& Training

OCAD U is committed to delivering institution-wide education and training to build the capacity of staff, faculty and leadership. Online, in-person, and customized training sessions are offered on a range of topics to build the capacity of employees to employ anti oppression principles in their work and in the organizational culture of OCAD U.

Office of Diversity, Equity and Sustainability Initiatives Training Suite:

  • Interrupting Micro-Aggressions
  • Advancing Chance through Equitable Hiring Practices
  • Foundations of Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression
  • Preventing and Addressing Gender-based Violence
  • Disability, Inclusive Design and the Duty to Accommodate in Employment
  • Academic Plan: Accessibility and Inclusive Design Priorities for OCAD U Leadership
  • Responding to Human Rights Concerns
  • Procedural Fairness, Administrative Justice and Good Decision-Making
  • Creating Authentic Spaces: A Gender Identity and Gender Expression Inclusion Workshop

2024 Training
 

  1. Creating a Culture of Rights: Preventing and Addressing Harassment and Discrimination
  2. Preventing and Addressing Anti-Black Racism

 

Our Resources
 

  • Human Rights Based Accommodations fact sheet
  • To learn more about your human rights in Ontario, explore the following eLearnings offered by the Ontario Human Rights Commission:
    • Human Rights 101: Learn about your rights and responsibilities under the Ontario Human Rights Code in this approximately 30 minute course.
    • Call it out: Learn about racism, racial discrimination and human rights protections under the Ontario Human Rights Code in this approximately 30 minute interactive course.
    • Duty to Accommodate: Learn about what accommodating means, why it's important to remove barriers, about rights and responsibilities for accommodating, and the principles for accommodation in this approximately 20-30 minute module.
    • Working Together: Learn about your rights and responsibilities under the Code and the AODA and how they affect you at work, in services and housing in this 5 part approximately 20 minute series.