Training and Education
This training and education hub was created to help Edmontonians come together to support one another in living happier, more meaningful lives. Whether you're caring for family, friends, coworkers, or even strangers, we all play a role in looking out for each other.
These courses are designed to support your growth—whether you're a peer, a service provider, or someone just trying to help. Topics include mental health and addictions, suicide prevention, peer support, poverty and housing, parenting, and more. All trainings emphasize approaches that are fair, trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, and rooted in community values. See a calendar view of upcoming locally offered training →
Ethics and Ethical-Decision Making Essentials – Dr. Ian Messenger
Take this 3 hour online Udemy course to learn how to make ethical decisions.
In this course, you will learn a number of different ethical theories, identify which ethical approach you align to based on your values, and discover how to make ethical decisions.
The philosophy of ethical behavior is the basis of any professional. You must always act with integrity and in your clients' best interests, no matter what. This means being honest and transparent in all your dealings, even when it may be difficult or inconvenient. It also means refusing to take shortcuts or engaging in unethical behavior, such as bribery or corruption. By following this philosophy, you can build a reputation as an honest and reliable professional, which will benefit you throughout your career.
This knowledge will help you stay on top of the latest changes in the field and ensure that you are always acting within the law.
The impact of ethics on society is undeniable. By following a code of ethics, individuals help maintain the trust and integrity of their professions. Following this course, you will be able to not only understand your values, but make effective ethical decisions.
In addition, by upholding high ethical standards, professionals set an example for others to follow. This can help create a culture of honesty and integrity, which is essential for the healthy functioning of any society.
To register: Udemy – DIM – EEDME
Ethics Fundamentals - Guthrie Weinschenk
Learn the basics of ethics and various ethical frameworks in this free online Udemy course.
Ethics impact you every day – in your personal choices, in your workplace, in your government, and more. Understanding ethics is integral to understanding different perspectives of right versus wrong and will fundamentally shift your world view.
This course serves as the introduction to some of the biggest concepts within ethics and set up the rest of the Ethics Certificate. Your instructor, Guthrie Weinschenk, is a licensed attorney in the state of Illinois and has extensively researched different schools of ethical philosophy to provide you a generalist, applicable understanding of ethics.
Topics in this course include:
Understanding ethics in corporations.
Discussing dark patterns and the ethics of nudges.
Learning some of the basic "big ideas" in ethics, like the trolley problem.
Inspire ethical change and ethical leadership.
To register: Udemy – GW - EF
Social Media Ethics – Eric Schwartzman
Learn how to use social media in an ethical way in this Udemy course. Please note that this is a US-based course so part of the section on legal guidelines may not be fully relevant.
Social media ethics training course explains the requirements of the law, how ethics policy applies to social networking and how to engage in ethical conversations on social networks.
Promote ethical conduct online in this self-paced employee training on social media ethics. Certify employees and professionals to use social media effectively while enhancing ethics and compliance. This course is appropriate for anyone who wants to learn to use social media for business without violating Federal, State and local rules and regulations.
Covers liability for unethical behavior, how the National Labor Relations Act governs social media use at work, professional netiquette standards, rules concerning work related social media use on personal vs. branded social networking accounts, how to avoid provoking defamation, discrimination and harassment claims on social networks, the risks associated with confidentiality and confidential sources and much more.
What you'll learn:
Exercise good judgment when using social networks for work
Avoid tweeting something that could get you sued or fired
Understand what constitutes ethical, respectful behavior on social media
Demonstrate tolerance and consideration for others on social networks
To register: Udemy – SME – ES
Social Media and Ethical Challenges – MRD Training & Consulting Inc.
Learn about how social media and ethics interact in a workplace context.
Social media is everywhere, and it can challenge your ethical decisions. Workplace social media ethics calls for the involvement of both management and workers in maintaining proper social media use. Join us while we discuss social media and ethics and the challenges you may face while posting, networking and marketing both yourself and your organization on social media. Focus is on the insurance industry.
Accreditation: 1 Hour
AB: General and Adjusters AIC#68596
To register: MRD – SMEC
Conflict of Interest - MRD Training & Consulting Inc.
Learn what a conflict of interest is and how to manage one.
Conflicts of interest occur when your own personal interests might be seen to conflict with those of the company or compromise your ability to make good business decisions. But would you recognize when a conflict occurs and know what to do if it does? Conflicts of interest are not as black and white as one may think and that is why they are conflicts.
Join us as we explore the challenge of conflicts of interest with a review of scenarios to better help you navigate through these times. This course is optimized for individuals in the insurance industry.
Accreditation: 1 Hour
AB: 70631
To register: MRD - CoI
Business Ethics: How to Create an Ethical Organization – Denis Collins
Learn the 90 best practices for how to design ethical businesses and manage ethical organizations of high integrity in this Udemy course.
This Business Ethics course teaches managers, business leaders and corporate trainers how to design ethical organizations and manage organizations of high integrity. You will learn the 90 best practices for hiring ethical people, implementing codes of ethics, ethical decision making, ethics training, respecting employee diversity, ethics reporting systems, ethical leadership, engaging and empowering ethical employees, environmental management and community outreach. Assessment tools are provided to analyze the ethical performance of your organization.
Who this course is for:
Managers
Corporate Trainers
Organizational Leaders
What you'll learn:
Describe best practices for screening job candidates for ethics.
Utilize best practices for managing ethics codes.
Use a systematic ethics decision-making framework to arrive at moral conclusions.
Conduct ethics and diversity training workshops.
Create an ethical reporting system.
Integrate best practices for ethical leadership into the organization.
Integrate ethics into work goals and performance appraisals.
Engage and empower employees.
Develop an Environmental Management system plan.
Align community outreach with the organization’s mission and assets.
To register: Udemy – DC – BEHCEO