- Course Dates : September 16 - October 31.
- Course Closes : October 31
** Please note that registration for this course requires a Learn At Work account. Click the registration link below 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.
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.
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
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.
OCASI-PSI online training series is funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)