Welcome to the OCASI eLearning website. The Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI) looks forward to offering you many more courses and online workshops to help you in your work serving newcomers to Ontario.
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New! This self-directed (SD) training covers how to provide effective information & referral to newcomers in the area of employment. It is targeted at frontline settlement workers, who have little to no experience in employment counselling. It explores how to do a basic assessment of a client’s employment needs, the employment services that are available locally and online resources. It also explores how to build partnerships with and make effective referrals to employment services. Nouveau! Cette formation auto-dirigée (AD) porte sur la façon d’offrir efficacement des services d’information et d’aiguillage aux nouveaux arrivants dans le domaine de l’emploi. Elle s’adresse aux travailleurs en établissement de première ligne qui ont peu ou pas d’expérience en counselling d'emploi. Elle explore comment effectuer l’évaluation de base des besoins d’un client en matière d’emploi, les services d’emploi offerts localement et les ressources en ligne. Elle explore également l’établissement de partenariats avec les services d’emploi et l’aiguillage efficace à ces services. This facilitated (F) training covers how to provide effective information & referral to newcomers in the area of employment. It is targeted at frontline settlement workers, who have little to no experience in employment counselling. It explores how to do a basic assessment of a client’s employment needs, the employment services that are available locally and online resources, and how to build partnerships with and make effective referrals to employment services. This is a 6-week course, and you can expect to spend 2-3 hours a week on the course work. This facilitated (F) training covers how to provide effective information & referral to newcomers in the area of employment. It is targeted at frontline settlement workers, who have little to no experience in employment counselling. It explores how to do a basic assessment of a client’s employment needs, the employment services that are available locally and online resources, and how to build partnerships with and make effective referrals to employment services. This is a 6-week course, and you can expect to spend 2-3 hours a week on the course work. This 8-week facilitated (F) course is designed to help you understand and respond to woman abuse, and provide you with an introduction to the law surrounding woman abuse. You can expect to spend 2-3 hours per week in this course. We will have the advantage of two "live" discussion sessions with a lawyer who will walk us through case studies and be available to answer your questions. It is strongly recommended that you make yourself available for these live sessions (webinars), as your learning will be greatly enhanced. Enrolment in this course is restricted in number. Only request this course if you are willing to be an active participant by contributing to the discussions, readings, reflections and live sessions. You will be required to post an introduction by Day Two of the course.
This 8-week facilitated (F) course is designed to help you understand and respond to woman abuse, and provide you with an introduction to the law surrounding woman abuse. You can expect to spend 2-3 hours per week in this course. We will have the advantage of two "live" discussion sessions with a lawyer who will walk us through case studies and be available to answer your questions. It is strongly recommended that you make yourself available for these live sessions (webinars), as your learning will be greatly enhanced. Enrolment in this course is restricted in number. Only request this course if you are willing to be an active participant by contributing to the discussions, readings, reflections and live sessions. You will be required to post an introduction by Day Two of the course.
This self-directed (SD) course provides participants with knowledge and tools helpful in aiding victims of family violence. It offers information on:
- basic immigration and refugee law concepts relevant in the context of family violence
- immigration and refugee law obstacles that immigrant, refugee and non-status victims of family violence face when they try to leave an abusive family relationship
- legal solutions for a victim to obtain immigration status in Canada
This self-directed (SD) training is intended for settlement service providers and anyone who frequently provides services to immigrants, refugees and undocumented women.
This self-directed (SD) training is intended for immigrant service and other community-based organizations that are in a unique capacity to reach vulnerable and/or isolated immigrant women and their communities. It addresses the need to enhance domestic violence prevention strategies to reach immigrant and refugee women, including women without legal immigration status, trafficked women and women from racialized low-income communities.
This self-directed (SD) course addresses the issues of mental health and the unique challenges that immigrants and refugees face that may increase their risk of developing mental health difficulties. Cette formation auto-dirigée (AD) porte sur des questions de santé mentale ainsi que sur les défis uniques auxquels les immigrants et les réfugiés doivent faire face et qui peuvent augmenter leur risque de développer des problèmes de santé mentale.
This 6-week facilitated (F) course is ideal for those looking to create new youth services or improve existing ones. Participants will learn about: - Settlement Challenges Faced by New Immigrant and Refugee youth in Ontario
- Steps to Address Challenges Identified and to Make Youth Settlement Services More Effective
- The Inclusion Model for Sports and Recreational Programming
- Good Practice Criteria and Attributes of an Effective Newcomer Youth program
To be successful in this course, participants will need to commit to approximately 2-3 hours of learning each week. Commitment is required, therefore, after registration is finalized, participants must please complete an Introduction by the second day of the course. New! This 6-week facilitated (F) course is ideal for those looking to create new youth services or improve existing ones. Participants will learn about: - Settlement Challenges Faced by New Immigrant and Refugee youth in Ontario
- Steps to Address Challenges Identified and to Make Youth Settlement Services More Effective
- The Inclusion Model for Sports and Recreational Programming
- Good Practice Criteria and Attributes of an Effective Newcomer Youth program
To be successful in this course, participants will need to commit to approximately 2-3 hours of learning each week. Commitment is required, therefore, after registration is finalized, participants must please complete an Introduction by the second day of the course. New! This 6-week facilitated (F) course is ideal for those looking to create new youth services or improve existing ones. Participants will learn about: - Settlement Challenges Faced by New Immigrant and Refugee youth in Ontario
- Steps to Address Challenges Identified and to Make Youth Settlement Services More Effective
- The Inclusion Model for Sports and Recreational Programming
- Good Practice Criteria and Attributes of an Effective Newcomer Youth program
To be successful in this course, participants will need to commit to approximately 2-3 hours of learning each week. Commitment is required, therefore, after registration is finalized, participants must please complete an Introduction by the second day of the course. This self-directed (SD) online course is designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills and tools to assist you in increasing the capacity among immigrant and refugee youth as a means of building an inclusive Canadian society and contribute to the prevention of crime. This self-directed (SD) training aims to support the immigrant and refugee serving sector to more effectively serve LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and/or questioning) newcomers.
Cette formation auto-dirigée (AD) est conçu pour aider les organismes de services aux immigrants et réfugiés à créer des espaces accueillants et sécuritaires pour les nouveaux arrivants LGBTQ (lesbiennes, gais, bisexuels, transsexuels, queer et/ou en questionnement).
This self-directed (SD) course provides an overview of emerging Web 2.0 trends and demonstrates online information sharing using simple internet tools. We will cover and demonstrate some of the free sites and resources that can help your work and find out how easy Web 2.0 technologies can be.
This self-directed (SD) online training is a continuation of the in-person workshop "Five Good Ideas - Building Conversations on the Web". We look forward to continuing the conversation here, sharing and building on our experiences, skills, ideas and efforts.
This self-directed (SD) on-line learning course is designed to build on your existing financial management skills by enhancing your knowledge of Financial Statements & Reports; Budgets, Forecasts & Reserve Funds; Financial Analysis; Audits; Financial Sustainability and Risk Management.
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