About this webinar:
Join Kristina Fifield with the Can't Buy My Silence campaign for an online webinar about the misuse of non-disclosure agreements. NDAs (or confidentiality agreements) were invented to protect intellectual property but have become the default solution for organizations, corporations and public entities to settle cases of sexual violence, racism, pregnancy discrimination, disability discrimination and other human rights violations.
The training will look at the abusive use of NDAs through an Intersectional GBV Trauma Lens and will discuss the ethical implications, trauma impacts and far-reaching consequences of NDAs when used to silence survivors/victims, conceal wrongdoing and perpetuate a culture of secrecy. The training will provide ideas for justice initiatives and ways to support survivors/victims in your work who are being asked to sign or who have signed an NDA.
Learning Objectives:
- To provide up-to-date information to Social Workers about the abusive use of NDAs exploring the traumatic impacts of silencing, systemic injustices that give rise to NDAs, and the legislative changes happening in Canada and abroad around this issue.
- To educate Social Workers about how NDAs are used to protect perpetrators of abuse from consequences and how this permits a cycle of violence to continue unchecked inside workplaces and institutions.
- To share ways to get involved in the movement to ban the abusive use of NDAs, and provide tools and knowledge to help individuals in these situations to navigate the system and ensure they have opportunities to receive the care and support they need.
- To ensure Social Workers have the knowledge and skills to effectively inform and counsel any survivor who may be asked to sign an NDA regarding their experiences of violence, racism, harassment or other human rights violation(s).
- To support Social Workers in recognizing the intersectional nature of the issue of the misuse of NDAs, including the disproportionate impact on women, gender diverse and racialized individuals, and in responding accordingly.
