National Virtual Capacity Development Workshops

This workshop will present an overview of the knowledge required to ensure adequate technical and organizational safeguards to protect the continuity of IT infrastructure services. A high-level review of IT security principles, methods, practices, policies, and tools used in securing IT resources will be presented. (VIRTUAL DELIVERY)

This workshop will present an overview of the knowledge required to ensure adequate technical and organizational safeguards to protect the continuity of IT infrastructure services. A high-level review of IT security principles, methods, practices, policies, and tools used in securing IT resources will be presented. (VIRTUAL DELIVERY)

This 1-day virtual workshop will aim to demonstrate the series of steps needed to develop a Community Engagement Plan that is based on cultural humility, cultural safety, and community values. Participants will be provided with mini-case studies of successful engagement processes in Indigenous communities along with tips, templates, tools, work plans, key “Do’s and Don’ts” and a helpful outline for Development of a Community Engagement Plan This module will be of interest to those responsible for engagement initiatives in their community (i.e: Directors/Managers, Program Administrators, Financial Officers, Project Coordinators, Communication Officers, Chief and Council, Policy Officers, etc.).

(A preview overview of this module will be presented in a 90-minute session at the AFOA Canada conference in Ottawa February 16.)

Where to start? How to make a real contribution to your community by playing an important role in decision-making on matters of policy. The request can come from Chief and Council or your supervisor: develop a write-up or a draft, written policy on a certain issue for consideration by your community and its leadership. This 1-day virtual workshop will provide participants with the basics on to how get started; where to look for examples of how it’s been done in other Indigenous communities; researching the issue; developing alternative, optional responses; and how to present all this in written form.

For organizations and individuals involved in public policy and administration, the Briefing Note (BN) is a key tool. It’s also an essential instrument for sharing other information, insight and analysis with work colleagues and others in your organization. Briefing Notes are used not only in policy and administrative work, but their creation and deployment amount to an important skill and tool in all types of organizational life. This 1-day virtual workshop will equip participants with a clear guide on to how to think about Briefing Notes, their many purposes, uses and applications; the several different forms they take; (Decision Notes; Information Notes); planning and preparing to create a Briefing Note; and how, if requested, to orally present a briefing to colleagues, management or government.

Key elements in decision-making in many First Nations’ governments and other organizations ,“decision notes” are a means of setting out in writing for Indigenous leadership, an outline of the important considerations in making a decision by Chief and Council (or Board of Directors). This 1-day webinar will include: framing the issue at hand; how to set out alternative options, costs and possible implications. Guidance will also be provided on how to orally present this information effectively to decision-makers