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Curious about peer-led organizing and expanding your understanding of what facilitation means? Join us for 3 interactive virtual workshops in June. No prior experience is required; however, participants will benefit from registering in the full series! Our facilitation is grounded in anti-oppression values, and we use this approach in all our work. If you are new to PeerNet BC workshops, we strongly suggest registering in the Planting the Seeds of Anti-Oppression Workshop to understand the value of using this framework. We consider this workshop to be foundational! Offerings:
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In addition to hosting our workshops online, we would like to take this space to also remind our readers that we are still working from home due to Covid-19. We suggest emailing us at: info@peernetbc.com, if you need to contact us. |
Workshop 1: Planting the Seeds of Anti-Oppression
June 1, 6 – 8:30pm
Systemic imbalances of power exist in our society. Recognizing how these imbalances influence group dynamics is an important skill for facilitators, group members, and community members at large. In this 2.5 hour workshop utilizing discussion and experiential learning, participants will reflect on their personal relationship to power and have an opportunity to broaden their perspectives on accessibility, allyship, inclusion, power, privilege, and how to move forward together.
Workshop 2: Principles of Peer Support
June 9, 1 – 3:30pm
Are you starting a new group, or is the group you work with needing a framework for understanding how you work together? The principles of peer support are the foundational elements for creating successful peer-led groups. In this 2.5 hour workshop, participants will be introduced to these principles, identify the differences between groups that are peer-led and those that are not, and learn how to create authentic and well-functioning peer support groups based on these principles.
Workshop 3: The Nuts and Bolts of Facilitation
June 18, 10:00am – 12:30pm
Building off of the ideas introduced in “Planting the Seeds of Anti-Oppression” and “Principles of Peer Support”, this 2.5 hour workshop will delve into specific skills and techniques that assist facilitators in effectively creating safer, more supportive, and productive peer-led groups. Participants will build on new and existing skills and tools necessary for effective facilitation and touch on different facilitation models. This workshop is an introductory workshop and is open to folks with little or no facilitation experience as well as those with facilitation experience looking to brush up on their foundational skills.
Although we are gathering in a digital space, we would like to humbly acknowledge that our organization predominantly does our work on the stolen and unceded homelands and territories of sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xwməθ kwəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations.