Sponsored 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.
Edmonton Recovery College - CMHA-Edmonton
Courses developed and offered by individuals with lived experience around varying life topics.
The CMHA-Edmonton Recovery College offers a number of courses that are designed to support well-being and connection. All of the courses are created by an individual who has lived experience on the topic they want to educate about, in conjunction with a mental health professional to ensure that the courses are as beneficial as possible for participants. There are many available courses that rotate through over the course of a year. Some of these include Shades of Self-Disclosure; Be Kind, Embrace your Mind (Bite Size: Online); Hope Building 101 (In Person: Prosper Place); Journaling 101 (Bite Size: Online); Building Better Boundaries (Bite Size: Online); How to Feel Better About Yourself (Online: Full Size); etc.
To register: Recovery College Edmonton
Radical Mental Health Peer Support – CMHA-Edmonton Peer College
Learn the basics of being a peer support worker.
Radical Mental Health Peer Support course is a 15-hour course consisting of 6 modules that explore the fundamentals of peer support training and is offered multiple times each year.
To register: CMHA-Edmonton Peer College
School of Peer Support – CMHA-Edmonton Peer College
Build a fully developed skill-set around being a peer worker through both in-class instruction and a practicum component.
The School of Peer Support is a nine-month course that delves into the fundamentals of peer support including such areas as supportive listening, boundaries, system navigation, etc. This course is delivered once each week over 93 hours of in-class training (from mid-October to late June) followed by a 50-hour practicum.
To register: CMHA-Edmonton Peer College
Where We Are At – Peer Connect BC
A provincially approved curriculum that will train you to be a peer worker.
Where We Are At is a first of its kind, provincially approved curriculum that’s been guided and evaluated by existing peer support organizations and people with lived experience in the province – from start to finish. The training is made up of 16 modules that focus on the peer support worker role. It’s designed to enhance your support worker training and to ensure quality and consistency across British Columbia. In every module, the goal is the same: to help you internalize these important concepts so you can use them in your own work settings.
The Provincial Peer Support Training Curriculum course takes approximately 40 hours to complete. To receive a Certificate of Completion you must first register for the course on the Registration page to create an account.
To register: Peer Connect BC