How to be an Ally (All Staff)

This course is a part of VCH Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) training intended to help increase our awareness of inclusion literacy, understanding unconscious bias and cross-cultural competency.

Participants will learn how to respond to incidents of micro-inequities, micro-aggressions and other forms of unintended discriminatory behaviour from a Trauma Informed Lens. The session will provide clarity around demonstrating Allyship, and the five key traits of an Ally.

Recommended Pre-requisite for this workshop:

• Foundations of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Workshops in this EDI training (We recommend that the workshops are attending the following orders):

• Foundations of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
• Understanding and Disrupting Bias
• Importance of a Trauma Informed Lens
• How to be an Ally

All participants must complete Foundations of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion before attending any of the other workshops.

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