Training and Workshops

In this workshop, participants will learn common vocabulary and practical tools related to equity, diversity, and inclusion, develop skills to recognize and counteract unconscious bias, and gain a deeper understanding of how bias manifests in personal and professional relationships through case studies and activities, with a focus on personal narrative to explore identity, power, privilege, and bias.

Participants will gain foundational knowledge on microaggressions, biases, power dynamics and systems of oppression, and acquire practical tools to recognize, address and interrupt microaggressions in personal and professional contexts.

Participants will explore Reconciliation, decolonization and treaty responsibility through the TRC Calls to Action, develop personal connections with Land Acknowledgements, engage in decolonial discourse, while understanding the significance of the Two-Row Wampum Belt Treaty and recognizing their role in settler colonialism.

Participants will review terms such as anti-oppression, equity, equality, intersectionality, power and privilege, and build knowledge on advocacy to differentiate between performative and authentic allyship.

In this workshop, a brief history and understanding of Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian racism and antisemitism will be provided, exploring their current manifestations and the spaces needed for generative conversations, while encouraging participants to engage, ask questions and express their learning needs.

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of what inclusion looks like in an organization, and gain tools supported by frameworks such as Universal Design and Principles of Anti-Oppression to create inclusive communities where diversity is celebrated.

Participants will learn the distinctions between safe, brave and courageous conversations, using community agreements to foster brave spaces and dialogical frameworks like reframing, “calling in,” and “calling out” for effective discussions.

Participants will engage in topics of radical self-love and healing for Black, Indigenous and people of colour, such as racial fatigue, decolonization, reconciliation, and what it means to heal as a BIPOC individual in the public sector.

Participants will explore their authentic self through techniques for coping with adversity and stress, using somatic experiencing to increase self-awareness, listen to body cues, practice radical self-love, and mitigate compassion fatigue, ultimately equipping them with a wellness toolkit for personal and professional use.

This workshop uses Theatre of the Oppressed conventions to critically examine societal power structures, engaging participants in theatre exercises to explore power, privilege and justice, while providing tools to analyze workplace dynamics, disrupt oppressive structures, and practice conflict resolution and negotiation strategies through Forum Theatre.

This workshop will help participants deepen their understanding of race and racism, recognize the intersectionality of identity and social oppression, develop skills to recognize and address racism, and gain tools to practice anti-racism in our everyday lives.

Participants will gain an understanding of ableism and disability justice, recognize the systemic roots of ableism, and develop actionable steps towards an accessible and inclusive organization.

In this workshop, participants will learn the different components of gender and sexual identity, differentiate between forms of discrimination based on gender and sexuality, develop an understanding of the social and scientific construction of gender, understand the impact of 2SLGBTQIA+ oppression in society, and develop strategies to promote gender and sexual equality.

In this session, participants will be taught the intersections of age, class, and socioeconomic status, examine societal stereotypes, biases, and prejudices associated with age and class, and gain tools to challenge ageism and classism in personal and  personal, professional, and societal contexts.

In this workshop, participants will understand the forms and types of bias and their impact on young learners, unpack the why and how of talking to children about race, and gain tools for engaging children in courageous conversations about race.