Local Presidents and Vice-Presidents Orientation – Feb. 19-21, 2025 and Feb 24-26, 2025

Two sessions of the OPSEU/SEFPO Local Presidents/Vice-Presidents Orientations are scheduled on February 19-21, 2025, and February 24-26, 2025.This three-day workshop will give Local Presidents and Vice-Presidents the skills and tools they need to help them fulfill their leadership role within the union and navigate OPSEU/SEFPO’s organizational structure, systems, supports and resources.

• Session 1
  • Wednesday, February 19, 2025 9 am – 5PM, plus a 7PM to 9PM workshop
  • Thursday, February 20, 2025 9AM – 5PM, plus a 7PM to 9PM workshop
  • Friday, February 21, 2025 9AM – 3PM
• Session 2
  • Monday, February 24, 2025 9AM – 5PM, plus a 7PM to 9PM workshop
  • Tuesday, February 25, 2025 9AM – 5PM, plus a 7PM to 9PM workshop
  • Wednesday, February 26, 2025 9AM – 3PM
• Meeting room
  • Large Training Room – 100 Lesmill, North York, ON (Head office)
• Hotel:
  • Pan Pacific Toronto
  • 900 York Mills Road, Toronto, ON M3B 3H2
  • Phone: 1 416 444 2511
  • Single rate: $179.00 +taxes
  • Meeting Room:
  • Parking: Parking free at head office, $18 per day at Pan Pacific *Note: valet parking receipts are not a reimbursable claim.
• Applications now closed

Hotel Room Bookings

In accordance with the OPSEU/SEFPO policy (Section 10.1-5), any member who resides further than 60 kilometers from the event may request that OPSEU/SEFPO make their hotel reservation on their behalf by completing the Hotel Registration section when registering for the event in the OPSEU/SEFPO Member Portal.If you attend the evening workshops, the 60 kilometers rule is waived for members who live within 60km, and hotel accommodation will be approved. Sign-in will be required to claim hotel accommodation.OPSEU/SEFPO will be booking all hotel rooms centrally. Delegates will be reimbursed for single room hotel accommodation.Members are also responsible for payment of their hotel room upon check out as there are no charges billed back to OPSEU/SEFPO. Please save your itemized receipt and submit it with your Membership Expense Claim Form.Please also notify the Conferences and Travel Unit of any special accessibility needs that you may have with respect to your hotel room.Any additional nights outside of this policy must be pre-approved by the Conferences and Travel Unit, regardless of Region or distance from the event.

Human Rights Accommodation Request Form

Should you require a human rights accommodation or have an existing accommodation under the Human Rights Code, please complete and submit a OPSEU/SEFPO Human Rights Accommodation Form in full. Session 1 Human Rights Accommodation Form | Session 2 Human Rights Accommodation FormFamily, Dependent and Attendant Care are covered expenses for this event for those who require it at the event or at home.

OPSEU/SEFPO Child Care Policy

OPSEU/SEFPO undertakes to provide childcare services, when requested, at all union educationals, conventions, regional, divisional, and demand-setting meetings where the membership requests are at least three weeks prior to the event. Members who bring their children to OPSEU/SEFPO sponsored functions should normally be required to use the on-site childcare service if it is available.The three-week notice will ensure adequate time to process advances when requested. If no requests for on-site childcare are received three weeks prior to the activity date, childcare arrangements for on-site child care may not be made. If members then bring children to the event without the required notice, the member should be responsible for making his/her own childcare arrangements.

Forms

Members are to complete their Event Registration, Hotel Booking and Child Care Registration through OPSEU/SEFPO’s Member Portal.Attached you will find the following documentation: 1. Session 1 Advance form | Session 2 Advance form 2. Session 1 Human Rights Accommodation Form | Session 2 Human Rights Accommodation Form 3. Member Portal Quick Intro 4. Event Registration Tutorial 5. Online Expense Claim Tutorial

Eligibility Criteria:

All Local Presidents and Local Vice-Presidents who have not taken the Local Presidents Orientation are eligible to participate in these regular orientation sessions.Please note that if you applied for either of these two sessions, but were not selected for either but interested in a future session, please email [email protected]The selection process will ensure equitable representation from all the regions. If there are more applications than available spaces, selection will also consider the order of date of election as Local President/ Vice- President within each region.Please note that the course is only open to elected, currently serving Local Presidents, Local Vice-Presidents and Acting Local Presidents.Please advise us of your interest in attending this course by emailing [email protected] before end of day, Thursday, December 12, 2024, and include the following details:

• First and Last Name
• Local Number
• Email Address
• OPSEU/SEFPO Union Number
• Date Elected
• Elected Position (Local President or Vice-President)
• Which session you’d like to attend
• Please indicate which group(s) you identify with:
  • A racialized person (i.e. Black, East Asian, South Asian)
  • A non-racialized person (white)
  • A person of Indigenous ancestry (Métis, Inuit, and First Nations)

Please note that if you applied for either of these two sessions, but were not selected for either, we will add you to a list to inform you of the next session.