Continuing education

Leadership and workplace

Leadership and Workplace Certificates

For people who hold or are moving into leadership responsibility in nonprofit, healthcare and community organizations. Power, conflict, change and trauma-informed workplace wellbeing.

Two certificates

Choose by role

If you lead people

Psychodynamic Approaches to Anti-Oppressive Leadership. 60 hours across three levels, for supervisors, managers and organizational leaders.

See the leadership certificate

If you work on the frontline

Trauma-Informed Wellness for Nonprofit and Healthcare Frontlines. 105 hours across three levels, for client-facing staff.

See the frontlines certificate

  • 165CE hours across two certificates
  • Noneformal prerequisites
  • 12 monthsaccess per certificate

Leadership · 60 hours · three levels

Certificate in Psychodynamic Approaches to Anti-Oppressive Leadership

This certificate develops the capacity to lead inclusive, resilient and psychologically safe organizations. It draws on psychodynamic theory and anti-oppression frameworks to examine unconscious group dynamics, privilege and systemic inequity as they operate in workplaces rather than in the abstract.

The certificate is organized in three levels. Foundations establishes the conceptual ground; Applied Practice works through conflict, feedback, intercultural communication and challenging workplace dynamics; Advanced Integration addresses cohesion, resistance, leadership sustainability and transitions. Teaching is anti-pathologizing throughout, and scope is held to continuing education rather than supervision or consultation.

CE hours
60 hours
Modules
14
Format
Asynchronous, 12-month access
Prerequisite
None; leadership role assumed
Level
Intermediate to advanced
See the 14 modules
  1. Power, Privilege, and the Unconscious
  2. Fundamentals of Psychodynamic Theory in Leadership
  3. Group Dynamics, Bias, and Psychological Safety
  4. Envy, Shame, Anger and Guilt
  5. The Anatomy of Organizational Culture
  6. Adaptive Leadership and Organizational Change
  7. Effective Conflict Management
  8. Performance Feedback and Developmental Coaching
  9. Intercultural Competence and Inclusive Communication
  10. Managing Workplace Dynamics and Challenging Behaviours
  11. Building Team Cohesion and Collective Resilience
  12. Working Through Resistance and Unconscious Dynamics
  13. Sustaining Motivation and Leadership Well-Being
  14. Applied Case Studies in Leading Through Transitions

Frontlines · 105 hours · Level 1 Foundations (25 h) · Level 2 Relational Insights (40 h) · Level 3 Sustainability (40 h)

Certificate in Trauma-Informed Wellness for Nonprofit and Healthcare Frontlines

This certificate develops trauma-informed wellness skills for nonprofit and healthcare frontlines, focused on the day-to-day practices that help staff care for themselves, support peers and interrupt harm. Three levels build from foundations of wellness and belonging, through relational insight, to skills for sustainability.

Learners practise boundary-setting, harm-reduction-aligned responses to substance use, empathy and active listening, and inclusive communication including addressing microaggressions and white fragility. The programme centres psychological safety, non-pathologizing language and strengths-based practice.

CE hours
105 hours
Modules
21
Format
Asynchronous, 12-month access
Prerequisite
None
Level
Introductory to intermediate
See the 21 modules
  1. Mental Health, Wellness, Belonging
  2. Boundaries, Resilience, Longevity
  3. Problem Substance Use and Harm Reduction
  4. Microaggressions and White Fragility
  5. Building Trust in the Workplace
  6. Navigating Workplace Bullying
  7. Social and Political Dynamics in the Workplace
  8. Neurodiversity and Inclusion
  9. Relationships to Authority
  10. Shame, Envy, Guilt, and Blame
  11. My Peer Became My Manager
  12. Empathy and Active Listening
  13. How to Talk Politics in the Workplace
  14. Grief and Non-Death Losses
  15. Counterproductive Behaviours
  16. Resistance to Change
  17. Giving and Receiving Feedback
  18. Authenticity and Mindfulness
  19. Trauma-Informed Practices
  20. Burnout Prevention Planning
  21. Leaving an Organization on Good Terms

Accreditation. Continuing education approval for these programs is being sought. Approval status and approving body will be listed here once confirmed. Certificates of completion record the course title, CE hours and completion date; please confirm acceptance with your own regulatory body.

Training a whole team? Group enrolment and organizational delivery are available through organizational consulting.

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