Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm
Location: In-person in Winnipeg. Exact address will be announced soon.
People of all ages live much more of their lives online than 20 years ago. Digital dating apps are no longer trends but norms in many places. Is it any surprise that young people are developing and experiencing their sexuality online as well? This training focuses on how to reduce the risks and increase the benefits of online sexuality through an essential life skill: consensual literacy. Service providers will leave with an understanding of the legal aspects of viewing and sending sexual material and ways to have open, non-judgmental conversations about sexuality and technology with youth. These conversation skills will be for both reactive and proactive messaging. How do you create an environment where youth will speak about their experiences with sexting? How do we respond when sexting turns into abuse? We’ll talk about it. To be proactive, we can address three areas: consent, gender & power, and bystander intervention. We know that most youth don’t sext, and these proactive messages will prepare them when they do or when it comes up in their lives.
This workshop also touches on pornography and its influence on young people. Free pornography is much more readily available than sexuality education. This workshop will give you ways to teach media literacy to young people, so they have the tools to digest what they are seeing.
This session is part of the Ongoing Learning Hub. The Hub offers comprehensive full-day training opportunities, Webinars, and lunch-and-learn-style events to support service providers in Manitoba. Each draws on expertise, up-to-date research, evidence-based approaches, and local resources to enhance knowledge, skills, and awareness of sexuality issues. Launched in 2024, SERC offers training online on our Learning Management System at your own pace. New courses will be added each year.