Training

All workshops are tailored to meet the needs of your specific sector, organization, and employees. Explore the training options below, or get in touch to discuss designing a unique offering.

Gender Diversity in the Workplace

Strong practices for supporting trans, non-binary, & Two-Spirit clients and colleagues

This training is great for organizations who are in the beginning phases of learning about gender diversity, or who want to complement work that is already underway. Through self-reflection, scenarios, and visioning exercises, we’ll explore gender-affirming practices that will improve service provision, staff engagement and retention, and community relationships.

In this training, participants will:

Explore a framework for understanding gender beyond the binary
Develop an understanding of how of sex, gender, and orientation impact employee and client experiences
Learn how to identify barriers and create dignifying work environments, partnerships, and services
Practice gender-affirming language and strategies for liaising with co-workers, partner companies, clients, and community members

“I was tremendously impressed with the Gender Diversity workshop that I was privileged to attend at BCAA. First of all, Kingsley is a gifted facilitator – able to distill and communicate complex concepts that imparted knowledge, and most importantly, empathy. It inspired me regarding inclusivity for both our internal employees and our customers. Ambit’s work is going to change the world for the better, I know that for sure. We are embarking on a new era – I recommend all organizations embrace the opportunity to lead the way!”
MEGHAN HILL, SENIOR MANAGER
CUSTOMER CARE AND ENGAGEMENT | BCAA

The Major Problem of Microaggressions

Taking action in challenging moments

Delivered online or in-person, this engaging and experiential training session is designed to support participants in exploring how they can contribute to personal, organizational, and systemic shifts by intervening when violence, oppression, and microaggressions are perpetuated in life and in the workplace. Suggested audiences include managers, directors, and those in a position of organizational or workplace power.

In this training, participants will:

Learn about the history of bystander intervention as a tool for social change
Name their own sites of privilege, oppression, and identity
Explore how these factors can bias our understanding and interpretation of everyday moments
Discuss a framework for identifying why and how bystander intervention is an effective tool for interrupting violence
Practice intervening and receiving an intervention non-defensively

“Kingsley was an excellent, knowledgeable and engaging facilitator… From our initial conversation to workshop delivery, Kingsley showcased proficiency as a skilled subject matter expert with the ability to explain workshop materials during dynamic and highly engaging presentations. The entire Ambit Gender Diversity Consulting team created a safe and comfortable space for our employee community to learn, practice their skills, ask meaningful and thought provoking questions and foster new multifaceted ways of working together… As a truly caring and supportive facilitator, Kingsley led each session with great passion and created a conversational environment that allowed everyone to contribute and feel valued.”
KATE FITZPATRICK
DIRECTOR, PEOPLE + DEVELOPMENT
DESTINATION BRITISH COLUMBIA

Transforming Workplace Culture

Equity-Informed Practices for Managing Diverse Teams

This participatory training session will support Leadership Teams to move towards values of equity, accountability, and repair into tangible, everyday actions.

In this training, Leaders will:

Identify personal and organizational guiding values
Reflect on identity and personal sites of power, privilege, and oppression
Explore how these factors (and subsequent biases) inform behaviours, interpretations of workplace interactions, and decision-making processes
Make connections between interpersonal and organizational power dynamics and larger trends in retention, promotion, and workplace satisfaction
Practice receiving disclosures of microaggressions / harm, establishing environments of repair, and staying accountable when one has caused harm

Kingsley gives instruction using his hands to illustrate a point with lights hanging in the background. — Photo by Hélène Cyr

Training

Gender Diversity in the Workplace

The Major Problem of Microaggressions

Transforming Workplace Culture

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