Debriefing and Re-entry Workshops

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Background

Research and 35 years of experience in intercultural effectiveness training have reinforced the Centre's belief that the challenges are as great upon return home as during your international assignment. It is critical for returning professionals and youth to have an opportunity to assess the value of their experience in personal and professional terms and to share strategies on how to effect a smooth re-entry into their work and society. These workshops also provide an opportunity for organizations to learn lessons from returning personnel, to increase future program or project effectiveness and to improve operational framework.

Approach

This workshop is grounded in principles of adult learning. Experiential learning activities will encourage you to draw on your own experience, frame it in a new way, add layers of knowledge, and apply that learning in your organization and personal life.

Objectives

The debriefing component will allow participants to:

• capture lessons learned during the assignment
• provide feedback to their organizations to improve operations
• bring closure to their international experience

The Re-entry component will assist participants with:

• reverse culture shock
• the stages of re-entry adaptation
• learning strategies to manage the impact of re-entry
• acquiring tools for re-entering the Canadian job market (students)

Who should attend

All professionals, volunteers and student interns returning from short and long term international assignments.

Course schedule

Courses are offered across Canada depending on demand and the geographic distribution of registered participants. Primary locations are Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.

Debriefing and Re-entry duration: 1 and 2 days

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Course cost

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Additional information

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Participant comments

"After three months of being back in country I was starting to feel jaded, but this course made me realize this is all normal and it was excellent to talk to others in the same position as me. I feel a lot more motivated now and I feel this kind of debriefing is extremely important. Thanks."

"Very useful, it got cooperants together to discuss the range of emotions they experienced both leaving host countries and arrival at home. It made them realize that these emotions are normal and that support is available. Job searching techniques were also helpful."

"I really enjoyed this experience and feel it was an invaluable process to my re-entry experience back to Canada."