** Fees for each workshop are on a sliding scale based on the size and operational budget of an organization. CASSA works on decolonial principles by ensuring our time is compensated fairly for our labour. 100% of the fees from these workshops are put back into our advocacy efforts.
Allyship and Solidarity 101
This workshop walks participants through the importance of working in solidarity with BIPOC communities and how to build relational allyship as opposed to transactional allyship.
Any group, organization, or institution
2 hrs.
Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression 101
This workshop is an introduction to incorporating anti-racism and anti-oppression principles in various settings. It helps participants understand various forms of oppression and how they play out.
Any group, organization, or institution
2 hrs.
Civic Engagement 101
This workshop provides strategic principles and directions for engaging South Asian communities in civic engagement campaigns and during elections.
Any group, organization, or institution
1 hr
South Asian Heritage Month
Every May CASSA organizes a South Asian Heritage Month campaign to celebrate South Asian champions in various fields. The topics of this workshop vary from South Asians in education, civic engagement, gender equity, health equity, etc. These workshops are only offered during the month of May.
Any group, organization, or institution
1 hr
Combating Online Hate – for Service Providers
This workshop walks participants through our online hate toolkit for service providers. The toolkit helps build the capacity of BIPOC serving organizations to protect themselves online and respond to online hate.
Social and health service providers
1.5 hrs
Combating Online Hate – for Children and Youth
Workshop to be offered to start March 2023. The workshop will work with BIPOC children and youth (ages 8-24) to build their capacity to respond to online hate and seek support.
Children, youth, parents, and educators
1.5 hrs
Community-Based Research Principles
This workshop will provide guidance, resources, and information about conducting community-based research as a non-profit organization looking to gather data about their communities.
Non-profits organizations interested in community-based research
1 hr
Data to Policy to Advocacy
This workshop is a follow-up workshop to the “community-based research workshop” for non-profits looking to translate their data into policy recommendations and advocacy tools. In a world of data-driven policy-making, this is a critical step to advocating effectively.
Non-profits organizations interested in research and advocacy
1 hr
Best Practices of GBV Service Delivery for South Asians
This workshop is specifically for agencies providing services to victims of GBV. It will walk service providers through our evidence-based recommendations on what South Asian survivors and victims need when they seek services.
GBV service providers
1-2 hrs
Hate Crime Reporting
This workshop is for community and organizations looking to train communities who are victims of hate crimes/incidents/speech on how to report their experiences to the police. The workshop will also explore alternative methods of reporting.
Any group, organization, or institition
1 hr
Legal Education for Refugee Women
This workshops walks immigration and settlement service providers working with refugees through our ‘Legal Education for Refugee Women’ toolkit created in 2020. The workshop also provides service providers with additional resources and educational materials for the refugee clients.
Immigration and settlement agencies working with refugees
1 hr
** Fees for each workshop are on a sliding scale based on the size and operational budget of an organization. CASSA works on decolonial principles by ensuring our time is compensated fairly for our labour. 100% of the fees from these workshops are put back into our advocacy efforts.
