Urban Rez Solutions

With over 25 years combined experience we offer a wide range of intercultural conflict management workshops and seminars designed to enrich the client group. To date we have delivered our programming to service providers including; Toronto District School Board, Toronto Police Services & The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, OPSEU, Canadian Training Institute, JVS, Native Child and Family Services of Toronto, Beausoleil First Nation Reserve, The Ministry of The Attorney General, TAIBU Community Health Centre, Frontier College, Promoting Education and Community Health, Evergreen Brickwork, Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office, Goodwill Employment Services, The United Way and various iterations at Toronto Community Housing. In addition we have trained the staff at various service organizations including Toronto District School Board, Native Child and Family Services of Toronto, For Youth Initiative, Frontier College, Ontario Independent Police Review Director, Doorsteps Neighborhood Services and Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto.

 

Training

A robust ‘train the trainer’ approach increases community capacity by enhancing leadership skills, highlighting collective and individual accountability and honing decision making skills. All training components include culturally sensitive material and self-empowering insight.

Facilitation

Seasoned facilitators are available for your community meetings. Let us support in the delivery of materials and programs. From leadership training to chairing, contact us for more details

Mental Health Wellness and Recovery

Develop an understanding of the concepts of Mental Health Wellness.
Delve into the realm of recovery, personal responsibility, self-determination, self-advocacy, communication, setting obtainable goals, resiliency and individual healing.

Crisis Prevention and Intervention

Utilizing the ‘Ounce of Prevention’ pedagogy to address crisis; training proactively equips participants with crisis management principles thereby minimizing the likelihood of violent behavior when faced with adversarial situations.

 

Conflict Resolution

Resolve conflict in a non-adversarial manner. Enhance your communication, negotiation and alternative dispute resolution skills.

Grief/Loss Counseling

Losing a loved one is a traumatic experience.
Feelings associated with grief can be overwhelming for family and community.
Utilizing culturally sensitive bereavement support we support individuals, families and community through this difficult time

Diversity Training

Urban Rez Solutions provides diversity training including anti-black racism training. We educate on how to sight individualized biases, challenge learned stereotypes and how to systemically change and promote equity.

Youth Engagement Training

This train the trainer workshop identifies key areas of communication necessary to engage youth effectively. Topics discussed are: common denominators between staff and community youth, the most engaging elements of community youth, understanding the ‘language’ of the community, taking initiative and leading by example.

Stress Management

Empowering individuals to deal with stress in a healthy manner thus minimizing the potential for adverse health impacts.

Student Intervention

Urban Rez Solutions has provided conflict management/life skills training and intervention in both in-school and school away from school models for behaviorally challenged students. In addition we have provided conflict management training mandated by principals to suspended students during in school suspensions.
Urban Rez Solutions has been working with youth since 2000. URS understands the myriad of issues impacting marginalized and barrier ed students and works with them to build capacity via raising awareness, imparting the benefits of education and implementing training.
Urban Rez Solutions in partnership with school boards provides reintegration strategy supporting students who are suspended or who face suspension prepare for re-entry to their home school. By providing students with culturally sensitive conflict management skill training necessary in today’s school setting, it will mitigate the likelihood of further behavior warranting discipline/suspension.

 

Court Appointed Anger Management

Have you been charged with a violent offence? Did anger get the best of you and now you’ve found yourself in conflict with the law? Is your reputation at stake because you lost control? Has the court instructed you to attend anger management?
Comprehensive anger management and conflict resolution program for individuals who have been ordered by the court to undergo anger management training. Participants will learn to recognize triggers, develop an awareness of their anger style, find effective methods of controlling their anger, improve communication skills and employ effective conflict resolution principles. All sessions are facilitated by a National Anger Management Association Specialist.
Group and individual sessions available. Upon completion of the course participants are issued a certificate of completion which is recognized by courts throughout Canada and the USA.
Urban Rez Solutions is flexible! Evening and weekend sessions are available to accommodate today’s hectic lifestyles. Contact us today for your private and confidential consultation.