessions may cover the role of the Local Executive; Local administration, including by-laws and budgets; effective communications and Local meetings; and how…

Location: PSAC Vancouver Regional Office (200 - 5238 Joyce Street, Vancouver, BC V5R 6C9) Course Description: This workshop was developed to action resolution (22/GEN-009) adopted at the 2022 PSAC National Triennial Convention, which called for PSAC to provide education to the membership to raise awareness about fascism and white supremacy.  This workshop covers the issues…

Location: Coast Bastion Hotel (11 Bastion Street, Nanaimo, BC V9R 6E4) Course Description: This is an introductory course for new Local Officers who need to know how to run a Local. Sessions may cover the role of the Local Executive; Local administration, including by-laws and budgets; effective communications and Local meetings; and how the Local…

Course Description: This is the union’s key “introductory” course. If you have wondered what it means to be a union member, how the PSAC works, and what happens to your dues dollars, then Talking Union Basics provides answers to these questions. The course also introduces the collective agreement, your employee rights and your rights as…

Location: Coast Bastion Hotel (11 Bastion Street, Nanaimo, BC V9R 6E4) Course Description: This is the union’s key “introductory” course. If you have wondered what it means to be a union member, how the PSAC works, and what happens to your dues dollars, then Talking Union Basics provides answers to these questions. The course also…

Location: via Zoom Course Description: This is the union’s key introductory course, held in a virtual setting. If you have wondered what it means to be a union member, how the PSAC works, felt curious about Labour History, and wanted to know more about your rights, then Talking Union Basics (TUB) provides answers to these questions.…

Location: St. Eugene Golf Resort & Casino (7777 Mission Road, Cranbrook, BC V1C 7E5) Course Description: This is the union’s key “introductory” course. If you have wondered what it means to be a union member, how the PSAC works, and what happens to your dues dollars, then Talking Union Basics provides answers to these questions.…

Location: PSAC Vancouver Regional Office (200 - 5238 Joyce Street, Vancouver BC V5J 6C9) This course will provide education to PSAC members on the history and struggles of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI) People and Peoples across Turtle Island. We will discuss the history and legacy of Residential Schools, Indian Hospitals, the Indian Act,…