Creating Positive Spaces for LGBTQ+ Newcomers Level 2

OCASI | Positive Spaces Initiatives is pleased to announce the upcoming self-directed online training : Creating Positive Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Newcomers Level 2

About this Course

Creating Positive Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Newcomers Level 2, which is supplementary to Creating Positive Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Newcomers Level 1, provides tactical and practical tools to address LGBTQIA+ newcomer issues and reviews organizational change strategies to more effectively serve LGBTQIA+ newcomers within the immigrant and refugee serving sector.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course you will:

• Engage with issues of intersectionality to further develop critical thinking skills and build capacity
• Strategize about resistance to change through various techniques, and confront overt/covert biases of co-workers and clients
• Enhance organizational systems to embody best practices for working with LGBTQIA+ immigrants and refugees

Course Information

Prior e-learning experience is not required. You will need access to a computer, as well as 2-4 hours per week to complete the tasks over the 5-week period.

This course is open to settlement workers and service providers who are working in or with the immigrant and refugee-serving sector across the province who are willing to:

• Commit to approximately 2-4 hours of learning per week
• Practice active participation through the program
• Complete assignments within the given timeframe

At the successful completion of the entire e-course, you will receive a certification of completion from OCASI.

Course Dates : September 16 - October 31

** Please note that registration for this course requires a Learn At Work account. Click the registration link and log in using your existing account or create an account if you do not already have one to proceed to self-enrollment. You can begin the course once you have self-enrolled, anytime before the closing date of the course. We suggest giving yourself 4-5 weeks to complete all modules.

For more information or if you have any questions, please contact: Hazim Ismail at hismail@ocasi.org