This advanced training is for Local 305 and 1305 Stewards and Local Executive.

Stewards will leave feeling more confident, effective in their role and skillful in their interactions with members and the Employer.

There will be a special guest Anjeanette Dawson (Indigenous education officer) who will facilitate in the following topics: 

Pre-contact (what types of resources did Indigenous people have available prior to contact, housing, transportation, culture, language, plants, medicine may be a part of it) Colonization, (timeline of events during colonization and the impacts) Residential School (the history of what the children experienced when attending Residential School, and the impacts, how many schools were in Canada, the apprehension of the children)

Lunch will be provided so please list your dietary restrictions.

For your Leave Of Absence (LOA) please give us your paid hours, not the times you work, and if you have a shift differential.

If you are from out of town please let us know if you will need a hotel the night before the course. 

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday May 21, 2026 at 9:00am.