Unions Work for Women (4 Days) – Vancouver

Friday, December 5 - Monday, December 8

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM for all four course days (Thursday Group Dinner is at 6 PM)

Facilitator: Julie Diels-Neufeld and Deanna Kimball

Location: Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront (1133 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 3T3)

Please note – The travel day for attendees is Thursday, December 4. There will be a group dinner on the Thursday evening. Participation is required.

Hours of Session

Thursday: Group Dinner at 6:00 PM
Friday to Monday: Course from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day

Course Description

Sixty percent of PSAC members are women and the numbers of women in leadership positions are increasing every year. This course will help participants continue the momentum of building real equality in our Union and in our communities. Participants will explore our herstory and understand the importance of a feminist analysis in ensuring our collective agreements, our union structures and our communities reflect our principles and our goals. We will also develop strategies to advance women’s issues, both locally and globally.

This is an advanced course intended for a diverse group of women participants – women from all equity seeking groups, from different geographic or rural/urban areas, trans women, cis-women, genderqueer women, non-binary people who are significantly female-identified from different employer groups and PSAC structures, who are active in their union, or in their community, or on specific issues that matter to them, who are young workers and who are seasoned.

The goal of the course is to build a better union, better workplaces and a better society by encouraging and supporting active PSAC women in their struggle for fairness, equality and social justice.

This course is open to PSAC members who do not identify as male.

Prerequisites

Applicants must have a minimum of Talking Union Basics or Our Communities, Our Union, Our Rights: An introduction to the PSAC for Indigenous Members; AND
They must also be active in their unions or communities.

Apply for this course below. Application deadline: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 4 PM Pacific. Late applications will not be considered.

Approved applicants will be notified during the week of October 27.

Catchment: Advanced Course, Regionwide

This course is open to PSAC members who do not identify as a male/man. Please confirm this below by selecting the following box. *

I do not identify as a male/man.

Personal information

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Loss of salary and materials

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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.

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Involvement in Women's Issues

One of the prerequisites for this course is for applicants to be activy in their union and/or community.

Are you a member of a PSAC Regional Women's Committee? *

If yes, please specify which Regional Women's Committee.

Describe your activism in the union and/or community around issues that impact women. *

What is one thing you want to learn more about that will empower you in the work you do in the union and/or in the community? *

Name an event that you take part in with the union and/or your community and explain why it is important to you. *

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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 racialized 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

An Indigenous person is a members of a First Nation, a Métis or an Inuit Community.

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