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Anti-racist Facilitation Training

Addressing Anti-Indigenous Racism in Adult Learning Environments

In partnership with Vancouver Community College (VCC), BCAAFC is offering its second pilot training program focused on anti-racist facilitation.

Addressing Anti-Indigenous Racism in Adult Learning Environments is a hybrid program (combining both in-person and online components) facilitated by Dr. Cheryl Ward, Rowshan Rahmanian, and guest speakers that will equip both new and practicing facilitators with the knowledge, self-awareness, and skills required to effectively address Indigenous-specific racism in their teaching and facilitation.

The first and final week of the program are in person at VCC; the other weeks will comprise asynchronous and synchronous online learning.

There are 10 spots available. BCAAFC fully subsidizes the tuition and offers a travel subsidy for participants from out of town who are affiliated with a Friendship Centre.

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Applications open now!

Credential: VCC Award of Achievement

Tuition: $3,278*

Length: 92 hours

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Questions

Have a question? Email: sie@vcc.ca

What you will learn

Upon successful completion of this program, graduates will be able to:

Design and deliver lessons that guide learners through the experiential learning cycle, demonstrating effective lesson design, teaching, and facilitation skills.
Identify and analyze the different ways learner resistance may manifest in response to discussions on colonial history and other Indigenous-related content.
Develop self-awareness on what may trigger facilitators and learners in the face of anti-Indigenous racism and resistance.
Use self-awareness as a tool for managing triggers in self and others when addressing anti-Indigenous racism.
Demonstrate effective anti-racist facilitation, inter-racial facilitation, and co-facilitation skills in dealing with a range of facilitation scenarios.

Who should participate

New and practicing facilitators teaching in adult education environment with particular focus on Indigenous facilitators working at the community-based level.

Racialized and White facilitators, particularly those working alongside Indigenous facilitators in an interracial co-facilitation setting, who may be dealing with anti-Indigenous racism in their teaching/facilitation.

Key Dates

Launch and Orientation: April 1 (online)
First in-person intensive: April 13–April 17
Weekly online learning: April 20–May 22
Second in-person intensive: May 25–May 29

Fees and other costs

Tuition: $3,200
College initiative: $14
Campus resource: $64
Total: $3,278

Learn more about the program on the VCC website.

Please note: the ‘Apply now’ button on the VCC page does not work. Use this link to apply for the training course.

Detailed Training Dates

Launch and Orientation (online): Wednesday, April 1, 1:00–3:00 pm

First in-person intensive: April 13–17 in Vancouver (5 days in-person)

Online learning: April 20 – May 22

Week of April 20: 1.5 hr asynchronous online work; No class.
Week of April 27: 1 hr asynchronous online work; 2 hr Zoom class.
Week of May 4: 1 hr asynchronous online work; 2 hr Zoom class.
Week of May 11: 1 hr asynchronous online work; 2 hr Zoom class.
Week of May 18: 1.5 hr asynchronous online work; No class.

Second in-person intensive: May 25–29 in Vancouver. (5 days in-person)

Training hours are 9:00 am – 5:00 pm for the in-person days and 1:00 – 3:00 pm for the online Zoom meetings. All times in Pacific Time Zone.

(Participation in all online and in-person sessions is required for the completion of this micro-credential):

Anti-Racist Facilitation Training

Sign up for updates about the program and future cohorts.

Anti-Racist Facilitation Training

Anti-racist Facilitation Training

Addressing Anti-Indigenous Racism in Adult Learning Environments

In partnership with Vancouver Community College (VCC), BCAAFC is offering its second pilot training program focused on anti-racist facilitation.

The first and final week of the program are in person at VCC; the other weeks will comprise asynchronous and synchronous online learning.

There are 10 spots available. BCAAFC fully subsidizes the tuition and offers a travel subsidy for participants from out of town who are affiliated with a Friendship Centre.

Applications open now!

Credential: VCC Award of Achievement

Tuition: $3,278*

Length: 92 hours

Questions

Have a question? Email: sie@vcc.ca

What to expect

What you will learn

Upon successful completion of this program, graduates will be able to:

Design and deliver lessons that guide learners through the experiential learning cycle, demonstrating effective lesson design, teaching, and facilitation skills.

Identify and analyze the different ways learner resistance may manifest in response to discussions on colonial history and other Indigenous-related content.

Develop self-awareness on what may trigger facilitators and learners in the face of anti-Indigenous racism and resistance.

Use self-awareness as a tool for managing triggers in self and others when addressing anti-Indigenous racism.

Demonstrate effective anti-racist facilitation, inter-racial facilitation, and co-facilitation skills in dealing with a range of facilitation scenarios.

Who should participate

Key Dates

Launch and Orientation: April 1 (online) First in-person intensive: April 13–April 17 Weekly online learning: April 20–May 22 Second in-person intensive: May 25–May 29

Fees and other costs

Tuition: $3,200 College initiative: $14 Campus resource: $64 Total: $3,278

Learn more about the program on the VCC website.

Please note: the ‘Apply now’ button on the VCC page does not work. Use this link to apply for the training course.

Detailed Training Dates

Launch and Orientation (online): Wednesday, April 1, 1:00–3:00 pm

First in-person intensive: April 13–17 in Vancouver (5 days in-person)

Online learning: April 20 – May 22

Week of April 20: 1.5 hr asynchronous online work; No class.

Week of April 27: 1 hr asynchronous online work; 2 hr Zoom class.

Week of May 4: 1 hr asynchronous online work; 2 hr Zoom class.

Week of May 11: 1 hr asynchronous online work; 2 hr Zoom class.

Week of May 18: 1.5 hr asynchronous online work; No class.

Second in-person intensive: May 25–29 in Vancouver. (5 days in-person)

Training hours are 9:00 am – 5:00 pm for the in-person days and 1:00 – 3:00 pm for the online Zoom meetings. All times in Pacific Time Zone.

(Participation in all online and in-person sessions is required for the completion of this micro-credential):

Anti-Racist Facilitation Training

Sign up for updates about the program and future cohorts.

Launch and Orientation: April 1 (online)
First in-person intensive: April 13–April 17
Weekly online learning: April 20–May 22
Second in-person intensive: May 25–May 29

Tuition: $3,200
College initiative: $14
Campus resource: $64
Total: $3,278