Eligibility
All UM students are welcome to request / attend workshops. A minimum of 6 participants may be required for requested workshops. 

Audience
Some target audiences for our workshops might include: 

• Student staff in Student Affairs roles,
• Student staff who work on campus in front-facing or peer support roles,
• Student groups or clubs,
• Individual students who are looking to develop skills and competencies in the given topic.

What to expect during workshops
Our workshops are developmental in nature, and are designed to help students explore and strengthen their skills. As such, our workshops usually require that attendees participate actively and engage with their peers/facilitator(s). The more that participants are willing to challenge themselves, the more they will get out of the material. 

Possible workshop topics include:

• Facilitation skills (meetings, workshops)

• Receiving feedback / developing a growth mindset

• Teamwork

• Making effective referrals

• Communication (engaged listening, bids for connection, etc)

• EDIA (power and privilege, inclusive language)

• Getting involved on campus

• Finding and maintaining balance as a student with multiple roles

With enough notice, we may be able to combine or customize content for your group. 

If you would like to request a workshop, need a recommendation for topics, or have any questions, please contact Kathryn.Leitch@umanitoba.ca.

In the course, each learner enters conversations around topics in equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility with different knowledge, skills, and lived experiences, reflecting their own unique social location and position. This course introduces participants to the skills of critical self-assessment, social location, and diverse perspective-taking that are foundational practices in EDIA work, and describes key content necessary for such skill development. This course will be suitable for everyone, regardless of where they are currently in their own personal journeys. It will allow all participants to critically reflect on their strengths and areas for further growth, encouraging them to take the next steps on their personal journey towards collective transformation.

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• critically assess your own knowledge, skills, and lived experiences given your social location and positionality within intersecting systems of power and oppression
• identify strengths and areas for further learning in content areas relating to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility
• better appreciate, understand, and empathize with perspectives and experiences different from your own, and articulate where your and others’ perspectives come from
• recognize and employ your own developing abilities to take action to build a more inclusive and equitable environment at the University of Manitoba

For more information about the regular offering of the course, please visit the EDIA Foundations course page. 

This in-person, student-only offering provides an opportunity for students to speak freely about their experiences in a student-centred environment, while also allowing them to focus specifically on how EDIA shapes the student experience. 

Other benefits of this offering include:

• All assignments completed during class time
• Opportunities to have tough conversations in a supportive environment  
• Knowledge that can be applied in their current program, future career, and personal life 

Learners will receive a digital badge on successful completion and the course will appear as a non-degree course on their UM transcript. This course is a non-credit course, and does not count for graduation requirements from degree programs, however the course is the pre-requisite for the Micro-certificate in EDIA. 

The content in this course was designed for learners from all educational backgrounds, and no prior experience is required.

To be eligible for this special offering, participants must be:

• Registered as a full-time or part-time UM student in Winter 2027
• Must be in good standing (e.g. free of all holds on their account such as financial, library, academic, etc.)
• Available to attend all six in-person sessions
• Committed to learning and self-reflection, including completing course assignments during class time 

There is no cost to the learner for this course! 

This special offering of the EDIA 0100: Foundations course will run January 25 - April 11, 2027.

Participants must attend six mandatory sessions (all on Wednesday afternoons):

• January 27, 2027 - 1:00 – 4:00 PM
• February 3, 2027 - 1:00 – 4:00 PM
• February 10, 2027 - 1:00 – 4:00 PM
• February 17, 2027 – Reading Week Break (no session)
• February 24, 2027 - 1:00 – 4:00 PM
• March 3, 2027 - 1:00 – 4:00 PM
• March 10, 2027 - 1:00 – 4:00 PM

The course is held in person on the Fort Garry Campus. The room location will be shared with participants who are selected through the lottery process once registration has closed.

Attendance and participation is a major component of this course. If you miss an in-person session, scheduled make-up sessions will be held on February 17 and March 17 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm, or individually scheduled subject to instructor availability. However, if you already know you will not be available for one or more sessions, this is not the right time for you to take this in-person offering of the course. 

For more information about hybrid or online formats of the course (open to UM students, staff, and faculty), please visit the EDIA Foundations course page. 

Please be aware that this is a special offering with a limit of 30 participants. Before signing up, please review the course information and make sure the in-person sessions work with your schedule.  

To select participants, a lottery-based system is used to avoid first-come, first-served admission practices that privilege those with access to time and technology. Applicants will be advised by Extended Education if they are eligible for the course, and contacted via their student email if they are selected to participate. 

If something changes and you are no longer able to participate, please contact Extended Education as soon as possible (but no later than January 22, 2027) so your spot can be assigned to another learner.