Our capacity-building workshops focus on educating all members of society about domestic abuse to help make us all better at recognizing, responding to, and preventing abuse.
Our workshops are developed using up-to-date research, studies, and data. That information is then infused with some personality to make sure that the content is easy to understand, memorable, and applicable to your life. Real-life scenarios and personal examples add to the educational experience to make sure that each person leaves the workshop with a deeper understanding of the personal experiences of abuse.
Our capacity-building programs include:
REAL Talk is a guide to help us understand and talk openly about domestic abuse in Alberta. Chances are you are close to someone impacted by domestic abuse. REAL Talk includes valuable information to teach you how to:
REAL Talk isn’t fancy or complicated. It’s just a moment between two people. This workshop focuses on learning to break the structures of abuse with just a few words.
Sex workers in many contexts report experiences of abuse and coercive control connected to their work across the full spectrum, from consensual sex work to situations of sexual exploitation. As some activities related to sex work are criminalized, sex workers often face additional barriers to accessing services. Many fear seeking help or even speaking with peers about their experiences.
Both domestic abuse and sex work carry significant social shame and stigma. For people who have lived experience with both, this compounded stigma can lead to deeper isolation, fewer social supports, and greater challenges in accessing services.
In this workshop, Sagesse will explore the intersections of domestic abuse, coercive control, and sex work. We will build capacity to understand how shame and stigma prevent people from seeking help and how you can be an effective formal or informal supporter in these contexts. For a breakdown of fees and to learn more please contact us.
This capacity-building program aims to provide organizations service providers and agencies the knowledge and skills to provide safe, inclusive service to 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals experiencing domestic abuse. We believe that if organizations have the knowledge, tools and capacity to identify the unique stressors and realities that impact 2SLGBTQQIA+ people experiencing abuse, then they will be able to provide safe, inclusive and culturally relevant services and supports. Rainbow Ready is delivered in a 3-6 hour specialized training workshop, designed to meet each organizations unique needs and build the capacity of their staff, board and volunteers.
The Rainbow Ready program also puts learning into practice by providing an optional organizational audit consultation and review process, supporting organizations with examination of physical space, promotional documentation and guiding policies and procedures. The optional organizational audit provides organizations with the ability to move beyond build staff capacity to create a sustainable culture and structures that will support 2SLGBTQIIA+ individuals well into the future.
Rainbow Ready is not grant supported and therefore operates on a fee for service model. For a breakdown of fees and to learn more please contact us.
Affluence, like any other culture, shapes how people participate in their communities, families, and relationships. When a core expectation is to keep personal issues private and to maintain a “perfect” outward image, domestic abuse and coercive control can be harder to recognize, talk about, and seek help for.
In this workshop, Sagesse will explore the culture of affluence, how it influences helpseeking behaviour and the identification of abuse, and what you, as a formal or informal supporter, can do to respond effectively.
Domestic Abuse and the Culture of Affluence is not grant supported and therefore operates on a fee for service model. For a breakdown of fees and to learn more please contact us.
We’re all about finding the best way to do things. At ByDesign, we believe that every business, corporation, organization, and group can be better. We can help you get there. You name it. We’ll do it. Your needs can change on a dime, and our structure is such that we can meet those needs almost immediately. We pride ourselves on being versatile, innovative, fierce and flexible. Let us apply our iterative and organizational design skills to your circumstances.
We engage in peer programming, collective impact, and virtually anything else you can imagine. So far, our efforts and expertise have led to facilitating programs relating to domestic abuse, diversity and inclusion, evaluations and much more.
We are a conduit for creation. To us, revolutionary means doing something new or at least doing it a new way. We’re equipped to assist with developing, creating, and implementing materials and programs related to domestic and sexual abuse, coercive control, trauma-informed practice, innovation in non-profit management, feminist management practice, and more.
