Advanced Learning and Organizational Development

Commitment:

Part A: Training

Complete the training based on employer size and training type, ensuring training meets the commitment requirements.

a) Who needs to complete the Advanced Learning and Organizational Development training?

The intention of this commitment is to offer organizations the opportunity to develop internal ‘champions’ with deeper knowledge and skills to advance change across policies and practices within the workplace.

We encourage employers to ensure employee representation across all levels and departments of the organization. Different roles may benefit from different trainings (eg: frontline employees vs supervisors).

Employers with multiple workplaces must demonstrate how learnings will be applied across all participating workplaces.

Participation Thresholds (based on employer size):

To account for seasonality of the local workforce, Employer Size will be based on the employer's average annual number of employees throughout the year.

To meet the participation requirements, employers may select which focus areas best meet the needs of their organization. To ensure a well-rounded workforce, employers must participate in training in at least 3 of the 10 identified topics.

• 1 employee = Owner

• 2 to 9 employees = owner/manager + at least 1 additional employee

• 10 to 24 employees = at least 2 leaders or supervisors

• 25 to 99 employees = at least 5 leaders or supervisors

• 100+ employees = at least 5% of senior leaders

b) Focus Areas / Training Topics

To meet the participation requirements, employers may select which focus areas best meet the needs of their organization.

• 2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusivity

• Suggested training provider: Bow Valley Pride Network

• Alternatives: Bow Valley DEI, The Queer Education Foundation, Centre For Sexuality

• Anti-Racism

• Disability Awareness Training

  • Offered by Vecova at no cost to participating WIC employers

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging

• Indigenous Relations / Truth & Reconciliation

  • Opportunities may be available through Mînî hrpa

• Intercultural Competence

  • Offered by BVIP and Settlement Services in the Bow Valley at no cost to participating WIC employers

• Neuro-Inclusion

• Mental Health & Wellbeing

  • Suggested trainings: ASIST, QPR Institute

• Psychological safety

• Upstander Training

• Please contact us if you have another focus area or training topic that you would like to be considered as part of the 2026-2027 WIC.

c) Learning outcomes across all topics

Advanced Learning builds the skills needed to embed inclusion into workplace practices, leadership, systems, and organizational decision-making.

Participants should be able to apply learnings to how their team or organization operations, and what is considered the 'norm'.

As a guide, trainings may be around 3-7+ hours in duration, and must meet at least 3 of the following learning outcomes:

• Deeper learning and exploration of more nuances and complex topics

• Systems thinking and organizational change

• Leadership and implementation skills

• Responding to challenging scenarios

• Decision-making through an inclusion lens

• Reviewing and improving workplace policies and practices

• Embedding inclusive practices into operations

Part B: Applying Learnings

Employers must show how they are applying learnings by completing a form showing:

• what trainings were completed, and when?

• who within the organization completed the training?

• how will they apply the learnings?

• Employers with more than one worksite must demonstrate how learnings will be applied across all worksites.