Human Rights Advocate Training
During the Human Rights Advocate Training the John Humphrey Centre (JHC) for Peace and Human Rights will share core pieces of knowledge, information and skills to help participants engage with the human rights structure and mechanisms at national and international levels; reflect on and create anti-oppressive practices to engage with the human rights structures; and come up with the first steps for concrete advocacy plans on participant identified issues. Over the years the JHC has developed a wealth of resources to support community members in using human rights langage and mechanisms to create meaningful opportunities for remedy to human rights violations. This series of 6 workshops is designed using methods and processes informed by popular education and community-based research. The sessions will run biweekly between May 11 and July 20, 2022. Individuals can register per session or for the full series.
Fundamentals in Anti-Oppression
May 25, 2022
Based on the history and layers of oppression in Canada and the way in which we can incorporate anti-oppressive practices, participants are invited to reflect on their experiences, identities, and struggles to unveil the way social structures drine their social position and influence their social location. Participants will create an anti-oppression statement for themselves in their work.
Anti-Racism: Learning to Confront the Uncomfortable
June 1, 2022
This session aims to unpeel the complexities, misunderstandings and intersection of racism by confronting the foundation of our ideas and the underpinnings and dichotomies. It is meant to be a reflective session where participants are invited to be critical of what we know or what we think we know based on a critical social justice framework. To build an anti-racist society begins within ourselves and is an on-going journey of unlearning; bravery; empathy; and learning to be more comfortable with the uncomfortable.
Developing a Culture of Inclusion and Confronting Ableism
June 8, 2022
This workshop is directed to professionals working to include and engage people living with disability in their work. The session is led by people living with disabilities and they provide learnings on how to functionally make things accessible by learning through real-life examples and experiences for people to work through.
Human Rights 101: Understanding the Architecture and Role of Human Rights
June 15, 2022
In this session, participants will gain a broader understanding of the principles, values and role of human rights and how it can be a tool for advocacy and accountability. The session will provide foundations in the international framework and architecture of human rights and the various levels of jurisdiction and legislation. This session will also provide a brief overview of remediation and the reporting mechanisms available to people in Alberta.
Human Rights 102: Human Rights Mechanisms
June 22, 2022
In this session, participants will learn about the mechanisms that exist for human rights complaints to be heard provincially, federally and internationally. Advocates will learn about the concepts of protected grounds and the protected areas within the Alberta Human Rights Act and the Canadian Human Rights Act and gain understanding what makes a valid human rights complaint. Participants will develop an understanding of the importance of documentation and what is needed to build a complaint, whether to a human rights commission or other complaint body.
Human Rights 103: Taking Action for Human Rights
June 29, 2022
In this session, participants will gain skills and tools for advocacy and learn how to build a longer term strategy and plan for advocacy. We will spend time learning about eight action areas in human rights and how we can apply these actions in our work to address human rights in our communities.