Objectives:

• This workshop explores rape culture, consent culture systems of oppression, intersectionality, toxic masculinity, and how these impact the way we value and relate to each other

Audience:

• Students, community members, service providers

Objectives:

• Explore what healthy queer relationships can look like
• Develop skills to recognize and negotiate boundaries in relationships

Audience:

• 2SLGBTQ+ survivors, community members, students

Objectives:

• Discover how knowing yourself can play an important role in negotiating boundaries in queer relationships
• Enhance resilience and strategies to care for yourself in relationships and in community

Audience:

• 2SLGBTQ+ survivors, community members, students

Objectives:

• This workshop addresses the specific considerations that might arise for trans inclusion in low barrier services, and aims to build on skills and strengths that frontline workers already have, using specialized scenarios and accessible tools to increase trans clients’ safety

Audience:

• Frontline workers at shelters, SROs (single occupancy residences), and mental health and addictions services

Objectives:

• This workshops creates space for conversations around the relationship between feminism and trans people, challenging feminist services to think both in terms of increasing access and choosing strategic directions with trans people in mind, and provides context for a queer understanding of what anti-violence can look like (includes Salal’s model for a mandate of “people of all marginalized genders”)

Audience:

• Leadership and board members at feminist anti-violence organizations

Objectives:

• This workshop explores the principles of feminist support skills and the five pillars of emotional support used in supporting survivors of sexualized violence; and how to reduce the impacts and barriers that survivors face when accessing support and services

Audience:

• Allies, service providers

Objectives:

• This workshop examines power in relationships, biases and internal beliefs that impact our ability to support survivors, what it means when we speak of consent and disclosure, and accountability and justice within connection and community

Audience:

• Survivors, allies, students, community members, service providers

Objectives:

• Understand the socio-cultural context of IPV for 2SLGBTQ+ relationships
• Gain insight into the barriers to accessing support
• Explore the unique issues that arise for 2SLGBTQ+ survivors of IPV

Audience

• 2SLGBTQ+ survivors, allies, students, community members, service providers

Objectives:

• Understand the unique needs of 2SLGBTQ+ survivors of IPV on multiple levels
• Explore collective care as a response to supporting 2SLGBTQ+ survivors of IPV
• Build on existing support skills and resources

Audience:

• 2SLGBTQ+ survivors, allies, students, community members, service providers

We are currently not accepting workshop requests for the Transformative Justice Project. Please check out the Transformative Justice Project page for more information about the project, and to keep up to date about what the Project will be offering in the future

We are currently not offering the Raise it Up training workshop, but the curriculum is free to download and use in your classroom

Objectives:

• This curriculum provides an instructional framework for teachers to educate students about oppression and social injustice, demonstrate how these systems create and perpetuate violence, and motivate and equip students with tools and strategies to take action towards a socially just society

Audience

• Teachers, youth workers

Yes, our workshops have a suggested fee of $200 per hour, plus pay and a half for preparation time. For example, for a 2 hour workshop we might charge: $400 for facilitation + $600 for prep, for a total of $1,000.

Workshops on Best Practices for Trans Inclusion are offered in-kind as part of the Meaningful Inclusion Project. The redesigned Safe Choices workshops are offered in-kind within the Vancouver Coastal Health region.

Workshops and training for service providers are a minimum of 2 hours in length. Workshops can also be facilitated for 3 or 4 hours, or a 6-hour full day training, with breaks. Workshops in schools may be shorter to accommodate class schedules.

Due to the ongoing  COVID-19 pandemic, workshops will be facilitated virtually or in-person on a case-by-case basis to ensure participants’ and facilitators’ safety. Moving forward, we will continue to provide workshops virtually as this format allows us to reach communities we otherwise may not have connected with prior to the pandemic.

We can provide a workshop or series of workshops that combine elements of multiple topics tailored to your learning goals. Workshop topics continually change and adapt to emergent community needs. Please consult with the Educational Outreach team to discuss options. 

You can reach us at [email protected] or by calling 236-885-8191

You can fill out the request form, email [email protected], or call 236-885-8191 to request a workshop. The Educational Outreach team will then connect with you to coordinate the details based on facilitator availability.

We appreciate if requests are provided with ample advance notice to accommodate facilitators’ availability and preparation time.

For more information, speak with the Educational Outreach team by emailing [email protected] or calling 236-885-8191.

WAVAW staff from various projects and programs facilitate these workshops, and each workshop will have 1-2 facilitators (depending on the workshop length and size of the audience). Facilitators have years of experience and specialized knowledge on gender-based violence.

Workshops may include slides, handouts, feedback forms, program brochures, resource cards, and other publications. Some of these materials can be delivered to organizations and/or sent digitally by email. Contact the Educational Outreach team to find out what materials are appropriate for your workshop or training, by emailing [email protected] or calling 236-885-8191