OAITH offers the following courses through our training portal. You can access courses and videos on your own schedule and complete them at your own pace.
- Risk Assessment and Safety Planning
- Technology and Safety Planning
- Harm Reduction for VAW Counsellors and Advocates
- Including Survivors - a model for ensuring survivors' voices are integrated into VAW work
- Key Issues for VAW workers - includes videos on a series of topics, from case studies in shelters to Criminalization of Aboriginal Women, Understanding Violence for Transgender Women, and Mental Health Issues.
Coming soon....
- Webinar recording "Sex Work and Harm Reduction" by Jean McDonald of Maggie's
- Webinar recording "Migrant Sex Workers, Shelters, and the Harm of Anti-Trafficking Efforts"by Chanelle Gallant and Elene Lam of the Migrant Sex Workers Project
- Webinar recording "Forced Marriage: Strategies for Support in Shelters" by Farrah Khan
- Webinar recording "Keeping Mothers in Mind: Trauma Informed Approaches to Supporting Mothers Who Have Experienced Violence and Their Children" by Angelique Jenney of the Child Development Institute
Badges are awarded for completing courses so you can keep track of your learning and add information to your portfolio or C.V.
All courses are free. Simply create an account and get started on the courses and videos that are of interest to you!
To get started, go to http://training.oaith.ca.
*Thanks to the Ontario Women's Directorate for funding support that makes it possible for us to provide accessible training to VAW support workers in Ontario.
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