Bystander Intervention Training with Consent @ Trent
Skills to Enhance Peer Support
Event Details
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
ONLINE
Cost: FREE
Want to feel more confident supporting friends through tough times?
Back with our Winter 2026 offerings, STEPS workshops build your confidence with practical skills in communication, bystander intervention, responding to disclosures, supporting mental health, and understanding diversity and inclusion.
Complete the FREE full series to earn a certificate you can add to your co-curricular record. It’s ideal for students pursuing leadership roles, students pursuing helping professions, and anyone who wants to foster a safer, more supportive campus community—and carry those skills with them beyond university.
Bystander Intervention Training with Consent @ Trent
- Date: Tuesday, January 27th
- Time: 1 - 3 PM
- Location: Online via Zoom
To register: Email your name and student number to counselling@trentu.ca to reserve your spot and be sure to specify which workshop you would like to attend. Zoom link will be emailed out to participants 24 hours prior to the start of the workshop when registration closes.
ABOUT
STEPS (Skills To Enhance Peer Support) equips Trent students with the tools and confidence to support others in times of stress or distress. Through this program, you'll gain valuable skills to connect peers with resources and referrals, empowering you to make a positive impact within the Trent community and beyond. The program focuses on communication skills, bystander intervention, and diversity and inclusion. STEPS offers:
- Practical and relevant skills to support peers that are immediately applicable to student life and society.
- An opportunity to develop and enhance interpersonal skills that includes an understanding of self, groups and their community.
- The rules to engage in conversations with a peer in distress and to become a more engaged upstander.
- An opportunity to reflect upon and develop attitudes, knowledge and skills that relate to citizenship development and practices.
Students can choose to attend individual workshops without committing to the entire program, as there is no formal enrollment process. However, those who complete all five (5) workshops will earn a STEPS certificate, recognizing their achievement. Further, this can be added to your co-curricular record (CCR).