Immigrant Women's Life Skills Workshops

COSTI's Immigrant Women’s Life Skills Workshops program provides life skills training to immigrant women from a variety of communities who face barriers to active participation in Canadian society and labour market. Through a series of up to seven workshops, participants develop the skills and confidence to better enable them to take advantage of other community services, and to achieve their individual goals.

Workshop topics include:

• Managing the Stress of Integration – methods to identify and recognize stress; assess levels of stress; develop strategies to cope with and reduce stress.
• Communicating Assertively – learn what assertiveness is, and is not, and explore ways to communicate effectively while maintaining healthy relationships, particularly when resolving conflicts.
• Personality Profile – using the Personality Dimensions model, clients will improve awareness and confidence in their own personality while appreciating the diversity of characteristics found in others.
• Canadian Culture in the Workplace – acknowledges that working in a new and unknown country can be scary. This workshop covers the major do’s and dont's of Canadian workplace culture.
• Parenting in Canada – commonly accepted practices within Canadian society on issues such as: childcare, health care, education, discipline. Find out your parenting rights and responsbilities.
• Self-Esteem and Confidence Building for Newcomers – look at what causes positive and negative self-esteem and learn how to maintain a positive self-image while dealing with everday challenges.
• Understanding Everday Canadian Culture – discuss differences in cultural practices and learn how to cope with everyday challenges through quizzes, tips, and role-play exercises.
• Financial Literacy for Women - is your money working for you or are your debts spiralling out of control? What are the warning signs of financial troubles? Should you have a credit card?

Understanding money and gaining financial security will help you to feel more confident about yourself and your future.

Staff at this location speak Amharic, Arabic, Cantonese, English, Farsi, French, Italian, Kurdish, Mandarin, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, and Turkish.

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