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SUMMARY:Reach: The National Forum for Disabled Entrepreneurship 2026
DESCRIPTION:IWSCC’s celebration of Canadian Disabled-Owned businesses returns on Wednesday May 27th! \nJoin us for an afternoon of dialogue\, resource sharing\, and community awards.  \nEarly registration is now open! For more information about the 2026 Reach Forum\, please visit the official event page here.
URL:https://iwscc.ca/event/reach-2026/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:An Introduction to Cultivating Safe Spaces with HRPA
DESCRIPTION:Cultivating Safe Spaces (CSS) is a trauma-informed leadership framework that integrates Indigenous knowledge\, neuroscience\, and relational practice. It’s designed for people who know that lasting change requires more than good intentions; it requires the internal capacity to navigate discomfort\, tension\, and complexity without losing connection. \nThrough this workshop\, you’ll learn to: \n\nCultivate safety\, by leading with compassion rather than control\, so people feel welcome to show up authentically.\nStrengthen accountability\, so words and actions align\, creating agreements that last.\nSelf-regulate under pressure repairing harm without defensiveness or blame\, so difficult moments don’t spiral.\nHold relationships as the outcome\, rather than a deal\, helping decolonize your workplace.\nHow to stay in relationship through conflict; growing stronger teams\, instead of fracturing under pressure.\n\nWHY IT MATTERS\nPsychological Safety Isn’t Soft. It’s Strategic. When leaders prioritize psychological safety\, the impact ripples across your organization\, from team cohesion to better performance. \n\nRetention: People stay where they feel safe to take risks.\nEngagement: Teams that communicate openly through tension are more creative and resilient.\nTrust: Shared accountability language builds credibility across every level of your organization.\nImpact: When psychological safety is embedded in your culture\, your DEI commitments move beyond slide decks to showing up in how people experience work.\n\nWhen trust and inclusion become part of your organizational DNA\, people work with you\, instead of for you. \nWHO BENEFITS\nFor People Ready to Lead Differently Cultivating Safe Spaces is designed for organizations that: \n\nWant to strengthen belonging and retention across diverse teams.\nAre committed to inclusion\, equity\, accessibility and reconciliation.\nAre seeking practical tactics to reduce stress while increasing connection.\nAre ready to move from performative policies to embodied practice.\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES\n\nThe Cultivating Safe Spaces (CSS) enhances Human Resources Professionals’ ability to increase overall organizational effectiveness by teaching them to cultivate workplaces that provide a sense of connection and belonging. When employees feel safe\, they show up authentically\, share their ideas\, and take healthy risks.\nUnderstanding CSS positions HR professionals as Strategic Leaders and enhances their ability to shape how their organizations are led overall.\nHR professionals with the emotional intelligence to recognize trauma\, and deal with it in a way that leads to relationship repair\, are more likely to help their organizations retain their staff\, which ultimately leads to less employee churn. This results in their workplaces saving money and preserving organizational knowledge\, while also managing the transfer of that knowledge to new employees.\nWhen combined with the Four Necessary Conditions and the Protocols\, the Perspectives create the environment where people can stay grounded\, communicate clearly\, and hold each other accountable even when the stakes are high. This helps HR professionals improve their: relationship management; and negotiation and influencing skills.\nThe Perspectives teach us to widen our view and to understand that everyone sees through the lens of their story\, training\, and position in a system. When we recognize that\, we stop assuming we all mean the same thing when we say “respect\,” “safety\,” or “truth.”\nMost of us have been taught to listen to be right\, not to learn. In leadership\, that habit erodes trust fast. Discipline in this framework is about improving communication and building credibility during uncertain or high-pressure times.\nThe Perspectives help leaders: see beyond their own experience; understand how power\, identity\, and conditioning shape perception; approach difference with curiosity instead of defence; and make space for multiple truths while staying focused on shared responsibility.\n\n  \nTarget Audience\nThis session is intended for Human Resources Professionals and other Leaders who employ a team. \nRegistration and Host Information\nCost to Attend: This event is free to attend for Human Resources Professional Association (HRPA) members. Non-members can attend in-person in Belleville ON for $75\, or virtually for $35. \nThis event is hosted by Empowered Path Inc. To learn more about this event\, including registration\, accessibility\, and contact information\, please visit the host’s official page with the link below. \nLearn more about the event and register here.\nLearn more about IWSCC Supplier Certification here.
URL:https://iwscc.ca/event/empoweredpath-cultivating-safe-spaces-may27/
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SUMMARY:IWSCC Virtual Networking: IWSCC Connects!
DESCRIPTION:IWSCC’s popular virtual networking returns in 2026. Participate in virtual roundtable networking for IWSCC Certified Suppliers and Corporate Members. \nAll members are welcome\, but this event encourages Certified Suppliers and Corporate Members who work in\, or want to collaborate with sectors like: \n\nMarketing & Communications\nInformation Technology\nWeb Development & Design\nArtificial Intelligence\nSoftware Development\nHardware Supply & Sales\nDigital Security\n\nAgenda (ET):\n2:00 – 2:15: Community Panel Discussion\n2:15 – 3:00: Virtual Networking \nAccessibility at this Event:\nIWSCC Certified Suppliers who require an interpreter for networking can contact AlexD@iwscc.ca to request an interpreter or learn how to reimburse your costs. \nLive Closed Captions are also available via Zoom. \nRegistration\nThis IWSCC Networking Event is invite-only for IWSCC Community Members. If you haven’t received an invitation to this event and would like to attend\, please contact AlexD@iwscc.ca
URL:https://iwscc.ca/event/networking2026-jun18/
LOCATION:Virtual
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