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
Region Room Name Location
Alberta, N.W.T., Nunavut Rue Notre Dame Convention floor
Atlantic Rue Crescent Convention floor
Manitoba & Saskatchewan & B.C. & Yukon Centre-Ville Ground floor
NCR - Separate Employers Rue Saint-Paul Ground floor
Francophone caucus
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Centre-Ville
Trustee Report on Trusteeship
1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Place du Canada
Regional Caucuses
2:30 a.m. to 3.45 p.m.
Rooms listed below
Region Room Name Location
TB - Ottawa, Gatineau, Outside Canada Duluth Convention floor
Ontario Rue Sainte Catherine Convention floor
Quebec Notre Dame Ground floor
Financial Statement Overview
4 p.m. to 5 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
8 a.m. – 9 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
11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Place du Canada
Employer Caucuses
12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Refer to room list

Employer Caucus Name

Room Name

Location

Separate Employers

Duluth

Convention Floor

Parks

Place du Canada

Convention Floor

Passport

Rue Saint Paul

Convention Floor

SSO/Statistics Canada

Rue Saint-Catherine

Convention Floor

ISC-CIRNAC

Agora

Convention Floor

Treasury Board

Centre-Ville

Ground floor

Credentials committee report
1:30 p.m. to 1:35 p.m.
Place du Canada
Convention proceedings
1:35 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Place du Canada
Young workers Caucus
5 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Place du Canada*
Delegates Lounge
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Danforth

 

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Racialized members caucus - Breakfast Provided
8 a.m. – 9 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)
12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Duluth
Convention Committee Report
1:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Place du Canada
Keynote Speaker: Larry Rousseau
1:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Place du Canada
Convention Proceedings
2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Place du Canada
Delegate Lounge
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Square Victoria

 

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

2SLGBTQ+ caucus (Pride) - Breakfast Provided
8 a.m. – 9 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 10:30 p.m.
Place du Canada
Panel Discussion: Larry Rousseau, Craig Reynolds, Mary-Anne Walker, Doug Marshall, Ruth Lau-MacDonald
10:30 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
Delegates lounge
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Square Victoria

 

Thursday, August 27, 2026

Regional Caucuses - Breakfast Provided
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 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.
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

All TB-NCR regions and Separate Employers

Meeting rooms to be assigned

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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