Awards and Contests

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Bread and Roses Award & the Regional Recognition Awards! Nomination deadline is 5:00 pm on Friday, March 28, 2025. The Bread and Roses Award recognizes achievements in leadership, engagement and communities’ transformation, candidates must have demonstrated ability and spirit in advancing gender equality, as well as a solid...

By Alexandrea Seggewiss, Local 715, InSolidarity Building community was a common theme throughout Region 7’s Leadership Conference on Jan 31 to Feb 2. Over 70 members from across OPSEU/SEFPO’s largest region gathered, where new and experienced members alike connected through activism. The annual conference aims to discuss constitution and resolutions with an emphasis on the...

Every year at convention, OPSEU SEFPO honours locals and individuals who have made an outstanding  contribution to the union. The deadline to submit a nomination was Feb 7, 2025. 2025 Awards Human Rights Award (local and individual) This award is presented to one local and one individual having made the most significant contribution to  the...

Has your local, sector or committee created award-winning original communications or campaigns during 2023? Find out by submitting them to the 2024 Canadian Association of Labour Media (CALM) Awards by April 1, 2024! Click here to submit your entries online by April 1, 2024. There are 24 award categories to enter, for both volunteer-produced and...

Has your local, sector or committee created award-winning original communications or campaigns during 2022? Find out by submitting them to the 2023 Canadian Association of Labour Media (CALM) Awards by April 3, 2023! Click here to submit your entries online by April 3, 2023. There are 24 award categories to enter, for both volunteer-produced and...

The application deadline for the OPSEU Larry Cripps Scholarship and Global Solidarity Scholarships is June 15, 2019. Are you an OPSEU member with a dependent enrolled in either a Police Foundations course or a Law and Security/Corrections course at a public post-secondary institution in Ontario? Your dependent must apply by June 15 for a chance...

Warren (Smokey) Thomas was in Pembroke Thursday to kick off the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s (MNRF) 43rd Annual Hockey Tournament. "Only you can prevent privatization." OPSEU was once again pleased to be a sponsor of the 45-team event. “It’s an honour and a privilege to represent so many hardworking and truly dedicated MNRF...

OPSEU picked up five first-place awards at this year’s Canadian Association of Labour Media awards banquet held June 19 in Victoria, B.C. The five top honours awarded to OPSEU were more than any other union. Local 588 representing academic staff at Centennial College was awarded two top finishes in the categories Best Website Content, and...

Peter Biesterfeld from OPSEU Local 416 at Algonquin College is the winner of the OPSEU Quality Education Video Contest. His video “Quality Education” highlights the amazing diversity and excellence of services provided by college faculty. As College Faculty go face to face with the employer, watch this powerful video. Be inspired by the voices of...

November 22, 2013 On November 18, the Grey Bruce Labour Council held its annual awards dinner and both recipients were OPSEU activists. Recipient of the Activist of the Year Award – Health and Safety, was retired Owen Sound correctional officer Jim Martell, Local 224 for his commitment to health and safety training and education. The...