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SUMMARY:Understanding and Mitigating Bias
DESCRIPTION:Understanding and Mitigating Bias\nDate: Wednesday\, April 22\, 2026\nTime: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm\nWhere: Online\, Zoom\nRegistration: Click here\nFacilitator: Steven Lin\, Centre for Race and Culture\n \nTaking an intersectional approach\, this workshop will help participants build their understanding of bias and practice steps that can be taken to limit the impact of unconscious biases on our decisions and behaviours. Participants will enhance their self-awareness of their own biases\, build understanding of their social conditioning\, and reflect on the most common forms of biases that appear in the workplace. Through interactive exercises\, participants will identify their biases and assumptions and learn practical tools that they can use to mitigate biases at the personal and organizational levels.
URL:https://www.ecala.org/program/understanding-and-mitigating-bias/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20260423T120000
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SUMMARY:Caring Without Carrying It All: Sustainable Boundaries
DESCRIPTION:Caring Without Carrying It All: Sustainable Boundaries\nDate: Thursday\, April 23\, 2026\nTime: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm\nWhere: Online\, Zoom\nRegistration: Click here\nFacilitator: Ella Ruth Bilodeau (she/her)\, ECALA\n \nIn helping professions and people-centered workplaces\, caring deeply is often part of the job. However\, without clear boundaries and sustainable self-care practices\, that care can slowly turn into exhaustion\, overwhelm\, and fatigue. In this workshop\, we will explore how to maintain empathy without burnout. Participants will learn how to recognize early signs of compassion fatigue\, establish practical and healthy boundaries\, and develop strategies to protect their energy while continuing to show up with care. Blending reflection\, discussion\, and gentle grounding practices\, this session provides realistic\, workplace-friendly tools that can be added to your wellness toolbox.\nParticipants will learn: \n\nWhat compassion fatigue is and how stress and emotional labor impact well-being\nTechniques to transition from high-emotion interactions back to baseline\nMicro-practices for emotional reset between tasks\nHow to recognize when to pause\, delegate\, or seek support
URL:https://www.ecala.org/program/caring-without-carrying-it-all-sustainable-boundaries/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20260429T180000
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SUMMARY:Bridging the Intercultural Gap
DESCRIPTION:Bridging the Intercultural Gap\nDate: Wednesday\, April 29\, 2026\nTime: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm\nWhere: Online\, Zoom\nRegistration: Click here\nFacilitator: Steven Lin\, Centre for Race and Culture\n \nThis workshop will examine the concept of culture\, the effect culture has on one’s personal and professional life\, as well as the role that our cultural norms and expectations play in our interactions with others. It will equip the participants with practical tools to reflect on their programs and services\, apply strategies to challenge cultural bias and discrimination\, practice intercultural communication to create a more inclusive workplace where colleagues and clients from different cultural backgrounds feel valued and respected.
URL:https://www.ecala.org/program/bridging-the-intercultural-gap/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20260506T130000
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SUMMARY:2025-2026 Annual Report Writing
DESCRIPTION:2025-2026 Annual Report Writing \nDate: Wednesday\, May 6\, 2026\nTime: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm\nWhere: Online\, Zoom\nRegistration: Click here\nFacilitator: Leanne Adegbonmire and Marnie Rempel Freisen\, ECALA\n \nCome join the Grants Team as we walk through ECALA’s 2025-2026 Annual Report\, which is due July 10\, 2026.  Bring your questions and examples to share with other participants.  This session will focus on the Microsoft Word and Excel documents to be submitted and will review the SharePoint file process.\n \nThis session is for ECALA-funded agencies only.
URL:https://www.ecala.org/program/annual-report-writing-may2026/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20260522T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20260522T113000
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SUMMARY:ECALA Spring Community Conversation
DESCRIPTION:ECALA Spring Community Conversation\nDate: Friday\, May 22\, 2026\nTime: 9:00 am – 11:30 am\nWhere: Online\, Zoom\nRegistration: Click here\nFacilitator: Debbie Clark\, ECALA\n \nWhat’s New and relevant to Grant Recipient leadership topics: \n\nAE Updates\nLogic Model Advisory Group Update\nECALA Updates\nEdmonton Literacy Coalition Update\nOther\n\nThis session is for ECALA-funded agencies only.
URL:https://www.ecala.org/program/ecala-spring-cc-may2026/
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