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Learning Opportunities for the Seniors Sector


April

 

Technology Platforms That Support Virtual Operations for Seniors Organizations

The need for physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic requires that seniors organizations rethink how to offer programming, convene boards and conduct daily operations. Technology platforms are available that can help seniors organizations do this virtually.

To help seniors organizations build their capacity in this area ESCC is offering training on two platforms:
  • Google Meets, Google Classroom and Google Drive: Google tools are free, accessible and have helpful options
  • Zoom: Zoom is a popular video conferencing platform at the moment so it makes sense to use a tool that many people are familiar with
 
Zoom training for seniors organizations:
Session 1: Thursday, April 9, 12 - 1 p.m.
or
Session 2: Wednesday, April 15, 1 - 2 p.m.
 
Google training for seniors organizations:
Session 1: Thursday, April 9, 2 - 3 p.m.
or
Session 2: Friday, April 17, 2 - 3 p.m.
 
RSVP to Janelle at janelle@seniorscouncil.net indicating which session(s) you would like to participate in. Meeting login information and invitations will be sent to registered participants.


COVID-19 & Racism

Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies ARDN and Action Dignity
April 15, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Free
Funded by the Human Rights Education and Multiculturalism Fund, AAISA is pleased to offer this webinar in collaboration with Action Dignity and the Alberta Rural Development Network. This webinar will discuss the COVID-19 pandemic through an anti-racism lens. We will discuss the media coverage, the language that people are using, and the xenophobia and racism that is being amplified during this global crisis.

The Secrets to Virtual Facilitation

Leadership Strategies 
April 16, 12 - 1 p.m.
Free
Virtual meetings are our daily reality. Unfortunately, most meeting leaders don't know the strategies for executing masterful virtual sessions. This webinar will prepare leaders with comprehensive strategies for planning and executing masterful virtual meetings. Learn how to keep engagement high, prepare for a virtual session (including selecting an appropriate virtual tool), and get quality results from your virtual sessions.

 

How Nonprofits Can Use Crowdfunding to Raise More Money During the COVID-19 Crisis

Nonprofit Tech for Good and gofundme charity
April 21, 11 a.m. ­- 12 p.m.
Free
This webinar will walk you through the basics of crowdfunding for nonprofits. Learn how your nonprofit can leverage the trend of online fundraising to increase donations and awareness for your cause. In addition to covering crowdfunding best practices, this webinar will cover how to increase your crowdfunding campaigns through multi-channel marketing, increase engagement with event fundraising and make your donor data actionable.


Connectedness, Purpose, and Belonging: Role of Social Prescribing in Integrating Health Care and Social Supports 

Ontario Age-Friendly Communities (AFC) Outreach Program 
April 29, 12-1 p.m. (Eastern) 
Free
As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important that we all recognize how essential services and community supports are in times of self-isolation and quarantines. In this webinar, learn how social prescribing is an intentional pathway that deepens the integration between health care and social supports, how it relates to your work, and how we can build a more connected community. 

October 


National Institute on Aging Conference 2020: Can Canada Afford to Age?

National Institute on Aging

October 1, 8 a.m.–6 p.m. (Eastern)

Location: Sears Atrium–George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre (245 Church Street, Ryerson University)

$438 + HST

Join the conversation about the future of ageing in Canada. This conference brings together thought leaders from the health sector, financial industry, government, and Ryerson community for a full day focused on personal financial security, healthy ageing, and discussions on public system sustainability.


Hoarding Interventions Conference 2020

Edmonton Hoarding Coalition
October 19-20 
$265 full conference, $160 one-day workshop (early bird admission);
$325 full conference, $190 one-day workshop (regular admission)
Location: Santa Maria Goretti Community Centre (11050 90 Street)
Join leading industry experts at this conference providing the latest research, interventions, and strategies, for supporting persons with Hoarding Disorder. This conference will provide two days of workshops with recognized leaders in the area of hoarding research and interventions. Service providers, family members, friends, and persons with lived experience of hoarding will all benefit from attending. Early bird pricing is available until March 31.


Ongoing Training


Intercultural Competency Training Program (ICTP)

Multicultural Health Brokers Co-op (MCHB)

Various dates, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Location: Edmonton Intercultural Centre (9538 107 Avenue)

$300 per workshop; cohort pricing available


Four workshops are offered multiple times throughout the year:

  • Foundations for Intercultural Practice
  • Pre-Migration Context: Role Changes and the Influence of Culture on Refugee Families
  • PTSD, Trauma and Strategies to work with affected Newcomer Individuals and Families
  • From Colonialism to Interculturalism: Shifting Dynamics of Power

The workshops are based on the Multicultural Health Brokers’ collective knowledge, practice, and experience gained by working as multicultural community health workers and cultural brokers for the past 25 years. The workshops build not just on awareness, but on deepening understanding, empathy and acceptance leading towards behavioural change. This is the perfect space to ask those hard questions and evolve your skills in an environment of mutual respect, safety, constructive and collaborative problem-solving, and reciprocity of learning.

Review the course descriptions, background and schedule. For more information or to register, email mchb.ictp@gmail.com or phone 780-756-5737.


Family Caregiver Wellness Workshops

NorQuest College
$35 each
Gain the confidence to safely look after your loved one at home with Family Caregiver Wellness Workshops. Workshops are 2.5 hours and include class lecture, hands-on training and a simulated scenario related to the workshop topic. You will also receive access to online videos.  

To register, go to norquest.ca/family-caregiver or select the workshop you’d like to attend from the list above.


ARCHIVED or ON-DEMAND WEBINARS


Webinar Series on Combatting Ageism

In January, February, and March of 2019 the International Federation on Ageing hosted three webinars focusing on the topic of combatting ageism. The recordings and presentation slides are now available:

Webinar 1: Human Rights of Older Persons and Agenda 2030

Webinar 2: Combating ageism to improve access to employment

Webinar 3: Campaigning: The best way to address ageism?


Reframing the Conversation on Elder Abuse

FrameWorks Institute

This online course will help advocates working on the issue of elder abuse communicate more effectively. The course offers an extensive online learning experience and step-by-step guidance with video lectures, animations, quizzes, and downloadable resources--all designed to help advocates increase support for policies to address and prevent elder abuse. The course will give advocates tools to:

  • Reframe elder abuse as a matter of social justice
  • Explain how our current social structure fosters isolation, which allows elder abuse to go unnoticed and unchallenged
  • Demonstrate how restructuring our communities, by providing access to transportation and other public services, can address and prevent elder abuse