Daily Agendas*

UFCW Women’s Network 16th Biennial Convention

  • Registration Opens
    11:00 am
    Foyer in front of Ballroom W-C

    Vendors - Women’s Network Booth
    11:00 am - 5:30 pm
    Foyer in front of Ballroom W-C

    Pre-Convention Workshop
    Identifying Leaders & Developing Union Change-Makers

    1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
    Ballroom W-C

    Break
    2:45 pm - 3:00 pm

    Pre-Convention Workshop
    Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

    3:00 pm - 4:15 pm
    Ballroom W-C

    Registration Closes
    5:00 pm
    Foyer in front of Ballroom W-C

    Evening Reception
    5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
    Foyer in front of Ballroom W-C

  • Breakfast
    7:00 am - 8:30 am
    Drummond Room

    Registration
    7:30 am - 9:00 am
    Foyer in front of Ballroom W-C

    Women’s Network Booth and other booths
    7:30 am - 5:00 pm
    Foyer in front of Ballroom W-C

    Convention Opens
    8:30 am
    Ballroom W-C

    Bea Bruske
    President of Canadian Labour Congress

    Kelly Tosato
    President UFCW 175 & 633

    Panel
    Empowering Women at Work: Pathways to Lead, Influence, and Thrive

    Alejandra Zaga Mendez
    Assistant Leader of the Official Opposition

    Break
    10:40 am - 11:00 am

    Sandy Gerber, Keynote Speaker
    How to Communicate in 2026

    GROUP PHOTO IN BALLROOM

    Lunch
    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
    Drummond Room

    Workshops
    1:30 pm - 2:45 pm

    ‍All participants will stay in their room, and the will get 3 workshops.  Participants will get a sticker on their name badge, and they will be assigned a room. ‍

    1. Own the Room: Confident Public Speaking

    2. She Leads, She Lifts (Mentorship/Femtorship)

    3. Bystander Intervention: Responding to Discrimination & Violence

    Break
    2:45 pm - 3:00 pm

    Workshops
    3:00 pm - 4:15 pm

    All participants will stay in their room, and the will get 3 workshops.  Participants will get a sticker on their name badge, and they will be assigned a room.

    1. Own the Room: Confident Public Speaking

    2. She Leads, She Lifts (Mentorship/Femtorship)

    3. Bystander Intervention: Responding to Discrimination & Violence

    Election of Officers & Resolutions
    4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
    Ballroom W-C

    Regional Meetings and Elections

    5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
    Region 1 -Ballroom East
    Region 2 - Salon 6
    Region 4 - Salon 7
    Region 5 - Salon 2
    Region 6 - Salon 5
    Region 7 - Salon 8
    Region 8 - Drummond Room
    Canada - Ballroom W-C
    CW + RWDSU - Salon 4

  • Breakfast
    7:00 am - 8:30 am
    Drummond Room

    Registration
    7:30 am - 9:00 am
    Foyer in front of Ballroom W-C

    Women’s Network Booth and other booths
    7:30 am - 1:30 pm
    Foyer in front of Ballroom W-C

    Convention Opens
    8:30 am

    Ballroom W-C

    Speakers

    Magali Picard
    Présidente de la FTQ


    Emilie Genin
    Professor, Labour Relations School of the University of Montreal

    Panel
    Prioritizing Women's Mental Health Wellness - from Awareness to Action

    Swearing in of Officers

    9:45 am
    CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS & RESOLUTIONS

    Fireside Chat with Brandy Branco Inspiring Agents of Change

    Break
    10:30 am

    Workshops

    10:45 am - 12:00 pm

    All participants will stay in their room, and the will get 3 workshops.  Participants will get a sticker on their name badge, and they will be assigned a room.

    1. Own the Room: Confident Public Speaking

    2. She Leads, She Lifts (Mentorship/Femtorship)

    3. Bystander Intervention: Responding to Discrimination & Violence

    Lunch
    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Drummond Room

    CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS & RESOLUTIONS

    Traditional Indigenous Closing

    2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

*Agenda and schedule subject to change

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