Call Out for PSAC Prairies Mentorship Program (MENTOR) 2024

Leaders are part activists + part visionaries + part connectors to details /planning /strategy.  Leaders embody passion and union values.  Everyone has the potential for activist leadership.  The Prairies Mentorship Program is designed to bring seasoned and new activists together to work and learn from each other while making a difference in our union movement. We are looking for Mentors for this program!

We ask that mentors are open to sharing their experiences and learnings. Mentors must have deep commitment to union, human rights, and social justice values. We are looking for mentors who believe in the power of mentoring, have expertise and are willing to invest the time and energy to share it, and are committed to union diversity.

PSAC Prairies is creating an initiative to encourage and train a new cadre of leaders focused on activism in the union and community.  The Prairies PSAC Mentorship Program will pair mentors and mentees to complete a series of goals with a final project to create meaningful connections in the union movement and community.

The commitment to the program will involve a 2-day workshop on April 29 and April 30, 2024 and a final wrap up in the fall.  From May to October – there are 6 activities we ask the mentors and mentees to participate in together.  The 1^st meeting begins with an opportunity to meet 9 other pairs and work through the potential of being a mentor or a mentee.  Each pair will meet with PSAC staff person for periodic discussions. 

There will be 3 sessions of the April 29 and 30^th : Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg. Members from across the region can apply to the Mentorship Program.

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MENTEE CLICK HERE!

We are encouraging activists from equity seeking groups to apply.

*** Deadline to apply is Monday, March 25, 2024 at 4:30 pm MST ***

Name *

First

Last

PSAC ID *

If you do not know your PSAC ID, please contact your Regional Office.

Component or Directly Chartered Local *

Preferred Personal Email *

Provide the personal email address you would like used for correspondence for this Conference.

Cell Phone *

Address *

Province *

• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta

City *

Postal Code *

Home Phone *

EQUITY GROUP SELF-IDENTIFICATION: PSAC members who belong to the following groups are invited to self-identify. This information is voluntary and kept confidential and will be used for the purposes of supporting our equity initiatives and programs. Please check all that apply. *

• Person with a Disability
• Indigenous Person
• First Nation
• Inuit
• Metis
• Racially Visible Person
• Black; African-Canadian; Person of African-Descent, Caribbean
• Chinese
• Filipino
• Japanese
• Korean
• South-Asian/East Indian (including Indian from India; Bangladeshi; Pakistani; East Indian from Guyana, Trinidad, East Africa; etc.)
• Southeast Asian (including Burmese; Cambodian; Laotian, Thai; Vietnamese; etc.)
• Non-White West Asian, North African or Arab (including Egyptian; Libyan; Lebanese; Iranian; etc.)
• Non-White Latin American (including indigenous persons from Central and South America, etc.)
• Persons of Mixed Origin (with one parent in one of the Racially Visible groups listed above)
• Woman
• LGBTQ2
• Young Worker (35 years and under)
• Other

Please specify

1. What is an important aspect of mentoring? *

2. What is the vision you have of being a mentor? *

3. What qualities do you bring this opportunity? *

4. What is one goal you have always wanted to achieve in your union career? *

5. Please name and give details of one project/event/initiative that you have led. *

• A. What was the goal of the project?
• B. What was the activity of the project?
• C. What did the project achieve?

Please select each option (A, B, and C) and describe each point in the text box provided.

A. What was the goal of the project? *

B. What was the activity of the project? *

C. What did the project achieve? *

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