October 16-18, 2024

67th Annual Convention

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

Schedule
Wednesday, October 16 2024

Workshops

Oct 16

Outside of the Augustus Ballroom

Convention Registration

3:00pm – 7:00pm

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 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

5:00pm - 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

8:00am – 10:00am

Hallway outside of the Augustus Ballroom

Pre-Convention Coffee

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

Oct 17

8:00am – 10:00am

Outside of the Augustus Ballroom

Convention Registration

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

10:00am- 12:00pm

Augustus Ballroom

67th Annual Convention Opening Ceremony

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

Oct 17

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Ballroom

Lunch

Oct 17

1:00pm – 5:00pm

Augustus Ballroom

Convention Afternoon Session

Coffee will be available in the hallway during this time.

Oct 17

5:00pm – 7:00pm

Convention Hall, Martis Room

OBCT Networking Event

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

7:00am – 9:00am

Outside of the Augustus Ballroom

Convention Registration

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

8:00am

Augustus Ballroom

Convention Reconvenes

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

Oct 18

12:00pm

Augustus Ballroom

Closing Remarks, Convention Ends

Thank you for attending and supporting this event