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PSAC North is proud to offer members a union education program that ranks among the best and most comprehensive in Canada.

We provide members with learning opportunities to develop knowledge, skills, and personal confidence. Union education encourages participation and promotes mutual respect and understanding between members and the union leadership. A trained membership is an active membership and active members build a strong union.

For a complete listing of all courses being offered throughout the North, please visit the Course Listings Page.

Please select your region below to download a course registration form: 

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Yukon Territory

Letter in Support of ASL Interpreter in Yukon
February 12, 2018 - 11:28am •
A  five-year term position of American Sign Language interpreter is set to expire in Yukon in mid-March. Please see our Feb. 2 letter in support of continuing this service for citizens. 
Supporting Employment Success - A Tool to Plan Accommodations for Workplace Mental Health
February 5, 2018 - 10:14am •
Regional Council Face-to-Face Meeting and Strategic Sessions - January 16 to 18, 2018
January 23, 2018 - 4:21pm •
RE: Proposed LGBTQ2S + Legislative Amendments
January 23, 2018 - 3:20pm •
The Public Service Alliance of Canada received a letter from the Government of Yukon regarding a request to conduct a review of legislation, policies and practices to ensure Yukon government meets the rules and social standards for LGBTQ non-discrimination.  Please see the attached letter for full details. 
Labour Views - Fight for 15-North: Northern labour groups to push for $15 minimum wage
January 16, 2018 - 4:22pm •
A new year begins and with it a new hope that the working lives of Northerners continue to improve. As I have mentioned in a previous column, PSAC North is today announcing that we are starting a new campaign to increase the legal minimum wage. In partnership with other labour organizations across the North, we are calling on all three governments to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2019.
Supporting Employee Success - A tool to plan accommodations for workplace mental health
December 22, 2017 - 11:04am •
Supporting Employee Success provides a process for the employer, employee and healthcare professional to use when an employee requires accommodation.  Supporting Employee Success is a tool that provides a step-by-step process to: 
PSAC North Bylaws - 2017
October 24, 2017 - 11:08am •
Labour Views- Minimum Wage and the North
October 11, 2017 - 12:24pm •
Across the country there is an increasingly accepted view that raising the minimum wage is both socially responsible and of net benefit to the economy. Within the last year, the public discourse around this subject has shifted dramatically after progressive leadership in several provinces have either announced a $15/hr wage floor before 2020; or put plans in place to work toward that figure before 2020.
"Together for Safety Videos" - Yukon Women's Transition Home
September 22, 2017 - 11:08am •
PSAC North supports partnering organizations like Yukon Women's Transition Home, which has put together a series of videos to help those involved in a crisis. The three-part video series is called "Together for Safety" and involves six Whitehorse women's groups and Whitehorse RCMP working together to provide educated assistance for victims of sexualized assault or domestic violence. Watch and share the videos today.     
Labour Views - Dealing with Racism in Canada
September 20, 2017 - 12:03pm •
Jack Bourassa Regional Executive Vice President, PSAC North By now many labour organizations across the country have spoken out in condemnation of the acts that we all witnessed in Charlottesville, Virginia on Aug. 12. Given the tight-knit and diverse nature of our own community, I feel as REVP at PSAC North that we must not only denounce in the strongest terms what occurred, but moving forward, tackle the lingering impact of that weekend.

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 Whitehorse YT, Y1A 1C9

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