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Workshops offered by Salal cover a number of topics, and these topics change and adapt to community needs.
Below are some of the current workshops we can offer to anti-violence workers, schools, and community members.
If you are interested in a booking a workshop, please complete the contact form below.
Can’t find what you’re looking for? Please contact the Education Outreach team at outreach@salalsvsc.ca or by calling 236-885-8191 to discuss options.
Sexual Violence Prevention Workshops
Supporting Survivors After Sexual Assault
Best Practices for Trans Inclusion
Additional Workshops
Sexual Violence Prevention Workshops
Culture of Violence & Resistance
(Rape Culture)
Objectives
This workshop explores rape culture, consent culture systems of oppression, intersectionality, toxic masculinity, and how these impact the way we value and relate to each other
Audience
Students, community members, service providers
What is Love?
Healthy Relationships & Intimate Partner Violence Prevention for 2SLGBTQ+ Communities***
This workshop is available for bookings.
Objectives
Explore what healthy queer relationships can look like
Develop skills to recognize and negotiate boundaries in relationships
Audience
2SLGBTQ+ survivors, community members, students
Queer Resilience
Knowing Yourself in Relationship***
We’re in the process of updating this workshop. If you’re looking for support or a similar learning opportunity, please reach out, we’d be glad to offer an alternative
Objectives
Discover how knowing yourself can play an important role in negotiating boundaries in queer relationships
Enhance resilience and strategies to care for yourself in relationships and in community
Audience
2SLGBTQ+ survivors, community members, students
Raise It Up
While we’re not currently offering the Raise It Up training workshop, the full curriculum is free to download and ready to use in your classroom or youth program.
Objectives
This curriculum provides an instructional framework for teachers to educate students about oppression and social injustice, demonstrate how these systems create and perpetuate violence, and motivate and equip students with tools and strategies to take action towards a socially just society.
Audience
Teachers, youth workers
Supporting Survivors After Sexual Assault
Holding Clients at the Centre
(Feminist Support Skills)
Objectives
This workshop explores the principles of feminist support skills and the five pillars of emotional support used in supporting survivors of sexualized violence; and how to reduce the impacts and barriers that survivors face when accessing support and services.
Audience
Allies, service providers
Sexual Assault & the Law
(Seeking Justice & Healing)
Objectives
This workshop examines power in relationships, biases and internal beliefs that impact our ability to support survivors, what it means when we speak of consent and disclosure, and accountability and justice within connection and community.
Audience
Survivors, allies, students, community members, service providers
How to Support Survivors of Sexual Violence
Objectives
Learn how to offer supportive, non-judgmental responses to disclosures of sexual violence.
Reflect on how our words, reactions, and beliefs can either reinforce or challenge rape culture.
Audience
Allies, students, and service providers, and community members
What's At Risk?
Intimate Partner Violence in 2SLGBTQ+ Relationships***
We’re in the process of updating this workshop. If you’re looking for support or a similar learning opportunity, please reach out, we’d be glad to offer an alternative
Objectives
Understand the socio-cultural context of IPV for 2SLGBTQ+ relationships
Gain insight into the barriers to accessing support
Explore the unique issues that arise for 2SLGBTQ+ survivors of IPV
Audience
2SLGBTQ+ survivors, allies, students, community members, service providers
Collective Care
Supporting 2SLGBTQ+ Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence***
We’re in the process of updating this workshop. If you’re looking for support or a similar learning opportunity, please reach out, we’d be glad to offer an alternative
Objectives
Understand the unique needs of 2SLGBTQ+ survivors of IPV on multiple levels
Explore collective care as a response to supporting 2SLGBTQ+ survivors of IPV
Build on existing support skills and resources
Audience
2SLGBTQ+ survivors, allies, students, community members, service providers
***Offered for free within the Vancouver Coastal Health Region
Best Practices for Trans Inclusion
Trans Inclusion for Low Barrier Services**
Objectives
This workshop addresses the specific considerations that might arise for trans inclusion in low barrier services, and aims to build on skills and strengths that frontline workers already have, using specialized scenarios and accessible tools to increase trans clients’ safety.
Audience
Frontline workers at shelters, SROs (single occupancy residences), and mental health and addictions services
Trans Inclusion for Feminist Services**
Objectives
This workshops creates space for conversations around the relationship between feminism and trans people, challenging feminist services to think both in terms of increasing access and choosing strategic directions with trans people in mind, and provides context for a queer understanding of what anti-violence can look like (includes Salal’s model for a mandate of “people of all marginalized genders”).
Audience
Leadership and board members at feminist anti-violence organizations
**Includes a pre-training assessment as part of the Meaningful Inclusion Project
Additional Workshops
ReImagining Justice
Objectives
Explore community-rooted alternatives to the criminal legal system through transformative and restorative justice frameworks.
Examine the anti-violence sector’s relationship with carceral feminism and Salal’s shift toward approaches grounded in healing, accountability, and systemic change.
Reflect on key insights from Salal’s three-year pilot project and consider what survivors and communities are calling for in justice and accountability today.
Audience
Allies, service providers, community members.
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Objectives
Understand the individual and collective impacts of workplace sexual harassment on health, safety, and workplace culture.
Learn practical ways to support survivors, challenge harmful behaviours, and take action to create safer, more respectful work environments.
Audience
Employees, managers, and organizations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a fee for workshops?
Our workshops begin at no cost because we’re committed to shifting society through education, activism and outreach and transforming the conditions that allow sexualized violence to continue.
We know that every organization has different capacities, so we’re happy to meet you where you’re at, both in budget and accessibility needs.
How long are workshops?
We’re flexible in both timing and format to best meet your needs and learning style. Workshops can range from 30 minutes to a full day or be delivered across multiple sessions. Offerings include staff training, leadership capacity building, speaking engagements, and more.
We work with a wide range of audiences, from service providers and educators to corporations and community groups, and tailor each session to your specific learning needs and context.
Will these workshops be delivered in-person or virtually?
Workshops are available both in-person or virtual for participants in the Lower Mainland.
For participants outside of the Lower Mainland, our workshops are available virtually.
What if I want a workshop that covers multiple topics? What if the topic I want isn’t listed here?
We can provide a workshop or series of workshops that combine elements of multiple topics tailored to your learning goals.
Workshop topics continually change and adapt to emergent community needs. Please consult with the Educational Outreach team to discuss options.
You can reach us at outreach@salalsvsc.ca or by calling 236-885-8191
What is the process to request a workshop?
You can fill out the request form, email outreach@salalsvsc.ca, or call 236-885-8191 to request a workshop. The Educational Outreach team will then connect with you to coordinate the details based on facilitator availability.
We appreciate if requests are provided with ample advance notice to accommodate facilitators’ availability and preparation time.
For more information, speak with the Educational Outreach team by emailing outreach@salalsvsc.ca or calling 236-885-8191.
Who are the facilitators? How many are there?
Salal staff from various projects and programs facilitate these workshops, and each workshop will have 1-2 facilitators (depending on the workshop length and size of the audience).
Facilitators have years of experience and specialized knowledge on gender-based violence.
What materials are included in these workshops?
Workshops may include slides, handouts, feedback forms, program brochures, resource cards, and other publications.
Some of these materials can be delivered to organizations and/or sent digitally by email.
Contact the Educational Outreach team to find out what materials are appropriate for your workshop or training, by emailing outreach@salalsvsc.ca or calling 236-885-8191
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