Community Worker (Fast-Track) is a dynamic social justice program grounded in the principles of human rights and anti-oppression practice.
Over the course of three semesters, students will learn how to work with urban-centred, diverse communities across a range of issues such as: poverty, housing, food justice, immigration and settlement.
Students will develop the skills they need to be responsive to their needs as they change and evolve.
The three-semester Fast-Track program combines classroom instruction with supervised field placements. Theory, analysis and practice are presented through a variety of innovative instructional tools developed from popular education and learner-centred approaches to teaching and learning.
Throughout the program, students will have the opportunity to develop a variety of important and high-demand skills, including:
- anti-oppressive and intercultural practice in working with diverse populations (including youth, immigrant communities, Indigenous populations)
- critical analysis, research and writing
- group facilitation and leadership
- individual and group counselling
- conflict mediation and restorative justice
- community organizing, activism and development
- proposal writing and program evaluation
- policy analysis and rights-based advocacy
