Certificate in Indigenous Human Resources Essentials: AB
Upcoming Courses
The following courses will be held in-person at the Wingate by Wyndham Edmonton West.
Level 1 - Course 3:
Communicating Effectively
Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. MDT
Course Overview
Have you ever thought about the power of your message? Actually, the only message that counts is the one received. In other words, it doesn’t matter what you say or what you meant to say, what counts is what the receiver thought you said. This program provides an overview of the complexity and importance of managing the message so that conflict is avoided.
Level 2 - Course 3:
Substance Abuse in the Workplace
Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. MDT
Course Overview
The legalization of cannabis permitting recreational use is adding to the stress of managing alcohol, medical marijuana and mental health in the workplace. There are concerns of policy, the application to various different jobs, health accommodation, drug testing and employee safety and simply keeping up with legislations. This program will help participants identify the issues related to substance use and abuse and create strategies to overcome them in your organization.
Level 3 - Course 3:
Leading Strategic Change Management
Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. MDT
Course Overview
Change is a fact of life in all organizations and this makes change effectively a key leadership skill. All leaders need to have the skills to initiate and implement change, help others understand the reasons for change, and assimilate change throughout the organization. This program brings about an understanding of change and organizational dynamics and how to lead change in an organization.
Upcoming Courses
The following courses will be held in-person at the Wingate by Wyndham Edmonton West.
Level 1 - Course 4:
Managing Difficult Conversations
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. MDT
Course Overview
While supervisors typically like to focus on the positive, the supervisor’s job is to manage inappropriate employee behavior as soon as it occurs. Sometimes this means you need to speak to an employee about a workplace infraction and/or some form of conflict. Therefore, supervisors need to apply higher level skills in dealing with this conflict while ensuring a fair, consistent and transparent process. This program provides an overview of how to deal manage the difficult conversations that accompany conflict in the workplace.
Level 2 - Course 4:
Mental Wellness in the Workplace
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. MDT
Course Overview
Mental health wellness is often overlooked as priority in the workplace. Employees may be reluctant to share personal information while managers who want to help don’t know what to do. While investing in mental wellness in the workplace is worth the investment, it takes effort and time. This program will outline the complexity and growing priority of mental health wellness in the workplace and how this can be integrated into all areas of human resources.
Level 3 - Course 4:
Effective Employee and Labour Relations
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2025 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. MDT
Course Overview
Employee relations and engagement are strategies that managers use to develop and maintain a positive, productive, and cohesive work environment. Participants will be helped to understand the concept of employee relations and will teach a set of tools and techniques to manage the complex work challenges and prevent calls for unionization.
