Training sessions
Start your journey to become a SHARP Workplace. Register for free training sessions now! (See below for available dates).
Looking for in-person tailored training for your workplace (minimum six participants)? Email us at: sharpworkplaces@endingviolence.org
A SHARP Workplace is respectful, understands its legal responsibilities, and knows how to respond to and prevent sexual harassment.
Please note: We encourage dialogue in the training and want to protect your privacy, so we do not record these sessions.
Our full series meets the training needs for employers and workers:
What is Workplace Sexual Harassment?
Best Practices for Developing a Workplace Sexual Harassment Policy
Legal Options and Remedies for Employers
For employers and workers
What is Workplace Sexual Harassment?
**employers and workers**
120 minutes
If the topic of workplace sexual harassment is new to you, this is a great place to start. This session will introduce you to sexual harassment in the workplace: how to identify it, how common it is, and what factors let it happen.
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Rights and Responsibilities
**employers and workers**
120 minutes
In this session, employers in small businesses and non-profits will get a basic understanding of their legal obligations to create a respectful workplace, including under workers’ compensation and human rights’ laws. Workers will learn about their rights to a safe workplace free of sexual harassment and discrimination, and how they can help to maintain a respectful workplace.
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Foundational Course
**employers and workers**
90 minutes
For those who understand the basics of what workplace sexual harassment is, get greater insight into the impact of historical colonial violence that continues to influence the Canadian workplace. Guided by Bonnie van Hatten, Indigenous Education Lead, Secwepemc, you will learn about the roots of harassment and what it means to decolonize and reconcile from an Indigenous perspective.
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Testimonials
“Awesome webinar! It was short and dense with interactions and resources.”
For employers only
Best Practices for Developing a Workplace Sexual Harassment Policy
**employers only**
120 minutes
This session is for employers in small businesses and non-profits. You’ll get information about how to set up policies and procedures around workplace sexual harassment, along with a free detailed policy and procedures template that you can use to develop and implement your own workplace sexual harassment policy.
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Workplace Investigations
**employers only**
120 minutes
In this two-hour session for employers, you’ll use the: A trauma-informed approach to addressing workplace sexual harassment manual that you can use to learn how to carry out workplace investigations into sexual harassment complaints. This manual is free for you to keep.
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Legal options and remedies: for employers
120 minutes
This session gives employers the information and resources you need to understand the legal options available to anyone who experiences sexual harassment in their workplace and your obligations as an employer when a worker pursues a legal option.
Anyone experiencing workplace sexual harassment can access the SHARP Workplaces’ free legal clinic from anywhere in BC
Register now for an upcoming session:
More sessions coming soon
For workers only
Legal options and remedies: for workers
120 minutes
This session for workers will give you the information and resources you need to understand the legal options available to anyone who experiences sexual harassment in the workplace and the employer’s obligations when a worker pursues a legal option.
Anyone who experiences workplace sexual harassment can access the SHARP Workplaces’ free legal clinic from anywhere in BC.
Register now for an upcoming session: