Applications
The Prairie Region, often working with the Pacific Region, offers a number of courses that you can apply to attend. Please note the deadline by which the applications must be received by the Local office.
**IMPORTANT**Applications for Regional educationals are accepted as PRINT ONLY
The online application form can be downloaded for print; but the LEGIBLY filled-out, physical form must arrive at the Local office, by hand or by post, before the stated deadline.
PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND APPLY PROMPTLY
3-Day Education Seminar
This 3-day education seminar for all Locals within the Prairie Region will be held at Holiday Inn Express Downtown 10010 – 104th Street, Edmonton, from March 13-15, 2026.
The courses being offered are:
Basic Shop Steward
This course aims to provide new stewards with basic training, knowledge, and confidence. Topics include the different roles of the steward, how to investigate and file a grievance, communication skills, shop steward rights, the steward as organizer/mobilizer, and key provisions of the urban operations and RSMC collective agreements.
Mental Health
This course is about recognizing mental health issues in the workplace, assisting co-workers suffering from mental illness, and strategies for psychological health and safety. Participants explore the stigma towards people living with mental illness. They review the signs and symptoms of mental health problems, and the indicators of psychological health and safety in the workplace. They look at different support and accommodation measures, and explore strategies to facilitate psychological health and safety at work.
Updating Routes & Basic LCRMS
This course explains the fundamentals of the Letter Carrier Route Measurement System (LCRMS), with a focus on the factors used to update routes. Participants examine the different time values that determine a route and review how they are calculated. They look at restructures, volume counts, and the parts of the collective agreement that relate to LCRMS. Most important, they learn how to verify time values to ensure they reflect the letter carrier’s work, and what to do if there are discrepancies.
Grievance Handling
This course reinforces participants’ grievance knowledge, investigation and advocacy skills. Included: shop stewards rights, grievance investigation, active listening, grievance hearings, the duty of fair representation and the steward’s role as a workplace organizer. In “It’s more than grievances”, participants look at shop floor-oriented strategies for resolving issues. Note: This course is for stewards with some experience.