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October 16-18, 2024

67th Annual Convention

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Dear Affiliates,

We welcome you to the 67th Annual Convention of the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario, taking place at the Caesars Windsor Hotel & Casino in Windsor, Ontario (377 Riverside Drive East).

On this webpage, you will find the following materials:​
  • Hotel Information
  • Schedule
  • Links to workshop material
  • Exhibitors
  • Sponsors

Caesars Windsor
Hotel & Casino

377 Riverside Drive East Windsor, ON, CA N9A 7H7
Phone: 519-258-7878 or
1-800-991-7777
Caesars.com/caesars-windsor
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Schedule
Wednesday, October 16 2024

Workshops

Oct 16

Outside of the Augustus Ballroom

Convention Registration

3:00pm – 6:00pm

Registration will be occurring throughout the afternoon. You will receive your Convention name badge and bag with all of the material you need throughout the Convention. 

Oct 16

Mercuri Room

Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB)

Facts & Figures

10:00am - 11:30am

By Brad Valley, Matt Ferguson, Jennifer Aziz (Building Trades Workers Services) and Shavanni Singh (Ontario Building Trades)

Oct 16

Mercuri Room

A forward-thinking vision to address worker health in construction

11:45am – 1:15pm

By Dave Wittke (OHCOW), Michael Varieur (De Novo) and Carmine Tiano (Ontario Building Trades)

Oct 16

Augustus Ballroom

Workshop Lunch

1:15pm – 3:00pm

Oct 16

Mercuri Room

OBCT Workshop: Anti Discrimination - Anti Harassment Course Review

2:45pm – 5:00pm

By Kate Walsh and Shavanni Singh (Ontario Building Trades)

Registration can be found here.

Oct 16

Augustus 27

Welcoming Reception

5:30pm - 9:00pm

Please join us on Wednesday evening in the Augustus 27 lounge, located on the top floor of the hotel, where you can take in panoramic views of the Windsor waterfront and Detroit skyline.

Thursday, October 17 2024

Convention Day 1

Oct 17

Hallway outside of the Augustus Ballroom

Pre-Convention Coffee

8:00am – 10:00am

During Registration and before the Convention, Coffee will be available for attendees. 

Oct 17

Outside of the Augustus Ballroom

Convention Registration

8:00am – 10:00am

Registration will be occurring throughout the morning. You will receive your Convention name badge and bag with all of the material you need throughout the Convention. 

Oct 17

Augustus Ballroom

67th Annual Convention Opening Ceremony

10:00am- 12:00pm

Welcoming Ceremony, along with the morning session. Coffee will be available in the hallway during this time

Oct 17

Ballroom

Lunch

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Oct 17

Augustus Ballroom

Convention Afternoon Session

1:00pm – 5:00pm

Coffee will be available in the hallway during this time.

Oct 17

Convention Hall, Martis Room

OBCT Networking Event

5:00pm – 7:00pm

Sponsored by Rankin Spence, this social event is for Ontario Building & Construction Tradeswomen members to meet up and make connections. 

Friday, October 18 2024

Convention Day 2

Oct 18

Outside of the Augustus Ballroom

Convention Registration

7:00am – 9:00am

Registration will be occurring throughout the morning. You will receive your Convention name badge and bag with all of the material you need throughout the Convention. 

Oct 18

Augustus Ballroom

Convention Reconvenes

8:00am

During Registration and before the Convention, Coffee will be available for attendees. 

Oct 18

Augustus Ballroom

Closing Remarks, Convention Ends

12:00pm

Thank you for attending and supporting this event

Workshop Materials

All of the resources required, documents, presentations, additional surveys and materials can be found here. 

Exhibitors

Thank you to our Sponsors for making this event possible!

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Bruce Power
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Union Power
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Aecon
Electrical Power Systems Construction Association
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Koskie Minsky LLP
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Rankin Spence Group INC
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Canada's Building Trades Unions
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Ontario Construction Secretariat
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