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Anti-Oppression and Equity Lectures
are tailor made to the client's needs. Consistent
dialogue about the focus, topics and desired outcomes is
welcome and encouraged. |
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In the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) |
For School boards |
Student Assemblies: $1250.00 |
Staff Workshops: $1250.00 plus HST |
Student and Staff Package: $1,500.00
plus HST (Must take place on the same day). |
The
two lecture package will be $1500 plus HST.
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Non-Educational Agencies |
Keynote Presentations Range from
$1500 - $2500 depending on audience size and duration. |
Full day Workshops: $3,000.00 |
Half Day Workshops: $2,000.00 |
All bookings in Canada are subject to
HST. |
Lectures outside the GTA are subject
to travel expenses and final costs will be worked out
with each client on an individual basis. No reasonable
budget will be turned down. |
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Workshop Abstract: |
Each interactive workshop will
examine Inclusive Mechanisms that can be employed by any
institution in order to create more inclusive/equitable
spaces. There will be a focus on the dynamics that power
and privilege can have on employees and the individuals
serviced by the organization.. Finally, the intersection
of complex identities will be examined in order to fully
understand the need to continually adapt/create
equitable practices to meet the needs of a diverse
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New for School
Boards!!
Culturally Relevant Responsive Pedagogy and Identity
Literacy:
In
light of the Ministry of Education's new Equity
Action Plan which mandates professional development
for teachers, administrators and support staff, this
new programme focuses on C.R.R.P. using the
mechanism of "Identity Literacy" to unpack bias in
the classroom, curriculum and school systems. Human
interactions are often "tainted" with different
levels of identity bias, reinforced by media and
societal representations of race, ethnicity, gender,
culture, sexuality, human ability, socio-economics
and the intersection of these identities. These
biases can be analyzed and eradicated with tenacious
critical thinking around the forces that perpetuate
them. All programmes begin with a component on
"Indigenous History and Decolonizing Methodology" as
a foundational principle to building capacity around
C.R.R.P. in educational spaces. Half day and full
day programmes available. (Pricing ranges from
$2000-4500 depending on location).
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Lecture package for elementary schools |
This new package entitled "LOVE and LEARN" is
comprised of two presentations
using children's books and anti-bulling songs:
A 50 minute session for
Grades 5-8 has a focus on Student Leadership,
Human Rights, Respect and Inclusion. The second
30 minute presentation, designed for Grades 3-5,
examines concepts of identity, stereotypes and
is centred around a message of anti-bullying.
The package concludes with a 25 minute session
for the primary students during which my two
children's storybooks are read and discussed and
the songs "I want you to be nice to me," and "Diggin'
Dignity" are performed. (All the books can be
viewed on the "books" section of the website).
Cost- $1400
plus HST
New package for Catholic Elementary schools
Entitled "Jesus Christ and Human Rights"
includes a 50 minutes interactive workshop using
song and stories for Grades 5-8 with focus on
Human Rights,
Respect and Inclusion.
The second 30 minutes
presentation, designed for Grades Jk-4, examines
concepts of our Catholic identity, stereotypes
and is centred around a message of
anti-bullying. It features two book and four
songs, "I want you to be nice to me", "Diggin'
Dignity", "Shout Proud" and the new song, "Love
and Learn".
Cost- $1400 plus HST
The package concludes with a 25
minutes session for the primary students
focusing on Gospel Values. Students will also be
read two children's storybooks and sing and
dance to two anti-bullying songs entitled,
"I want you to be nice to me,"and "Diggin'
Dignity" Cost- $1400 plus HST
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Programmes: |
1. The I.R.T. Project
(Indigenous and Racialized
Teachers for Leadership) |
School
boards understand that they require a greater number of
teachers with Racialized and Aboriginal heritage to join
the administrative ranks of these institutions To that
end I have developed the A.R.T. project comprised of a
five module programme to support those teachers who self
identify as such with the goal of supporting, mentoring
and preparing them to become managers, consultants,
department heads and/or vice principals.
The programme will focus on concepts around Critical
Race Theory, Inclusive Mechanisms, The Burden of One's
Representation and the Challenge of Leadership and
Identity Politics. Cost TBD/Negotiated on case by case
basis. |
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The Canadian Race Relations Foundations "Foundations in
Equity": |
This 5 module programme (plus one on-line
component), supported and managed by the Canadian
Race Relations, is anchored in Critical Race Theory
and is designed for school board employees at all
levels of the organization. The course is an
intense immersion in equity based pedagogy, and it
challenges participants to think about how their
identities interact and impact with other people. (I
have facilitated 15 programmes over the past four
years to school boards across the GTA with rave
reviews. This past June a Principal from the Grand
Erie District School board stated, "that is was the
best course she had ever taken in her 22 year
career".) Programmes generally run once a week for
five weeks, but scheduling is flexible. (Includes
three guest lecturers and a certificate of
completion for each participant). Cost $8000.00.
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3. Taking Equity to the Next Level: |
This new programme has been developed specifically
for school board administrative teams (including
consultants and managers). The full day programme is
designed to sharpen administrators' equity lens in
order for them to better understand and navigate the
complex landscape of identities within their
teaching staff, support staff, parent/guardian
community and student population. It will cover such
topics as:
1. Critical Race/Anti-Oppression Theory.
2. Deconstructing Identity Bias.
3. Intersectionality and Identity Politics.
4. The negation of the Racialized experience as
a form of oppression.
5. Equity and Organizational Change.
6. Understanding Privilege.
7. Gender Inequity and its impact on school
systems.
8. Gospel Values and Human Rights. (For Catholic
Boards)
9. Inclusive Mechanisms and Practice.
Each programme will be tailored to the client's
specific staffing needs. Cost ranges from
$3000-$4000 depending on participant group size
and location.
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4.
New
for corporate clients:
Increasing your company's "Inclusion Quotient". |
This interactive workshop will examine the way that
employees/managers process identity. It will focus
on practices that promote Human Rights in various
departments including Human Resources and employee
relations to name a few.
Stereotypes, harmful language, gay rights, gender
inequity and the impacts of poverty will also be
discussed. The workshop will end off with
strategies to build inclusive workplace environments
with the goal of increasing outreach to a diverse
customer base.
* 90 minutes $1500 plus HST
* 3 hour (morning or afternoon) $2500
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