Regional Schools

The CLC partners with and supports schools organized by provincial and territorial Federations of Labour and local Labour Councils, as well as its affiliated unions.

Pacific Region

The CLC Pacific Region Winter School is the largest labour school in the country, offering the very best in labour education over five weeks from mid-January to mid-February each year. Since 1975 this school has been held at the wholly unionized Harrison Hot Springs Resort in Harrison Hot Springs, BC. For more information visit the CLC Pacific Region Winter School website or contact the CLC Pacific Regional Office at pacific@clcctc.ca.

Ontario Region

The CLC Ontario Region Summer School offers union activists a week of labour education and solidarity building every July, with courses designed to teach the skills unions need to represent their members and defend their rights using proven methods that allow adults of all backgrounds to learn.

The CLC Ontario Region Women’s School offers union women an exclusive space to learn and build solidarity and sisterhood. Using proven methods that allow adults of all backgrounds to learn, courses focus on women’s leadership and fostering the skills to represent union members and defend their rights.

For more information about schools being offered this year, contact the CLC Ontario Regional office at ontario@clcctc.ca.

Prairie Region

The AFL/CLC Winter Labour School offers union members from across Alberta an opportunity to share ideas, learn best practices, build relationships, and strengthen their solidarity.

The CLC/SFL Spring School offers union members from across Saskatchewan an opportunity to share ideas, learn best practices, build relationships, and strengthen their solidarity.

For more information about schools being offered this year, contact the CLC Prairie Regional office at prairie@clcctc.ca.

Atlantic Region

The CLC Atlantic Region Fall School offers union members from across Atlantic Canada an opportunity to share ideas, learn best practices, build relationships, and strengthen their solidarity.

For more information about schools being offered this year, contact the CLC Atlantic Regional office at atlantic@clcctc.ca.

Upcoming Schools

CLC Ontario Women’s School 2024

ON , Hamilton
July 9, 2023 - July 15, 2023
CLC Ontario Women’s School 2024 Ontario’s unions help lift everyone up, whether it’s improving workplaces, fighting for political gains, or advocating for social justice – unions and our members make all the difference. This year we are thrilled to be bringing back the highly sought after Canadian Labour Congress Ontario Summer School and Women’s School! Labour Education builds solidarity and knowledge, and it creates meaningful bonds that last a lifetime. In these exciting weeks of learning, union members will learn valuable skills in order to continue the fights of today’s workplaces, allowing adults of all backgrounds to learn to defend...
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CLC Ontario Summer School 2024

ON , Hamilton
July 16, 2023 - July 22, 2023
    CLC Ontario Summer School 2024 Ontario’s unions help lift everyone up, whether it’s improving workplaces, fighting for political gains, or advocating for social justice – unions and our members make all the difference. This year we are thrilled to be bringing back the highly sought after Canadian Labour Congress Ontario Summer School and Women’s School! Labour Education builds solidarity and knowledge, and it creates meaningful bonds that last a lifetime. In these exciting weeks of learning, union members will learn valuable skills in order to continue the fights of today’s workplaces, allowing adults of all backgrounds to learn...
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CLC/SFL Spring School 2024

SK, Moose Jaw
April 28, 2024 - May 2, 2024
Registration is Closed. CLC/SFL Spring School 2024 Labour education builds solidarity and knowledge. It teaches the skills unions need to represent their members and defend their rights using proven methods that allow adults of all backgrounds to learn. If your union wants to train the next generation of local activists or expand the skills that today’s leaders and activists already have, the CLC/SFL Spring School 2024 is here to help your union succeed. Brochure Date Sunday, April 28 to Thursday, May 2, 2024 Arrive on Sunday between 4:00-6:00 p.m.  Early check in is not permitted. Classes are held at the...
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