AMSSA and its member agencies and stakeholders organize public community events, workshops for newcomers to Canada as well as professional development training, workshops, seminars and conferences for (re)settlement, language training diversity and inclusion sector employees.
Community events and workshops which are continuous are listed below the calendar. Click here to view Ongoing Community Events
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“The Zone of fabulousness” Connection & Solidarity amidst the heaviness of our work
About this event:
July 19 & 20 10am-1pm PDT (1am-4pm EDT)
Cost: $210 + eventbrite fees
Register HERE.
Contact organizer for reduced cost admissions for community members. Priority to BIPOC and ‘peers’ people-with-living-experience.
Who should come:
Anyone committed to team/community collective care & capacity building
Team Leads, change agents, folks shouldering up ‘first first-responders
Learnings:
Resisting Vicarious Trauma & Burnout with Collective Care & Solidarity
Centering connection, resisting disconnection & enmeshment
Solidarity Teams & Collective Care strategies
Responding to Tragic Death
Debriefing with connection
Resources, videos, articles, exercises
VIKKI REYNOLDS PhD is an activist/ therapist working to bridge the worlds of social justice activism with community work/ therapy. Her experience includes supervision and therapy with ‘peers’ responding to the opioid catastrophe, refugees and survivors of torture – including Indigenous people who have survived state violence, sexualized violence counsellors, mental health and Harm Reduction counsellors, housing and shelter workers, activists and working alongside gender and sexually diverse communities. Resources for this workshop free at: www.vikkireynolds.ca
TARA TAYLOR has worked in the non-profit sector for over 15 years and has been a fervent sustainability activist, working and reflecting across multiple disciplines and sectors to develop community systems that promote social justice as well as a balance between community development and community well-being. Most of Tara’s work has been done in the DTES of Vancouver, with a focus on harm reduction.
Enhancing Wellness – M4Y
Vancouver and Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Support Services Society (VLMFSS)
(A 5-year research project about immigrant women and youth (19-25 yrs.) survivors of relationship violence. The research will highlight the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and identify coping strategies. The project will culminate in an interactive app for support and education.)
Library Champion Project
NewToBC (Register here)
Pathways for Newcomers
S.U.C.C.E.S.S
Community Expressive Craft Space
Gordon Neighbourhood House
Starting May 7th, 2024
Spanish – Community Expressive Craft Space
Gordon Neighbourhood House
Starting May 9th, 2024
Virtual REACH – Virtual Remote Employment and Career Help
Douglas College
Starting April 21st, 2023