The Aboriginal Cultural Awareness for Youth course has been created to help non-Aboriginal children come to a better understanding of Aboriginal culture and learn to respect Aboriginal people. To reach this goal, the course will explain how culture affects the way we think and the way we act. It will talk about the history of Canada and how things that happened in the past have created issues and problems for Aboriginal people today.

Aboriginal Cultural Awareness is designed to introduce participants to the concept of cultural awareness and to provide non-Aboriginal participants with a greater understanding of the issues and challenges facing Aboriginal people in Canada. The course introduces the groups that make up Canada’s Aboriginal population, examine Canadian history from an Aboriginal perspective and explore the ways in which historical injustices have impacted on Aboriginal culture.

The Respectful Workplace is designed to educate participants about their rights and responsibilities in the workplace. The course identifies attitudes and behaviours which contribute to a respectful workplace as well as those that are inappropriate. Specific types of offensive behaviours, including discrimination, harassment and personal harassment (bullying) are defined and examined. Emphasis is on developing appropriate workplace behaviours and knowing how to respond to incidents involving inappropriate behaviours.

The course includes scenario-based, interactive activities, which provide participants with practical situations in which they must select appropriate behaviours and appropriate responses to the behaviours of others.

Exact training content can be customized to meet client needs. An additional module entitled “Our Anti-Harassment Policy” can be added to ensure that participants thoroughly understand an organization’s specific policy and procedures.

Sports offer many opportunities to address issues relating to cultural differences. Cultural Awareness in Youth Sports is an online course that examines the concept of culture and provides adults with practical ways to model cultural awareness to youth players and to help youth players develop cultural awareness. Ultimately, the goal of Cultural Awareness in Youth Sports is to help non-Aboriginals work with Aboriginals in ways that convey respect for Aboriginal culture and understanding of the issues that are important to Aboriginal people.

Aboriginal Cultural Awareness – Mi’kmaq is designed to provide non-Aboriginal participants with a greater understanding of the issues and challenges facing Aboriginal people in Canada. The course introduces the groups that make up Canada’s Aboriginal population, examines Canadian history from an Aboriginal perspective and explores the ways in which historical injustices have impacted on Aboriginal culture as well as the specific history of the Mi’kmaq.