{"id":714,"date":"2022-07-14T10:40:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T15:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/?page_id=714"},"modified":"2025-03-07T09:49:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T15:49:56","slug":"training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/ama\/training\/","title":{"rendered":"Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon University is pleased to offer training that can help you create a welcoming and fully inclusive campus environment.<\/p>\n<p>From time to time, we offer\u00a0facilitated training sessions, communication bulletins, and working groups that you can access or participate in. There are also online learning modules, videos, and courses that you can access on your own schedule and at your own pace. You can even learn from colleagues and their experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Our Learning &amp; Organizational Development Program Manager, <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#x6c;t&#111;&#x3a;&#47;&#x2f;b&#114;&#x6f;&#119;&#x6e;e&#x40;&#x62;&#114;&#x61;n&#x64;o&#110;&#x75;&#46;&#x63;a\">Erica Brown<\/a>, can facilitate training and provide access to current topics relevant to accessibility.<\/p>\n<p>The Manitoba Accessibility Office also offers accessibility training on The Accessibility for Manitobans Act and standards. Training can be accessed through an <a href=\"https:\/\/amalearningmb.ca\/\">AMA Learning Portal<\/a> with self-guided modules or by attending a virtual webinar (<a href=\"https:\/\/accessibilitymb.ca\/resources-events-and-training\/online-training.html\">upcoming schedule here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2>Specific training options<\/h2>\n<h3>Customer Service<\/h3>\n<p>Brandon University has policies and procedures that help to achieve respectful, barrier-free customer service. All of us are required to provide accessible customer service.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/amalearningmb.ca\/launch-acs.html\">Customer Service \u2014 Province of Manitoba training<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Employment<\/h3>\n<p>Brandon University has measures and practices in place to ensure fairness in the workplace. This learning module will assist you in applying an accessibility lens to your human resource practices, from those that are formalized and on paper to those that are a matter of common practice.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/amalearningmb.ca\/launch-ae.html\">Accessible Employment \u2014 Province of Manitoba training<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Information and Communications<\/h3>\n<p>Brandon University is required to provide information in ways that are accessible to all Manitobans. We all need to consider how people interact with or access our information, including on our websites, to develop measures, policies and practices to provide barrier-free information and communication.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/amalearningmb.ca\/launch-aic.html\">Information and Communications \u2014 Province of Manitoba training<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Your responsibility<\/h2>\n<p>By law, Manitoba organizations are required to to provide accessible customer service, to provide accommodations in employment, and to provide accessible information and communication. Understanding the law means knowing how it applies to Brandon University.<\/p>\n<p>When you complete any of the training linked above, email a copy of your completion certificate to <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#x69;l&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;H&#82;&#x40;B&#114;&#x61;&#x6e;d&#111;&#x6e;U&#46;&#x63;&#x61;\">&#x48;R&#x40;&#66;&#x72;&#97;&#x6e;&#x64;o&#x6e;&#85;&#x2e;&#99;&#x61;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Additional resources<\/h2>\n<p>The Manitoba Accessibility Office is continually developing tools to support accessibility.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/accessibilitymb.ca\/resources-events-and-training\/resources-and-tools.html\">Resources and Tools<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon University is pleased to offer training that can help you create a welcoming and fully inclusive campus environment. From time to time, we offer\u00a0facilitated training sessions, communication bulletins, and working groups that you can access or participate in. 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