Skills Training for Stewards (4 Days)

Wednesday, May 7 - Saturday, May 10

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM all four days

Facilitator: Alex (Vital) Stuit, Deanna Kimball

Location: River Rock Casino Resort (8811 River Road, Richmond, BC V6X 3P8)

If you are a PSAC Steward looking to develop your skills for organizing, representing and advocating for PSAC members? Do you have some experience representing members with management and you want to improve and practice your representational skills? Then this Skills Training for Stewards is for you!

In this course you will have an opportunity to meet with other Stewards and learn, unlearn and relearn skills that will increase your confidence when navigating issues in the workplace.

Pre-requisites:

Talking Union Basics (TUB) or Introduction to the PSAC for Indigenous Members (IUIM) course or equivalent, AND
PSAC Grievance Handling (GH) course, AND
Experience representing members with management

Apply for this course below. The application deadline is Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Please note: No late registrations will be considered.

Catchment: Regionwide

Personal information

Name *

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Email *

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PSAC ID number *

Component / DCL *

Local number *

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or your home phone number if no cell

Work phone *

Home address *

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Workplace information

Worksite address *

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if you're working remotely due to Covid, enter your usual or pre-pandemic workplace

What bargaining unit do you belong to? *

The Skills Training for Stewards courses is open to Stewards and Local Officers.

Please provide us with some information on your current union position(s) and role(s).

If you selected "Other" above, please provide details.

Provide us with the name and contact information for a member of your Local/Compoent executive who can verify your elected role. *

Name of Local Executive Contact

Local Executive Email *

Course Prerequisites

Applicants to the Skills Training for Stewards course must have taken the for the following courses to be considered: (1) Talking Union Basics (TUB) course or Introduction to PSAC for Indigenous Members (IUIM); (2) Grievance Handling (GH). Additionally, applicants must have experience representing members with management.

Have you completed the Talking Union Basics (TUB) Course or the Introduction to PSAC for Indigenous Members (IUIM)? *

Have you completed the Grievance Handling (GH) course? *

Do you have experience representing members with management? *

For how many years have you been representing members? *

What questions do you have about representation? *

What steward skills are you looking to develop? *

What are your expectations for this training? *

Loss of salary and materials

Will you be claiming loss of salary OR leave with pay as specified by the Treasury Board, Parks and CFIA collective agreements?

If yes, please specify the date(s) and times(s)

Do you have any special requirements?

If yes, please specify

Please confirm that you will receive handouts and relevant readings electronically for the course by checking this box *

PSAC Education is committed to greening our events and would like to reduce the amount of paper waste produced at our education events. Climate change, global warming and the protection of our environment are union issues. Conventions, conferences and meetings all have an impact on our environment. We can help reduce this impact by adopting environmentally-friendly practices.

If you require printed materials, as a part of an accommodation, please check this box

Emergency Contact

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Optional Equity Self-ID

PSAC members who belong to the following groups are invited to self-identify. This information is voluntary and kept confidential and will be used for the purposes of supporting our equity initiatives and programs. Please check all that apply.

I am 35 years of age and under

If yes, what is your date of birth?

I am a member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community

I am a racialized member

A racially visible person in Canada is non-white in colour or race, regardless of place of birth.

I am a person with a disability

For equity purposes, “person with disabilities” means persons who experience barriers arising from impairments of a physical, mental, sensory, psychiatric or learning nature.

I self-identify as a woman

I am an Indigenous person

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