Online Course: Solidarity Between Immigrant, Refugee and Indigenous Peoples - A Focus on Gender-Based Violence

OCASI - Initiative to End Gender-Based Violence (GBV) invites you to the upcoming self-directed online course on Solidarity between Immigrant, Refugee & Indigenous Peoples - A Focus on Gender-Based Violence

About this Course

This 5-module course, geared to settlement workers, shares the history, present-day experiences and information on gender-based violence (GBV) relevant to the Original People of this land to help build solidarity among Indigenous and migrant people in Canada. The objective is to develop skills to promote solidarity between migrant and Indigenous Peoples in the context of providing settlement services.

Learning Objectives:

• Acquire knowledge of the history and current-day experiences of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada
• Gain an understanding of the structural roots and nature of gender-based violence in relationship to Indigenous and two-spirited peoples
• Recognize commonalities and differences of experiences of GBV of Indigenous and racialized migrants in Canada.
• Develop skills to promote solidarity between migrant and Indigenous Peoples in the context of providing settlement services

Criteria for Participation

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

• Commit to approximately 2-4 hours of learning per week
• Engage in a weekly discussion forum 

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

*The course will run from September 3 to October 8, 2024.

Registration deadline: September 24, 2024

If you have any questions, please contact Maggie To (she/her) at mto@ocasi.org