Training
IFVPC Free Online Courses
The Immigrant Family Violence Prevention Committee (IFVPC) is an informal group of agencies, students, community members, and people with lived experience of family violence, to support agencies working towards the prevention of family violence among newcomers and diverse ethnocultural communities.
IFVPC offers two online learning modules for providers working with immigrant families. Take the free courses by clicking the link below:
Understanding Family Systems in Immigrant Communities
Family Violence Across the Life Span
Offered by The Today Centre, this workshop helps service providers develop their skills in recognizing the ways that family violence may be experienced across the lifespan, and in supporting clients experiencing family violence at all points in their lives.
No prerequisite training or background required; it is open to anyone who is interested in a deeper dive to get comfortable and familiar with this work.
Family Violence & the LGBTQ+ Community
Kristy Harcourt is a long-time educator and consultant focused on the inclusion and thriving of LGBTQ people and on the prevention of violence.
Her work includes:
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LGBTQ perspectives on the experience of family violence and service delivery implications,
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fostering safety in workplace gender transitions, and how to attract, retain and support LGBTQ clients and colleagues
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promoting awareness and skills, and developing policies and practices related to gender diversity in organizations
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and the development of training curricula to foster the inclusion of sexual and gender diversity.
Kristy is finishing a Masters in Clinical Social Work from the University of Calgary focused on LGBTQ community resilience. Contact info@ciafv.com for more information.
Indigenous Family Violence: Understanding Trauma and Building Resiliency
Indigenous Family Violence: Understanding Trauma and Building Resiliency will provide insight into Indigenous family violence and working within the family circle. Learn about Indigenous family violence and its impacts on the whole family system. Participants will hear from the voices of survivors, learn how to respond to safety and risk issues and increase knowledge regarding the impact intergenerational trauma has on the brain and nervous system. This training aims to develop skills in understanding and acknowledging vicarious trauma, learning how to support one another manage personal triggers when working with clients and developing your own tools for self-care.
Training facilitator: Keleigh Larson., Executive Director from Aboriginal Counseling Services of Alberta
Strangulation Identification Training
Morag McLean, Registered Nurse & Strangulation Identification Specialist
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The participant with knowledge and understanding of strangulation in domestic violence and sexual assault including; the mechanism of injury, the signs, and symptoms of strangulation and causes identifying and assessing victims, the short and long-term health implications of strangulation, informed consent, and erotic asphyxiation, and documenting and advocating for the victim.
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On completion of this workshop, the participant will have a good understanding of strangulation and the process of identification, assessment, and care of strangulation victims. Contact info@ciafv.com for more information.