The 20th Prairie School for Union Women is taking place June 12 – 16, 2016
in Waskesiu Lake, Saskatchewan and the MGEU is sending up to eight MGEU women
to help learn, share, and develop their personal and leadership skills.
Hosted annually by the Saskatchewan
Federation of Labour, the Prairie School for Union Women offers an intensive four days of
learning that helps build solidarity among union women in an educational,
supportive environment.
The MGEU will send up to eight women and will cover their registration
and transportation costs. Members must apply and be accepted by the MGEU
before registering with the SFL for the school. Applicants must be an
active, dues-paying MGEU member in good standing and must apply by submitting a
letter of application (1-2 pages in length) to the MGEU that includes the
following:
- Any elected positions or other MGEU activism experience;
- Membership Education courses completed;
- Other Women’s conferences attended (MGEU, MFL, NUPGE);
- Goals as a woman leader within the MGEU;
- Reason(s) for their interest in the Prairie School for Union Women; and
- How they would bring back to the MGEU what they learn at this school.
The deadline for applications to the MGEU is Thursday, March 31, 2016.
Successful applicants will be notified in April.
Applications can be e-mailed to resourcecentre@mgeu.ca
or mailed to…
601-275
Broadway
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3C 4M6
Attention: Bonny Neal