{"id":10918,"date":"2023-09-19T10:04:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=10918"},"modified":"2023-09-19T10:04:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:04:58","slug":"union-leadership-development-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=10918","title":{"rendered":"Union Leadership Development Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ULDP-1024x538.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ULDP-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ULDP-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ULDP-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ULDP.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Develop your leadership skills to build union power! Apply for the Union Leadership Development Program.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deadline for applications: Friday, October 6, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Applications will not be accepted after the deadline.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Are you an elected union leader or an informal leader who has the trust and respect of fellow union members?<\/li><li>Are you committed to fighting for workers\u2019 rights, human rights and social justice?&nbsp;<\/li><li>Do you want to develop a sustainable, collaborative leadership practice?&nbsp;<\/li><li>Do you want to know how to lead from an anti-oppressive perspective?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Do you want to learn skills that will help transform PSAC into a stronger, more effective, inclusive, better-organized, membership-based union?<\/li><li>Can you to commit to a year-long, intensive education program and to applying what you learn to your union leadership in the years to come?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The PSAC\u2019s Union Leadership Development Program (ULDP) is an advanced, year-long leadership course for members who are ready to expand their leadership roles within the union.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more than 35 years, the ULDP has been recognized as among the best comprehensive union leadership training programs in Canada. Many current national and regional PSAC leaders are graduates of the ULDP and can attest to the learning opportunities the program provides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This program provides training for both formal union leaders in elected positions as well as informal union leaders who are respected in the workplace. Ideal candidates for the ULDP are leaders who demonstrate that they are in a position to work with others in our union and make meaningful change, and those who have the respect and trust of members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ULDP provides leaders at\u00a0PSAC with training, tools and shared space to develop their individual and collective capacity to transform PSAC into a stronger, more effective, inclusive, better-organized, membership-based union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/psac-afpc-349794.workflowcloud.com\/forms\/e0f025d4-85f2-475b-9cd5-cf2779b7a735\"><strong>APPLY NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ULDP dates and location<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ULDP is delivered once every three years in each of the 7 PSAC Regions. Francophones from the NCR and Atlantic Regions will join the Quebec Region while Anglophones from the Quebec Region will join the NCR Region.&nbsp; The program has six&nbsp;<strong>mandatory<\/strong>&nbsp;steps which include three face-to-face gatherings and three remote steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are\u00a0the dates and locations of each step of ULDP in each region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/psacunion.ca\/union-leadership-development-program?fbclid=IwAR2XFmgzCqXJlh2dHkPqh1tajmr76LDXbw9IR8E3wVnJCN98pxYa3-jERgY#\">Atlantic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Step 1 \u2013 remote \u2013 January 3 to April 9, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 2 \u2013 in person \u2013 April 10 to April 15, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 3 \u2013 remote \u2013 April 16 to June 11, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 4 \u2013 in person \u2013 June 12 to June 16, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 5 \u2013 remote \u2013 June 17 to November 19, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 6 \u2013 in person \u2013 November 20 to November 24, 2024\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/psacunion.ca\/union-leadership-development-program?fbclid=IwAR2XFmgzCqXJlh2dHkPqh1tajmr76LDXbw9IR8E3wVnJCN98pxYa3-jERgY#\">BC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Step 1 \u2013 remote \u2013 January 3 to April 11, 2024&nbsp;<\/li><li>Step 2 \u2013 in person \u2013 April 12 to April 16, 2024 \u2013&nbsp;Burnaby&nbsp;<\/li><li>Step 3 \u2013 remote \u2013 April 17 to June 13, 2024&nbsp;<\/li><li>Step 4 \u2013 in person \u2013 June 14 to June 18, 2024&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Burnaby&nbsp;<\/li><li>Step 5 \u2013 remote \u2013 June 19 to October 31,&nbsp;2024&nbsp;<\/li><li>Step 6 \u2013 in person \u2013 November 1 to November 4, 2024&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Burnaby&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/psacunion.ca\/union-leadership-development-program?fbclid=IwAR2XFmgzCqXJlh2dHkPqh1tajmr76LDXbw9IR8E3wVnJCN98pxYa3-jERgY#\">National Capital Region<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Step 1 \u2013 remote \u2013 January 3 to March 1, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 2 \u2013 in person \u2013 March 2 to March 5, 2024\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ottawa\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 3 \u2013 remote \u2013 March 6 to May 30,\u00a02024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 4 \u2013 in person \u2013 June 1 to June 4, 2024 \u2013\u00a0Ottawa\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 5 \u2013 remote \u2013 June 5 to October 25, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 6 \u2013 in person \u2013\u00a0October 26 to October 29,\u00a0 2024 \u2013\u00a0Ottawa\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/psacunion.ca\/union-leadership-development-program?fbclid=IwAR2XFmgzCqXJlh2dHkPqh1tajmr76LDXbw9IR8E3wVnJCN98pxYa3-jERgY#\">North<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Step 1 \u2013 remote \u2013 January 3 to April 23, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 2 \u2013 in person \u2013 April 24 to April 28, 2024\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Yellowknife\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 3 \u2013 remote \u2013 April 29 to June 11, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 4 \u2013 in person \u2013 June 12 to June 16, 2024\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Iqualuit\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 5 \u2013 remote \u2013 June 17 to December 10,2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 6 \u2013 in person \u2013 December 11 to December 15, 2024 \u2013Whitehorse\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/psacunion.ca\/union-leadership-development-program?fbclid=IwAR2XFmgzCqXJlh2dHkPqh1tajmr76LDXbw9IR8E3wVnJCN98pxYa3-jERgY#\">Ontario<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Step 1 \u2013 remote \u2013 January 3 to April 22, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 2 \u2013 in person \u2013 April 23 to April 28, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 3 \u2013 remote \u2013 April 29 to June 10, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 4 \u2013 in person \u2013 June 11 to 16, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 5 \u2013 remote \u2013 June 17 to November 4, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 6 \u2013 in person \u2013 November 5 to November 10, 2024\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/psacunion.ca\/union-leadership-development-program?fbclid=IwAR2XFmgzCqXJlh2dHkPqh1tajmr76LDXbw9IR8E3wVnJCN98pxYa3-jERgY#\">Prairies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Step 1 \u2013 remote \u2013 January 3 to April 21, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 2 \u2013 in person \u2013 April 22 to April 26, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 3 \u2013 remote \u2013 April 27 to June 10, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 4 \u2013 in person \u2013 June 9 to June 13, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 5 \u2013 remote \u2013 June 14 to November 23, 2024\u00a0<\/li><li>Step 6 \u2013 in person \u2013 November 24 to November 28, 2024\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/psacunion.ca\/union-leadership-development-program?fbclid=IwAR2XFmgzCqXJlh2dHkPqh1tajmr76LDXbw9IR8E3wVnJCN98pxYa3-jERgY#\"><br>Qu\u00e9bec<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Step 1 \u2013 remote \u2013 January 3 to April 9,&nbsp;2024&nbsp;<\/li><li>Step 2 \u2013 in person \u2013 April 10 to April14,&nbsp;2024&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Qu\u00e9bec&nbsp;<\/li><li>Step 3 \u2013 remote \u2013 April 15 to June 4, 2024&nbsp;<\/li><li>Step 4 \u2013 in person \u2013 June 5 to June 9 2024&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Orford&nbsp;<\/li><li>Step 5 \u2013 remote \u2013 June 10 to December 3&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;2024&nbsp;<\/li><li>Step 6 \u2013 in person \u2013 December 4 to December 8 2024&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2013Brossard&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Course prerequisites<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Talking Union Basics (TUB)<\/li><li><strong>or<\/strong>&nbsp;Introduction to&nbsp;PSAC for Indigenous Members<\/li><li><strong>or<\/strong>&nbsp;equivalent experience through activism within PSAC and\/or their community<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>PSAC is committed to ensuring that participants in the ULDP represent the diversity of our union membership.\u00a0 We encourage applications from members who are Indigenous, racially visible members, members with disabilities, women, 2SLGBTQIA+ members and members under the age of 36.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/psac-afpc-349794.workflowcloud.com\/forms\/e0f025d4-85f2-475b-9cd5-cf2779b7a735\">APPLY NOW<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Develop your leadership skills to build union power! Apply for the Union Leadership Development Program.&nbsp; Deadline for applications: Friday, October 6, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.&nbsp;Applications will not be accepted after the deadline. Are you an elected union leader or an informal leader who has the trust and respect of fellow union members? &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=10918\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Union Leadership Development Program&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10920,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10918\/revisions\/10920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}