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COACTION!
Team Work

CHIN-UP!
Dealing with Authority

This workshop will introduce the participants to teamwork. COACTION will help participants
understand themselves and others in the range of normal human behavior in teams, as well
as the stages to group development. This is a fully experiential workshop designs for the
participants to experience what working as a team feels like.

Authority is a condition that many of us have had negative experiences with. From school to
home environments authority figures can be scary or supportive. CHIN-UP is a workshop for
those who shut down, or feel inferior to those in positions that can impact our lives at work.
Some of the Topics Covered:
• Where our difficulty comes from when dealing with authority
• Tools to help deal effectively with authority figures
• Solutions to some common authority challenges

Some of the Topics Covered:
• Teamwork essentials
• Team development stages
• Skill development for team work

ALIGN!
Information Management and Organization
CONGUITY
Employment Standards Act Of Ontario (ESA)

Some of the Topics Covered:
• The Employment Standards Act on Ontario (ESA)
• What to do if your employer is not respecting the ESA

In this workshop we will learn about the concept of how organizations manage the information
that they must take in, share and send out. In every organization, from the very small to the
very big, must be able to do something with the information they receive and the information
that is already there. From being able to transfer the tiniest bits of knowledge within an
organization, orientating new employees, as well as the training and the policies, everything
must have steps and processes in order to get information out. This workshop will also
introduce the subjects of confidentiality, workplace security and code of conduct that each
employee must follow to be successful at work.

FORESIGHT!
Occupational Health and Safety

Some of the Topics Covered:
• Internal organizational communication
• How knowledge is transferred at work

FORESIGHT is a workshop that will introduce the Occupational Health and Safety, including Bill
168 legislation that will go over all the aspects to keep employees saf e.

INTEGRATE!
Workplace Expectations

Some of the Topics Covered:
• Occupational Health and Safety at work
• Bill 168 and common workplace harassment practices
• Who’s responsible for employee safety

INTEGRATE is a workshop that will introduce participants to the world of workplace
expectations. They will get a good understanding of what an expectation is from their own
perspective and also that of an employer and a customer.

The CONGUITY workshop will introduce participants to the Ontario Legislation concerning the
Employment Standards Act (ESA)

Some of the Topics Covered:
• Employer Expectations
• Communication Expectations

UNION!
Unionized Jobs and Workplaces
UNION is a workshop designed to introduce participants to a unionized work environment
and what responsibilities workers have. Common terminology will be introduced with an
explanation of the protective factors and downside of unionized work environments.
Some of the Topics Covered:
• What is a collective agreement
• The benefits and challenges of being unionized

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TACTOLOGY!
Email Etiquette
There is nothing worse than receiving 90 reply all’s. TACTOLOGY will introduce participants to
the covert world of email etiquette and how to use the many options of sending and receiving
emails.
Some of the Topics Covered:
• Opening greeting
• Sending a resume
• Emotions and email
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