Safer Spaces: Behind the Scenes Blog
[Content Warning: Sexual Harassment]
The Safer Spaces project team wanted to give people a peek behind the curtain to shed more insight into what is involved in creating the Safer Spaces campaign. The project team was eager to share their experiences of creating the training course and public legal education campaign. The complexity of the subject matter, the timeliness of the topic and the novel approach in which we approached the training course has been a fascinating process. Be sure to watch for updates on the next blog installment on our social media channels.
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1. Safer Spaces: A Path Towards Reducing Sexual Harassment in Tourism and Hospitality
[Content Warning: Sexual Harassment] When we think about workplace sexual harassment, we tend to picture someone in a position of power – usually a man – making regular, ongoing and overt physical advances to a subordinate. And while that scenario does play out in workplaces across North America (just look at the Harvey Weinstein scandal … Read More
2. Why are we launching Safer Spaces now?
[Content Warning: Sexual Harassment] Sexual harassment is not a new issue, but movements such as Me Too and #BeenRapedNeverReported are encouraging victims to step forward, share their experiences and understand that they are not alone. With tourism and hospitality dramatically impacted by the global pandemic, the industry’s recovery carries a key opportunity to build back … Read More
3. Safer Spaces: Ideating Education around Workplace Sexual Harassment
[Content Warning: Sexual Harassment] Our previous blog posts discussed the motivation for go2HR to introduce education and training for the tourism and hospitality industry around workplace sexual harassment. With support from Justice Canada, the organization is navigating an ambitious three-year initiative that aims to help create sexual harassment free workplaces in B.C.’s tourism and hospitality … Read More
4. Safer Spaces: A Sneak Peek at the Development of the Safer Spaces Training Course
Our latest blog installment picks up as the project team is gathering all the elements they need to help guide the development process. “At the beginning stages of conceptualizing the course, we decided to focus on the end. What do we want people to be able to do as a result of this course?” said … Read More
5. Safer Spaces: Designing Industry-Changing Education
The last blog post in our “Safer Spaces” series, discussed the challenges of designing a training program around workplace sexual harassment, including the most overwhelming part – creating the course from scratch. Spearheaded by go2HR and supported by Justice Canada, Safer Spaces is a three-year initiative that aims to create sexual harassment free workplaces in … Read More
6. Safer Spaces: Transitioning Online
Our latest blog installment picks up as the project team gets ready to put the course online. Delivering course materials can be a complicated process, particularly when the content is emotive and the course is presented entirely online. The team spent six months scriptwriting, curating downloadable resources, designing the layout, selecting and recording professional voiceover … Read More
7. Safer Spaces: A Sneak Peek at the New Safer Spaces Training Course
The most recent blog post in our “Safer Spaces” series gave voice to the project team, who shared their journey of designing, editing and refining the new Safer Spaces online training course, which is aimed at reducing workplace sexual harassment across the tourism and hospitality industry. Created by go2HR and supported by Justice Canada, Safer … Read More
8. Safer Spaces: Tourism and Hospitality Risk Factors
Safer Spaces is geared towards the tourism and hospitality industry, which is why one of the course modules focuses on unique industry risk factors – for example, the high percentage of new and young workers, as well as seasonal and temporary workers – employed in the industry. There are often circumstances where the lines between … Read More
9. Safer Spaces: Ready for Launch: go2HR Opens Registration for Safer Spaces Training Course
The blog post in our “Safer Spaces” series, “A Sneak Peek at the New Safer Spaces Training Course”, shared a brief overview of an important new training tool designed for the tourism and hospitality industry – Safer Spaces, which is aimed at reducing workplace sexual harassment. Created by go2HR and supported by Justice Canada, Safer … Read More
10. Safer Spaces: Passing the Baton to You
While the team is immensely proud of the time and energy they have dedicated towards Safer Spaces, they are cognizant that the real test will come when participants move through the finished product and experience for themselves the course’s relevance and impact. “We won’t truly know if the course is successful until students provide feedback,” … Read More