Our series of free ACE (Accessibility Confident Employers) training targets a range of sectors in Nova Scotia, including businesses, public service organizations, and the impact (non-profit) sector.
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On-demand training allows you to learn in a way that’s optimized for you– in your own time, pace and place.
These 2-hour, self-paced trainings help you build skills in accessibility and equity with practical tools you can use right away.
Explain key concepts of unconscious bias and build a foundation for understanding its impact.
Identify how overlapping identities shape people’s experiences at work.
Recognize both obvious and subtle forms of ableism in individuals, relationships, and workplace systems.
Analyze the impact workplace accessibility barriers have on neurodivergent people.
Define disability rights as human rights.
Core Skills of Plain Language – Define clear and accessible language and why it’s important
Introduction to Accessible Communications – Define accessible communications and its importance
Breaking Barriers: The Art of Inclusive Hiring – Evaluate current organizational culture and systems
Allyship Foundations – Define allyship and how it can be a powerful force toward inclusion and belonging
These two-hour, highly interactive online skill builders provide ready-to-use frameworks, relevant examples, and scenarios to build skills, knowledge, and confidence.
Identify how to interact and communicate with customers who have various disabilities
These 4-week blended trainings include live Zoom sessions at the beginning and end, and four self-paced modules online.
These are hybrid events, so we can accommodate you in-person and online!
Illustrations by Bea van Leeuwen. We are privileged to work in Mi’kma’ki, on the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people.
