Trauma Informed Facilitation and Digital Media Literacy Education

Trauma Informed Facilitation and Digital Media Literacy Education In this interactive workshop, presenters from MediaSmarts – Canada’s centre for digital media literacy- will share key learnings and best practices in implementing a trauma-informed lens in digital media literacy education and facilitation. We’ll walk participants through our trauma- and violence-informed facilitation handbook developed as part of the Resilience through DigitalSmarts program. The handbook provides a guide to trauma- and violence informed facilitation practices with a focus on online facilitation and program delivery. While the handbook is grounded in the context of digital media literacy education for survivors of technology-facilitated violence and abuse, it is useful for a wide range of projects, organizations, and individuals who want to introduce a trauma-informed approach in their program facilitation. This workshop will end with an interactive activity in which attendees will apply the six key trauma-informed principles highlighted in the handbook to their current projects or facilitation practices.