Basic Computer Skills Training from a Trauma-Informed Approach in Spanish (in person) Every Tuesday and Friday from 10:00am to 1:00pm This training series offers one-on-one instruction and support to help you in becoming a productive user of your computer. We...
Workshops & Events
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Inner Child: Learn, Heal, and Apply (Sept 17)
Strategic Interventions presents this experiential workshop for service providers seeking to understand the deep-seated psychological patterns that shape adult behaviours and beliefs. Designed to foster personal growth and healing, this workshop explores how childhood...
Connection. Reconnection. Becoming Home (Sept 24)
An Expressive Arts & Somatic Experiencing Workshop for Service Providers to build bridges in times of turmoil. An experiential workshop to explore ways to reconnect with our inner resources and identify strategies to build both internal and external islands of...
Breath and Power: Understanding Strangulation as a High-Lethality Assault (Sept 30)
Strangulation is one of the most dangerous—and underrecognized—forms of gender-based violence. Breath and Power is a full-day hybrid workshop for professionals to better identify, assess, and respond to strangulation with trauma-informed, survivor-centered strategies rooted in medical, legal, and psychological expertise.
Level 1: Introduction to Trauma & Gender-Based Violence-Informed Narrative Therapy (Oct 1)
This foundational workshop introduces the principles of narrative therapy in the context of trauma and gender-based violence. Participants will explore key concepts, develop trauma-informed communication skills, and learn how to support survivors from diverse backgrounds.
Building Your Impact – Strategic Thinking: Principles, Teachings and Tools (Oct 2)
In a world where we are inundated with information, manipulated by trends, polarization tactics, and global chaos and crises, it is often difficult to stay clear on where you or your organization is going. Building your strategic thinking capability will help you and...
Understanding and Responding to Stalking in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence October 7
Stalking is a serious and often overlooked form of gender-based violence—and a key predictor of femicide. This full-day hybrid workshop, led by Angela Marie MacDougall of BWSS, equips frontline workers and advocates with tools for risk assessment, documentation, and survivor-led safety planning.
Level 3: Advanced Trauma & Gender-Based Violence-Informed Narrative Therapy (Oct 22)
This advanced workshop is designed for practitioners seeking to refine their expertise in narrative therapy with trauma survivors. Participants will engage in complex case studies, explore the intersections of trauma, oppression, and systemic barriers, and apply advanced therapeutic techniques to support long-term healing and empowerment.
Crafting Safety Plans for Victims and Survivors of Violence (Oct 28)
Strategic Interventions presents this essential workshop for frontline service providers, including transition house workers, anti-violence advocates, legal professionals, social workers, counsellors, mental health practitioners, and health service workers. This...
Level 2: Intermediate Trauma & Gender-Based Violence-Informed Narrative Therapy (Oct 15)
Building on Level 1, this session deepens participants’ understanding of narrative therapy techniques and their application in working with clients who have experienced multiple traumas, including childhood trauma, intimate partner violence, and sexual assault. Practical exercises will focus on trauma-informed interviewing, storytelling as a healing tool, and strategies for resilience-building.
Deconstructing PTSD: A Trauma and Violence Informed Framework for Frontline Workers (Nov 4)
This dynamic and interactive workshop is designed for frontline workers in transition houses, mental health services, addiction workers, social workers, and community-based programs who are supporting women and gender-diverse survivors of violence and trauma....
Politicizing Your Practice (Nov 13)
Offered by Strategic Interventions, Politicizing Your Practice is an intensive, one-day hybrid workshop for frontline workers, counsellors, social workers, mental health practitioners, legal system players, and community organizers who want to align their practice...