Race discrimination training
PLEASE NOTE: The Commission is currently in the process of re-developing its anti-racism training packages. We expect this to be completed by late 2021/early 2022.
The Commission delivers three training packages in the area of race discrimination:
- Anti-racism (one day workshop)
- Anti-racism (e-learning course)
- Casual racism awareness (half-day workshop)
Anti-racism (face-to-face)
Training overview
This full-day workshop aims to improve participants’ ability to address racist behaviours in their daily-life and in the workplace. The training provides the necessary strategies and tools to identify and address unconscious bias, structural inequality and racist behaviours in one’s self and others. Key content covered includes; perceptions and definitions of race and racism, structural inequality, power and privilege and strategies for anti-racism action.
Learning outcomes
The workshop’s key learning outcomes are:
- Increased understanding of race, racism and discrimination
- Increased understanding of the contexts in which racism occurs and how this influences racism and its impacts
- Ability to identify unconscious bias, structural inequality and racist behaviours in one’s self and others
- Ability to identify strategies and tools to recognise racism and provide effective bystander action and support
- Ability to identify strategies and tools to address racist behaviours both in everyday life and within the workplace
Each workshop is tailored to ensure the context is relevant to the particular jurisdiction and audience.
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Anti-racism (e-learning)
Course overview
This e-learning course aims to improve participants’ understanding and awareness of racism and its impacts, as well as their ability to address racist behaviours in their daily-life and in the workplace. Key content covered includes; definitions of racism, race and racism in the Australian context; the impacts of racism; bystander skills, and, strategies for anti-racism action.
Learning outcomes
The course’s key learning outcomes are:
- Increased understanding of racism as a notion, concept and experience
- Increased understanding of race and racism in the Australian context
- Increased understanding of the impacts and experiences of racism
- Ability to identify strategies and tools to address racism
- Skills to provide effective bystander action
Each course is tailored to ensure the context is relevant to the particular jurisdiction and audience.
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Casual racism (face-to-face)
Training Overview
This half-day workshop aims to increase understanding of the context in which everyday ‘casual’ racism operates and the impacts that everyday racism has on individuals and on the workplace. The training equips participants to identify strategies and tools to recognise racism and provide effective bystander action and support. Key content covered includes; definitions and differing forms of everyday racism, impacts of casual racism, effective bystander action.
Learning outcomes
The workshop’s key learning outcomes are:
• Increased understanding of the contexts in which casual racism occurs and how this influences racism and its impacts
• Increased understanding of everyday racism and the impacts it has on individuals
• Increased awareness that racism without intent has impacts
• Ability to identify unconscious bias, structural inequality and racist behaviours
• Ability to identify strategies and tools to recognise racism and provide effective bystander action and support
Each workshop is tailored to ensure the context is relevant to the particular jurisdiction and audience.
For more information:
Contact us
Contact us for training: training@humanrights.gov.au
