Turning To One Another
TTOA is a response to a call from our Peer community members for training, support, and opportunities for practice and mentoring to address several of the hurdles to Peer involvement within agencies, as well as in the community. This program is funded by PHAC (Public Health Agency of Canada), Community Action Fund.
TTOA Updates
We are excited to announce that the TTOA Peer Engagement Facilitator Training is now up on our Courses page!
About TTOA
The purpose of TTOA is to work with Peers (people with lived experience) and staff of member agencies across Ontario to concretize the experience of meaningful involvement for Peers. Currently, TTOA is working with 25 partner agencies from across Ontario. Within the next year, we be offering our Peer Facilitator Training as an online learning course, which will be complemented by virtual practice workshops throughout.
In 2021, TTOA grew from 14 member agencies to 25. With the recent move to online meetings and workshops TTOA member agencies requested growing the network to other agencies that have been not been able to join previously. To those 11 new agencies, Welcome, we are so happy to have you here with us!
Over the past year, member agencies have been meeting online and sharing in workshops to help build their knowledge, capacity, skills and abilities on a variety of topics that affect the lives of Peers in the province of Ontario. Peers are encouraged to present workshops that they have developed to share their knowledge with others; some recent topics have included Harm Reduction during Covid 19 – A call to Action; Successfully Managing Change; and Group Dynamics just to name a few.
The TTOA Quilt
The TTOA Quilt was a gift from a former TTOA Peer Worker that solidified the heart and soul of TTOA. Past participants have written inspirational messages on it for future TTOA Peers. The quilt symbolizes the strength and resilience of those that came before us, to remind those in the future, when we are no longer able to share our own stories, that we were here and we mattered. Today the quilt plays an integral part in our TTOA gatherings, and is present for all opening and closing activities.
Featured Course
Peer Engagement Facilitation Training Part A
Welcome to Peer Engagement Facilitation Training Part A! This Peer Engagement Facilitator Training process originated between the years of 2008-2011 through our collaborative partnership with PHA Programs at the Ontario AIDS Network (OAN).