Creating Positive Spaces for LGBTQ+ Newcomers Level 2

• Course Dates : February 26 - March 24, 2024
• Last day to register : February 23, 2024

About the 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.

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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 completion of Creating Positive Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Newcomers Level 1 is required. You will need access to a computer, as well as 2-4 hours per week to complete the tasks over the 4-week period. The course will run between February 26 - March 24 2024.

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)