Who We Work With
Moussa continues to work around Canada and internationally. In November 2019, he was recognized as a champion of anti-racism education: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-strategy-fighting-racism-hate-1.5367082
See also, A human rights educator’s lesson for Canada: https://www.cheknews.ca/a-human-rights-educators-lesson-for-canada-542854/
In 2018, he was in Toronto, delivering a keynote at the Ontario Colleges Conference and teaching a workshop on intercultural conflict resolution.
He also taught a workshop for a group of ESL teachers on how to handle cross-cultural conflicts with international students in the classroom. The next day, he was facilitating a workshop on Diversity in the workplace for the Communication Workers of America Union.
Moussa continues to work closely with the Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) to deliver the Culturally Welcoming Workplaces training workshop across British Columbia. The primary goal of the Culturally Welcoming Workplaces Training Initiative is to support businesses, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, health sector agencies, neighbourhood houses, crisis services and immigrants serving agencies to create welcoming and inclusive environments for staff and potential staff, volunteers and potential volunteers, with particular attention given to new Canadians and immigrants. Since its inception, Moussa has co-facilitated more than 30 Culturally Welcoming Workplaces workshops with the ICA. The latest workshops co-facilitated by Moussa were conducted by at such diverse locations as a prison institution in BC, a health sector organization, and a major business outlet in Victoria. For further information regarding Moussa’s ICA workshops, please visit:http://www.icavictoria.org/community/community-partnership-network
Moussa is also contracted as on-line facilitators with the University of BC bringing their practical experience to students in the Continuing Studies program who are seeking Certificates in Intercultural Communications and International Development. He facilitates courses in Dimensions of Development, Migration and Displacement, transforming intercultural conflicts and Intercultural Communications. Web links to UBC: https://cstudies.ubc.ca/programs/international-development-certificate and https://cstudies.ubc.ca/study-topic/intercultural-communication
Magassa-Intercultural Capacity Building have completed contracts with many clients among which:
CURRICULUM DESIGN AND COURSE DEVELOPMENT
TRAINING
- Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria
- Integrated Workplace Experience Strategy (IWES) Program (BC and Ontario)
- Capilano University, Whistler
- The Inter- Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA)
- Grace Rwanda Society, Vancouver
- Communication Workers of America (CWA)
- UBC Go Global - Overseas Pre-departure Training
- PLEA Community Services Society of BC, Vancouver
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Vancouver
- Canadian Crossroads International, Vancouver
- Burnaby Family Life
- City of Victoria, Local Champions project
- Indigenous Perspectives Society
- Good Food Network (http://www.crfair.ca/)
- CWA Canada’s National Representative Council meeting
- Men's Circle Victoria, BC
FACILITATION
- Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria
- William Head Institution
- CWA
- Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society
- Center for Intercultural Communications, University of BC
- Canada: Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages, Ottawa
- Canadian Policy Review Camps, Simon Fraser University
- UBC Student Development & Services
EVALUATIONS
HILLE-MAGASSA WORKSHOP SERIES
Many participants enjoyed the Hille-Magassa series of workshops and events around Vancouver on:
- International Development: An Orientation for People Who Want to Work Abroad
- An Introduction to Capacity Building
- Conflict Analysis and Peace Building
- Intercultural Capacity Development
- International Development Networking Day.
Associates
Expanding Our Human Resource Base Depending on the scope of our contracts and activities, Hille-Magassa involves Associates with specific expertise to assist us. These are some of the Associates we work with:
Current Associates
Bridges to Canada works to develop new relationships with English school, colleges, and universities in Canada as a business partner. Bridges to Canada provides the following services with international clients:
- Connecting international students with well reputed Canadian English schools
- Helping international students navigate and apply for universities and colleges in Canada that best fits their goals
- Providing international students with tips and resources in settling and adapting in Canada
- Introducing international students to Canadian culture and intercultural communication.
Contact Kaylee Jo at <b2c.victoria@gmail.com> for more information.
Past Associates
- Betsy Alkenbrack, PhD in Adult Education (UBC) Integrated Workplace Experience Strategy course development.
- Kumari Beck, PhD in Education (SFU) Integrated Workplace Experience Strategy course delivery and piloting.
- Joan Fromme, Master in Leadership and Training (Royal Roads) Intercultural communications skills training.
- Sandra Shin and Cindy Yung, Cultural advisors and translators Program Evaluation.
- Colleen Sullivan, B.A. in Political Science (Calgary) Program evaluation.
- Chantille Viaud, Master’s in International Relations (Sweden and Uganda) Vancouver International Development Network.
