Anti-Racism Webinar
RACISM
AND CULTURE
WITH DR. ROGER PARENT
MENTAL HEALTH
AND CULTURE
WITH DR. ROBERT JOHNSTON
PUBLIC SAFETY
AND CULTURE
WITH DR. MICHAEL ZEKULN
Facilitator: Dr. Roger Parent (Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta) has designed and field-tested the workshop process nationally and internationally over a twenty year period in academic, government and organizational circles, including Aboriginal and First Nations communities. Award-wining academic publications, films and audio-visual learning resources in French and English support and enrich the learning process.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Michel Zekulin (University of Australia), on the related issue of Radicalization to Violence Research. https://www.tsas.ca/affiliate/michael-zekulin/
for more information on the Anti-Racism Webinar, or to view the
presentation, please contact info@globalvillagecentre.ca
FUNDING AGENCIES & CONTRIBUTORS
Recognition of innovation in small and rural communities.
Countering Racism through Intercultural Skills
90-minute webinar
At the end of this webinar, participants will be better equipped to enhance the quality of their daily personal and professional relationships with culturally diverse user and stakeholder groups. They will become familiar with some of the literature investigating the underlying elements and processes which can create tensions and mistrust, key ingredients for those working to sow divisions within a community or society and how to mitigate them.
Take-home activities will facilitate follow-up and immediate application of the intercultural skills acquired. The strategic overview provided by the webinar will also allow your organization to further develop strategies for follow-up training to interested staff through Medicine Hat College.
This Global Village Centre training initiative is based on the belief that the more decision-making organizations and agencies can play a role in countering the negative impact of racism by using culture as an asset and not as a liability, the greater the value-added benefit will be for both individuals and their communities as a whole.
Advances in cross/intercultural education and training offer effective methodologies for information sharing, knowledge transfer and best practices for culturally competent pyscho-social support and cultural mediation.