Creating a Safe and Respectful Workplace — Employee Training

This employee program consists of two courses. The first is a foundational diversity and inclusion training in the workplace that includes equity and accessibility training for employees at all levels of your organization. This online training course combines relatable scenarios, real workplace situations, reflective exercises, definitions, practical guidance on respect in the workplace and provides meaningful understanding to both federally legislated human rights and provincial and territorial legislation.

The second course provides guidance and strategies to recognize, address, and minimize the risk of workplace violence and harassment in addition to bullying. This online training course ensures that employees have the skills and knowledge to recognize various forms of workplace violence and harassment, rights and responsibilities, key strategies in personal safety and how to handle harassment and bullying situations, and psychological safety in the workplace. All of our online training is refreshed regularly in this constantly evolving topic.

Topics in our two-part respectful workplace online training employee courses include:

Part 1: Diversity & Inclusion and Equity & Accessibility Training in the Workplace 

• Diversity and inclusion training in the workplace along with why equity and accessibility are equally important
• Discussion on stereotypes, discrimination, and how prejudice can lead to harassment
• Understand that diversity and inclusion fall under both federal human rights legislation and provincial and territorial legislation
• Personal reflective exercises and, DEI definitions and resources

Part 2: Workplace Bullying, Harassment and Violence Training

• Learn how psychological harassment and bullying, increase the risk of violence at work
• How to identify, prevent and respond to behaviors of concern. This course fulfills employers obligations to comply with federal and provincial legislation and training requirements regarding workplace violence, bullying and harassment in Canada

By the end of these courses, you will:

• Understand the importance of diversity and inclusion, along with key DEI definitions and concepts
• Learn from real life situations that make diversity and inclusion, equity and accessibility relatable for everyone
• Recognize and prevent prejudice, power and privilege
• Apply constructive communication and listening skills
• Become self-aware of your perceptions and behavior towards others
• Use non-discriminatory language and understand how your behavior towards others is perceived and the impact
• Realize a psychological safe workplace is required by legislation
• Know how to respond, obtain assistance and report cases of workplace violence and harassment, including domestic violence
• Benefit from training and minimize the risk of bullying, harassment and workplace violence