Our bespoke workshops are built based on the needs of the organization, the industry within which the organization operates, and the short and long-term goals of the organization.

Board and Leadership Training

These workshops are specifically designed for board members and leadership and take a personal, interpersonal, institutional and systemic/structural approach to understanding anti-Black racism, anti-Indigenous racism, gender discrimination, disability and other forms of oppression in the workplace. These workshops will create awareness and recognition for the need to engage in equity work in an aligned manner, and will ensure this team can support the entire organization in building a culture of inclusion and belonging.

The focus is on:

  • Values: Organizational core values and accountability in relation to equity work;
  • Behaviour: Leadership behaviours required to do equity work and how to build them;
  • Decision-making: Ensure your organization is set-up to support and make equitable decisions;
  • Policy: Designing inclusive policies and practices from scratch;
  • Budget: Allocating and managing resources in an equitable manner.

Equitable HR Practices Workshops

These workshops are specifically designed for your HR team, and the focus is on:

  • Kaizen: Executing a four-step Kaizen process to ensure sustainability of equity efforts;
  • Feedback: Executing a four-step feedback process to sustain growth at the organizational level as well as at the individual level;
  • Communication: Facilitating uncomfortable conversations at work;
  • Policy: Designing inclusive policies and practices from scratch;
  • Budget: Allocating and managing resources in an equitable manner;

Equitable HR Practices:

  • Evidence-based recruiting strategies that you can use to attract and interview a diverse and qualified candidate pool that yields effective results;
  • Performance management with an equity lens: How to identify when performance issues are related to institutional and systemic barriers versus the need for supports and performance coaching.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Taskforce/Committee Training

This bespoke training session is built specifically for your taskforce/committees, and will ensure that your team has:

  • Shared language
  • The knowledge to build a equity, diversity and inclusion strategy and workplan
  • Can execute and implement the strategy
  • The knowledge and skills to measure success using KPIs.

Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Training for Staff, Supervisors and Middle Managers

These workshops take a personal, interpersonal, institutional and systemic/structural approach to understanding anti-Black racism, anti-Indigenous racism, gender discrimination, disability and other forms of oppression in the workplace.

Attendees will be assisted in recognizing how they benefit from, maintain, and support structural and systemic barriers in the workplace. They will learn to identify biases and to be aware of how bias influences decision making and action. Attendees will be guided to, through, and past feelings of discomfort and will learn how to build the characteristics of inclusive and equitable organizational cultures.

Front-Line Staff and Contractor Training

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Chambers of Commerce Training

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