Toronto – December 20, 2012 – New webCampus courses for the New Year are now open for registration to all UFCW Canada members, families and community allies.

The two new courses both start on Friday, January 7, 2013 and run until Friday, February 1, 2013.

The new courses are:

Communicating with Confidence – Public Speaking (currently offered only in English)

The purpose of communication is to get your message across to others clearly. The way we communicate with others can greatly change (positively or negatively) the relationships we have with them.  Communication is only successful when both the sender and the receiver understand the same information. By successfully getting your message across, you express your thoughts and ideas effectively.

This course will provide you with the understanding and tools that will help you communicate with confidence when others are listening.

Stress Awareness – Part 2 (currently offered only in French)

This 15-hour Stress Awareness Course follows from Stress Awareness Part 1 and will provide participants with a full knowledge of stress and its impact on health and will encourage participants to cope more effectively with stress and to develop strategies to change stressful conditions.

Topics include: Workplace Stressors; Strategies for Coping with Stress; and Strategies for Changing Workplace Stressors.

webCampus is UFCW Canada’s groundbreaking, state-of-the-art, interactive online training and education resource that provides UFCW Canada members and their families access to free online courses.

Offered 24 hours a day, webCampus includes more than 100 free online courses from basic computer skills, to job specific skills, to union history, to Microsoft Excel and dozens more.

Working in partnership with Mohawk College, webCampus also offers UFCW Canada members and their families the opportunity to earn college credits in a number of post-secondary certificate programs, including accredited college certificates in Labour Studies and Labour Studies in Occupational Health and Safety.