f 2026 UNE Triennial Convention

Agenda

Sunday, August 23, 2026

Registration
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Foyer Convention floor
New Delegate Training
9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Place du Canada
Regional Caucuses
10:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Rooms listed below
Regional Caucus Room Name Location
TB-NCR regions and Separate Employers Place du Canada Convention floor
Alberta, N.W.T and Nunavut Duluth Convention floor
Ontario Centre-Ville Ground floor
Francophone caucus - Lunch Provided
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Centre-Ville
Special Information Meeting: Parks Canada
1.15 p.m. to 2.15 p.m.
Place du Canada
Regional Caucuses
2:30 p.m. to 3.45 p.m.
Rooms listed below
Regional Caucus Room Name Location
Saskatchewan, Manitoba, B.C. and Yukon Place du Canada Convention floor
Québec Duluth Convention floor
Atlantic Centre-Ville Ground Floor
Financial Statement Overview
4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Place du Canada
Information to Youth Workers
5 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Place du Canada
Welcome Reception
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Agora and Centre-Ville, Ground floor

 

Monday, August 24, 2026

Indigenous people Caucus - Breakfast Provided
7.45 a.m. – 8.45 a.m.
Square Dorchester
Registration
8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Place du Canada
Opening ceremonies and Elder or knowledge keepers welcome
9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Place du Canada
Welcome by Trustee, remarks and introduction
9:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
Place du Canada
Introduction of Deputy Trustees
9:45 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Place du Canada
Moment of silence
Anti-Harrassment Policy and Officers
Administrative Announcements

10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Place du Canada
Call to order
10:15 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.
Place du Canada
Credentials Committee Report
10:20 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Place du Canada
Adoption of Rules of Order
Adoption of convention agenda
Referral of resolutions

10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Place du Canada
Sharon DeSousa, PSAC National President Address
11 a.m. to 11.45 a.m.
Place du Canada
Rally in Support of the Bargaining Team - Lunch Provided
11.45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

More information will be shared

Boxed lunches will be provided for all participants

Buses at the side entrance of the hotel

Credentials committee report
1:30 p.m. to 1:35 p.m.
Place du Canada
Trustee Report on Trusteeship
1:35 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Place du Canada
Convention proceedings
2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Place du Canada
Young workers Caucus
5.15 p.m. – 6.15 p.m.
Place du Canada

Employer Caucuses

6:30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
Room listed below

Employer

Room Name

Location

Parks Canada Place du Canada Convention floor
Treasury Board Centre-Ville Ground Floor
Passport Duluth Convention floor
Delegates Lounge
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Square Victoria

 

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Racialized members caucus - Breakfast Provided
7.45 a.m. – 8.45 a.m.
Duluth
Credentials Committee Report
9 a.m. to 9:05 a.m.
Place du Canada
Convention Proceedings
9:05 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Place du Canada
Members with disabilities caucus (Access) - Lunch Provided
12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Duluth
Credentials Committee Report
1:30 p.m. to 1:35 p.m.
Place du Canada
Keynote Speaker: Larry Rousseau
1:35 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Place du Canada
Convention Proceedings
2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Place du Canada
Employer Caucuses
5:15 p.m. to 6.15 p.m.
Rooms listed below
Employer Caucus Room Name Location
SSO/Statistics Canada Rue St Paul Convention floor
Separate Employers Duluth Convention floor
ISC-CIRNAC Centre-Ville Ground Floor
Delegates Lounge
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Square Victoria

 

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

2SLGBTQ+ caucus (Pride) - Breakfast Provided
7.45 a.m. – 8.45 a.m.
Centre-Ville
Credentials Committee Report
9 a.m. to 9:05 a.m.
Place du Canada
Convention Proceedings
9:05 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Place du Canada
Panel Discussion: Larry Rousseau, Craig Reynolds, Mary-Anne Walker, Doug Marshall, Ruth Lau-MacDonald
11:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Place du Canada
Women's Caucus - Lunch provided
12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Agora & Centre-Ville
Credentials Committee Report
1:30 p.m. to 1:35 p.m.
Place du Canada
Convention Proceedings
1:35 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
Place du Canada
All candidates debate
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
Place du Canada
Delegates lounge
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Square Victoria

 

Thursday, August 27, 2026

Regional Caucuses - Breakfast Provided
7:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Rooms assignments - See below
Credentials Committee Report
9 a.m. to 9:05 a.m.
Place du Canada
Electronic voting procedures demonstration by Encore
9:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
Place du Canada

Election of National Officers
Regional Caucus Elections and Elections of Delegates to PSAC Convention

9:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. - We will have a lunch break between national elections and regional elections: time TBD
Place du Canada

Region

Room Name

Location

Alberta, N.W.T and Nunavut

Rue Saint-Catherine

Convention floor

Atlantic

Rue Notre Dame

Convention floor

B.C. and Yukon

Rue Crescent

Convention floor

Manitoba

Van Horne

Convention floor

NCR-Separate Employers

Place du Canada

Convention floor

NCR- Ottawa North

Rue St Paul

Convention floor

NCR- Ottawa Center

Square Dorchester For Regional Caucus then Rue St Paul for the Elections once the room is free after NCR-Ottawa North Elections

Convention floor

NCR- Gatineau South

Rue Centre - Ville

Ground floor

NCR- Gatineau Center

Duluth

Convention floor

Ontario

Agora

Ground floor

Quebec

Rue Saint Denis

Convention floor

Saskatchewan

Mansfield

Convention floor

Delegate lounge
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Square Victoria

 

Friday, August 28 2026

Credentials Committee Report
9 a.m. to 9:05 a.m.
Place du Canada
Election Results
9:05 a.m. to 9:10 a.m.
Place du Canada
Swearing-in of newly elected officers
9:10 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Place du Canada
Address by Alex Silas
9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Place du Canada
Adjournment & Closing ceremony
10:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Place du Canada

 

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