2024 CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS WINTER SCHOOL
One of Canada's best labour schools is open for registration!
The CLC Winter School, held at Harrison Hot Springs in January and February 2024, offers a wide variety of high-quality labour-oriented courses. HSA members interested in helping better represent colleagues in the workplace and build a stronger union are encouraged to apply.
For dates and course information, please see the attached Information Sheet.
HSA offers a number of scholarships to cover reimbursement for wages, travel, registration, accommodation (single), meals, and dependent care. HSA members can apply for a scholarship by completing the online registration – CLC Winter School will be listed under 'Other Events.'
Registration deadline is 11:59pm on Monday, November 13, 2023.
Please note that HSA CLC Winter School scholarships are very popular, and we receive many more applications than can be accommodated. If you are awarded a scholarship, you will be contacted by HSA with further details.
New HSA Winter School Scholarship:
The Marg Beddis Scholarship was established in 2023 following the death of Marg Beddis, a former board member and long-time HSA activist. At the local level at her workplaces at Surrey Memorial Hospital and the Jim Pattison Outpatient Centre, where she worked as a dietitian, she was a champion on many Occupational Health and Safety issues. She was a founding member of HSA's Constituency Liaison team, ensuring that decision makers in government understand the issues facing HSA members. She understood that, fundamentally, change and progress is not possible without curiosity, education, and activism. She was a strong proponent of continuing education. This scholarship supports one HSA member each year to participate in Occupational Health and Safety or Political Action training at the annual CLC Pacific Region winter school.
Additional Scholarship Opportunities:
The Frank Wall Development Scholarship is an opportunity for HSA members interested in attending the Parliamentary Procedure and Public Speaking course. Please send your completed application to @email for union authorization and HSA will send to the CLC on your behalf. This scholarship requires an additional essay.
The Community Savings Scholarship offers support to HSA members interested in attending Young Workers in Action. Please send your completed application to @email for union authorization and HSA will send to Community Savings on your behalf. This scholarship requires an additional essay.
The One Movement Threads “Movement Builder” Scholarship is an opportunity for a dedicated union member from unions affiliated to the CLC. The scholarship will cover registration costs for Winter School for one member to attend one of the following courses at the 2024 Pacific Region Winter School: Young Workers in Action, Member Engagement – Member Action, or Intro to Digital Organizing. Please send your completed application to @email for union authorization and HSA will send to One Movement on your behalf. This scholarship requires an additional essay.
The Donna Sheaves Memorial Scholarship established by The Canadian Union of Public Employees Union (CUPE) Local 402, through the BC Federation of Labour, for a union woman to attend the Women in Leadership course at the CLC Winter School, which is offered in week one, January 14-19, 2024. Please send your completed application to @email for union authorization and HSA will send to the BC Federation of Labour on your behalf. This scholarship requires an additional essay.
The Kim Manton Memorial Scholarship established by the Victoria Labour Council, in partnership with the BC Federation of Labour, to honour Kim Manton’s memory with a scholarship to support Women, Trans and Non-Binary people to attend one of the following courses at the Harrison Winter School; Women in Leadership or Labour Community Advocate Level 1. Preference for this scholarship will be given to people from Vancouver Island. Please send your completed application to @email for union authorization and HSA will send to the BC Federation of Labour on your behalf. This scholarship requires an additional essay.
Members who have attended CLC Winter School within the last three years are not eligible for a 2024 scholarship.
Please contact @email for further information.
Registration deadline is 11:59pm on Monday, November 13, 2023.
Child Care:
Free childcare is provided at Winter School for eligible delegates with children ages 12 months to 12 years. An eligible delegate is a single parent, a parent not accompanied by a spouse/companion, or where both parents are delegates. While the CLC will pay the actual childcare costs at the school, students will be responsible for any additional hotel charges for their child. Delegates having additional childcare costs as a result of leaving their children at home should apply for reimbursement from HSA.
There is a limited number of spots available in the childcare program. Spots will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Delegates requiring childcare must pre-register and indicate childcare on their registration form. Requests for childcare do not constitute guaranteed spots in the childcare program. The deadline for childcare registrations is December 8, 2023. Requests received after this deadline will only be accommodated if there is room in the childcare program.
Please be aware that should unforeseen circumstances arise due to staffing issues, there is the possibility that childcare coverage may be cancelled without advance notice. Participants wishing to utilize the childcare program should keep alternate arrangements in mind, just in case.
COVID Policies & Requirements:
We will be following all provincial health requirements at the 2024 Winter School. As provincial requirements do change on short notice, we encourage all affiliates to remain up-to-date. We will provide updates on our website regarding any changes to health requirements for the school. All participants should be prepared to comply in the event a mask and/or vaccine mandate is reintroduced in BC. If changes to the COVID requirements make a participant unable to attend, the standard cancellation policy will apply. At this time, we are strongly encouraging all participants to be fully vaccinated, to help protect themselves and others.