Education Links and Resources

Anti-oppression

• Aboriginal Rights Resource Tool Kit (pdf)
• Are We All equal? Questionnaire
• Are We All equal? Answer Sheet and Source
• Canadian Council for Refugees
• Disability Rights and Collective Bargaining Manual (pdf)
• Expanding the Circle: People who care about ending racism. We need your help. (pdf)
• Human Rights Education Resource Centre
• Human Rights Education Handbook
• A Place for All: A Guide to Creating an Inclusive Workplace (pdf)
• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• A Way with Words and Images - Guidelines for the Portrayal of Persons with Disabilities (pdf)
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (pdf)
• Links:
  • Active Solidarity.net
  • Amnesty International
  • Canadians for Equal Marriage
  • Canadian Race Relations Foundation
  • Egale Canada
  • Government of Canada - Workplace Equity
  • Human Rights Watch
  • Rights and Democracy
  • School of the Americas Watch
  • United Nations Global Teaching and Learning Project
  • University of Ottawa Human Rights Research and Education Centre: International Human Rights Web Sites

Globalization / International Solidarity

• A Better World is Possible (pdf)
• Diverting the Flow. A Resource Guide to Gender, Rights and Water Privatization (pdf)
• A Fair Globalization Toolkit
• Fair Trade Coffee Facilitators’ Guide (pdf)
• Globalization - Who’s Winning and Who’s Losing? (pdf)
• Global Water Grab (pdf)
• Making the Links: A People’s Guide to the World Trade Organization and the Free Trade Areas of the Americas (pdf)
• Youth Global Education Network
• Links:
  • Alternatives …for a different world
  • Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
  • Halifax Initiative
  • Make Trade Fair
  • Make Poverty History
  • Maquila Solidarity Network
  • OneWorld.ca
  • Stop Sweatshop Abuses
  • The Council of Canadians
  • Polaris Institute
  • Wal-Mart Workers Canada
  • Rethinking the NAFTA Record (pdf)
  • The Alternatives document produced by the Hemispheric Social Alliance.
  • American Friends Service Committee
  • Analysis of US Trade Representative’s (USTR) position on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) produced by the Alliance for Responsible Trade.
  • The Free Trade Area of the Americas and the Threat to Social Programs, Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice in Canada and the Americas,by Maude Barlow
  • Alliance for Responsible Trade
  • Common Frontiers
  • Council of Canadians
  • Global Exchange. Global exchange is an organization dedicated to democratizing the global economy.
  • Global Trade Watch
  • Hemispheric Social Alliance
    Jobs With Justice
  • Polaris Institute: Note: you can test yourself by playing FTAA jeopardy on this website!
  • Public Citizen
  • Sierra Club
  • UE website information on FTAA.
  • United for a Fair Economy
  • WTO Watch keeping track of the World Trade Organization.
  • The official FTAA Website contains the draft document of the Free Trade Area of the Americas treaty proposal.

Mobilization/Direct Action

• Ruckus Society Action Planning Manual
• Nonviolent Training Project Resource Manual (pdf)
• Civil Disobedience Resources
• ACT UP Civil Disobedience Training (pdf)
• Troublemakers Handbook

Popular Education

• The Catalyst Centre
• Highlander Research and Education Center
• Institute for Peoples Education and Action
• Teaching For Change
• Paulo Freire Institute at UCLA
• Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide
• University of Sydney Centre for Popular Education
• Pepe.org

Labour History

• Canadian Labour History (pdf)
• Canadian Labour History 1850 - 1999 [Museum of Civilization]
• On to Ottawa historical society

Women

• The Wall Workshop
• Links:
  
  • Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
  • National Action Committee on the Status of Women
  • La Fédération des femmes du Québec (French only)
  • World March of Women

Local Development

For additional materials on local development, sign up for the basic course Local Officers’ Training (LOT) or the advanced course Local Officers’ Advanced Training (LOAT).

• The Art of Strategic Thinking (pdf)
• Commemorative Dates
• Consensus Decision Making (pdf)
• Education on the Picket Line (pdf)
• Guidelines for Application to PSAC Local Accessibility Fund (pdf)
• Local Analysis (pdf)
• Local Union Equity Coordinator Sample Job Description (pdf)
• Member Address Change
• Links:
  • Canadian Association of Labour Media (CALM)
  • CRIMT Union Renewal Website

Representation

These are some of the materials you will work with as a steward or local representative. If you would like to learn from other workplace representatives and have “hands on” practice using these materials, sign up for courses such as Understanding and Interpreting the Collective Agreement, Grievance Handling and Representation Skills.

• Acting Pay: Some Principles (pdf)
• The Conduct of a Hearing
• Discipline: Mitigating Factors (pdf)
• Discipline - Rights to Union Representation (pdf)
• Duty of Fair Representation (pdf)
• Duty to Accommodate: A PSAC Guide for Local Representatives
• Estoppel (pdf)
• Freedom of Speech in the Union Context: Speaking Freely, but Truthfully, and not Maliciously
• Interpretation of Collective Agreements (pdf)
• PSAC Grievance File Checklist (pdf)
• Off-Duty Conduct (pdf)
• Operational Requirements: Some Principles (pdf)
• Sample Consent Form (pdf)
• Sick Leave, Medical Certificates, Medical Examinations and Related Issues: Some Principles (pdf)
• “Special Leave” with Pay - Snowstorms/Inclement Weather: Some Principles (pdf)
• Steward Factsheet (pdf)
• Unfair Labour Practices (pdf)
• Union Representative Immunity (pdf)
• Using the 7 “Ws” to gather facts… some examples (pdf)
• Links
  • Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
  • Canada Industrial Relations Board
  • Legislation (federal, provincial and territorial) governing labour relations of PSAC bargaining units)
  • Public Service Staff Relations Board