Learning Opportunities for the Seniors Sector

March 2021

Community Innovation 2021: Cultivating Capacity for Transformation

Tamarack Institute

Mar. 11, 1–4:30 p.m. (Eastern)

Apr. 13, 1–4:30 p.m. (Eastern)

$199 CAD; $159 CAD per person for groups of three

Tamarack is excited to offer a brand new virtual workshop. Community Innovation 2021: Cultivating Capacity for Transformation is a new single-day virtual workshop. Participants can choose from one of two workshops in March or April. This workshop provides you an opportunity to explore key theories, tools, and approaches in the practice of Community Innovation and equip you with the knowledge you need to ensure that innovation is intentionally incorporated into your community change efforts. Want to learn more about community innovation? Download Tamrack’s Community Innovation Imperative report.

Working Stronger Conference

Canadian Mental Health Association, Alberta Division

Mar. 9-10, 2021

Online

$250 (early bird registration – until Jan. 15)

Working Stronger is a virtual conference that brings together employers, leaders, employees, union leaders, consultants, human resource professionals, occupational health and safety personnel, and health professionals from across the province to learn about mental health and best practices in workplace mental health.

The Importance of Storymaking and Storytelling for Positive Aging

University of Toronto Institute for Life Course and Aging

Mar. 15–Apr. 12

$240; $120 students/seniors

In this online workshop, participants will examine the meaning of wisdom in contemporary society and explore various ways that psychological scientists have gone about studying this ancient concept. This workshop will emphasize the importance of storytelling to the development, manifestation, and transmission of wisdom, and will offer suggestions for incorporating wisdom-fostering “life story work” into practice in family, community, and applied settings.

Ongoing Training

Nonprofit Technology Learning Centre

The Technology Learning Center by Tech Impact is an expansive collection of nonprofit educational resources that can help your organization with all things tech! From infographics to fundraising campaigns, this resource collection has the information your organization needs to excel in the digital landscape.

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.

Challenging Racism Through Community Conversations

Centre for Race and Culture

This ongoing series of online moderated round-tables features guest speakers from diverse communities, organizations, academia and the general public, to understand and address experiences of discrimination and exclusion in the Canadian context. By shining the spotlight on different forms of discrimination, such as anti-Black racism, anti-Indigenous racism, and discrimination against Asian Communities among other topics, the Centre for Race and Culture hope to encourage solidarity among groups and individuals interested in promoting social inclusion and equity.

This is a community-based initiative which encourages everyone to share their ideas for topics, questions, and suggestions. If you have ideas for a conversation, please share them with Mansoureh (consulting@cfrac.com) and Myriam (projects@cfrac.com).

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