THE INSTITUTE

The Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI) has been offering life-changing in-person trainings in English since 2006 in Ontario, 2009 in British Columbia, and in French since 2018 in Quebec.

It is now diversifying by adding online trainings and workshops that will be available to emerging HIV-positive leaders in Ontario, British-Columbia, and Québec in 2021 and throughout Canada by 2022.

In-person trainings are 2-4 days while online trainings require 12-18 hours of commitment over 3 weeks. To access advanced training and workshop offers, one must first graduate from our Core training, whether it be online or in-person.

CORE TRAINING

• AUDIENCE: For selected and diverse emerging leaders living with HIV
• DURATION: 4 intensive, reclusive, days of in-person training OR 16 hours of online training delivered over 3 weeks through:
  • (3) facilitated real-time 3-hour group sessions, once a week and
  • (2) self-paced asynchronous online sessions to complete in one week’s time
• GOALS: To learn and practice leadership skills, identify personal values, gain community knowledge and awareness, increase resiliency and network with other emerging leaders in a safe environment.
• FORMAT: In-person or Online

ADVANCED TRAINING

• AUDIENCE: For graduates of the Core training
• DURATION: 2.5 days of in-person training not necessarily reclusive OR 12 hours of online training delivered over 3 weeks through:
  • (3) facilitated real-time 2-3 hour group sessions, once a week and
  • (2) self-paced asynchronous online sessions to complete in one week’s time each
• GOALS: Professional development trainings to further develop leadership skills such as communication, governance, and creating meaningful change.
• FORMAT: In-person or Online

Core training is a prerequisite to participate in advanced PLDI trainings such as

Communication, Governance, and Changemaker.

PARTICIPANTS

The PLDI program is for all people living with HIV who would like to be a leader. A learning path in the Institute necessarily begins with Core Training: Who am I as a leader? Trainings are intensive and space-limited. If you are interested in the PLDI program, we ask you to be aware of and respect the following:

• It is essential to really commit to the training and to be available during the entire training.
• Any application must be supported by a health professional, a social worker, or a community worker who thereby validates the person’s HIV status
• Space is limited, some people may end up on a waiting list until they have a place in another group
• The groups of participants are selected to ensure a diversity of experiences and realities
• It is recommended to have physical and mental health that allows full participation in the activities
• PLDI trainings are not designed to help people living with HIV live better with their diagnoses, nor do they offer therapeutic intervention. These are leadership trainings.

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