Positions available: 5

Curriculum Designer

We regularly receive requests for anti-racism training and workshops. This project is to develop educational and training resources focused on both youth and adults. To respond to broad public demand for education focused on anti-racism. The focus of this project is to create relevant, updated and timely workshops on anti-racism. The students will develop a half-day workshop with an option to add module(s) tailored to specific interest(s). Such as Microaggressions, Allyship, Dinner Table Talk, Anti-Oppression. These workshops are intended to address understanding systemic racism, emotional impact, social relationships, diversity training and bias. The goal is to develop capacity for equity, offering a safe space for discussion and conversation about equity, race, and human rights, while simultaneously helping participants navigate differences, diversity, power relationships and conflict. This curriculum will be designed for an experiential learning environment. The project will include to create;

• participant materials
• including pre-workshop reading,
• in-workshop materials
• post workshop resources.

Workshop Format
workshop to be designed for a one half-day (4 hours) duration.
1. Small group format (up to 15 individuals)
2. Virtual delivery
5. Toolkit and resources

Outline of the Workshop Modules

Create an outline of the four modules in the workshop curriculum, Anti-Racism in a Canadian Context:

1. Critical Thinking “Ice-Breakers” (20 minutes)

2. Understanding Race (40 minutes)

3. Understanding Racism (40 minutes)

4. History of Racism in Canada (90 minutes)

• Colonization-Impact on Indigenous Peoples
• Japanese internment camps
• Anti-Black Racism
• Anti-Semitism
• Islamophobia (15 minutes)
• White Privilege (15 minutes)

5. Combatting Racism - Strategies (45 minutes)

1. Allyship
2. Microaggressions
3. Anti-Oppression

Working with the Executive Director and Program Director