Leadership Seminar

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Objectives: Why is this Seminar Important?

A well-planned, comprehensive strategy is critical to prevent and respond effectively to domestic violence in the workplace.  Participants in this dynamic seminar will discuss interlocking components and related best practices.  The focus is not only on the ‘what’ but also ‘how’ a network of practices can increase competence and confidence of individuals and long-term change for organizations.  The seminar will focus on prevention and the steps needed to make a crisis a more remote possibility.  The content will consider how to reduce the negative impacts and costs – direct, indirect, monetary, nonmonetary – that domestic violence places on organizations and individuals. While the focus is on domestic violence, many of the best practices covered can also apply to the prevention of workplace harassment and violence more generally.

Case studies and video scenarios are used in the seminar to stimulate reflection and examination of existing and desired future-state levels of response.  The interactive environment provides participants with opportunities to think and talk with other leaders about true-to-life issues and tensions that are likely to arise.  Through discussion, participants will gain insights to support a concrete implementation strategy for their unique organizational context.  They will leave the seminar with a good understanding of how to comply with the new legislative responsibilities under the Canada Labour Code.  This seminar will equip leaders with knowledge of the tools and resources they need to cultivate safety and support for impacted workers.  Ultimately, the goal is to create safe, healthy and productive workplaces for all.

The two online modules that are available on the DV at Work online portal – the Foundational Suite and the Responder Suite – focus on the specific knowledge and skills needed by co-workers (bystanders) and supervisors/managers to respond to reports and situations of domestic violence. These are the building blocks for the leadership seminar in which participants will explore the range of organizational and individual supports needed to fulfill different roles and responsibilities in the workplace.  

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Who should attend?

This online facilitated training is designed for those responsible for developing and implementing workplace responses to domestic violence in the workplace.

Number of participants per session: 15

It is possible to organize a seminar for members of a single organization, please email us at crevawc@uwo.ca to make arrangements.

Completion of the Foundational Suite and the Responder Suite is strongly recommended.

Approximately 3 hours

Platform: Zoom

To enhance security and privacy, entry to the seminar is by invitation only and each seminar meeting is password protected. When joining the Zoom meeting, you will be placed in a waiting room until the meeting room opens at the start time of the seminar. Your video and audio feeds will be turned off when you join. Please feel free to enable the audio and/or video feeds as you feel comfortable.

We would like to have small and large group discussions during this seminar. We will provide a number of additional ways for participants to participate.

1. Breakout rooms will be used for small group discussions.

2. Participants will be able to send comments via the Chat function in Zoom to the facilitator(s) and/or to class participants during the seminar.

3. Participants will be able to provide input during the meeting by responding (anonymously) to any poll questions presented.

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Agenda

• Introduction
• Definition of harassment and violence (Canada Labour Code)
• The continuum of violence
• The role of leaders
• A preventative framework: Bring about long-term and sustainable change
• Creating a circle of safety: Working in partnership
• Impacts and costs of domestic violence for workplaces and individuals
• Policies: The cornerstone of an anti- harassment and violence program
• Building organizational capacity through education and training
• Formal and informal reporting
• Responding to and supporting workers impacted by domestic violence
• Working with workers who use abusive behaviour
• Workplace assessment