Online Training: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Foundations Training

Build a stronger, more inclusive workplace with our EDI Foundations course. This interactive training explores the impact of bias, stereotypes, and systemic barriers while providing practical tools to create respectful, equitable workplaces.

Through real-world examples and case studies, participants gain a clear understanding of key EDI concepts like accessibility, intersectionality, and human rights under the Canadian Human Rights Act. By embracing diverse perspectives from women, 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, Indigenous peoples, and cultures worldwide, organizations unlock innovation, strengthen collaboration, and improve performance.

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Course Details:

  • Duration: 1.5-2 Hours

  • Cost: $36.75 CAD per person

  • Administrators can track completion progress

  • Certificate issued upon completion

  • Easy to use, simple to navigate

  • 5 Modules

  • 8 Scenarios

  • 10 Reflective exercises

  • Knowledge check

Course Topics Include:

  • Key concepts and terminology under the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion umbrella, including accessibility

  • Socially constructed perceptions that contribute to the marginalization of certain groups

  • Bias, Stereotypes, Prejudice

  • Social identities, social location, and intersectionality

  • Power and privilege

  • The basis and impacts of systems of oppression and what we mean by dominant and non-dominant groups

  • How social location plays out in real life

  • Human rights in the context of the Canadian Human Rights Act and Prohibited Grounds of Discrimination

  • Diverse perspectives and their role in promoting innovation and productive problem solving

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the implications and results of discrimination and exclusion

  • Recognize key concepts and terminology related to equity, diversity and inclusion

  • Identify socially constructed perceptions that marginalize certain groups

  • Examine bias, stereotypes and prejudice

  • Explore social identities, social location and intersectionality

  • Analyze power and privilege within workplace dynamics

  • Understand systems of oppression and the roles of dominant and non-dominant groups

  • Apply knowledge of social location to real-life situations

  • Interpret human rights through the Canadian Human Rights Act and Prohibited Grounds of Discrimination

Industry Compliance:

This course aligns with and exceeds industry standards by addressing key factors that influence workplace productivity and culture through a comprehensive approach to equity, diversity and inclusion. It incorporates relevant human rights principles from the Canadian Human Rights Act and Prohibited Grounds of Discrimination, ensuring that participants gain a clear understanding of legal and ethical responsibilities.

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