The Learning and Development Department at Stella’s Place™ was launched in 2024, in order to deliver a comprehensive training curriculum, in the form of workshops, seminars, training courses, and Communities of Practice.
Our demographic spans from local, provincial, and national audiences, including teachers, medical professionals, social workers, peer supporters, and any stakeholder vested in improving mental health among youth.
We aim to share the knowledge and successes Stella’s Place™ has experienced in its 12 years of supporting young adult mental health, teaching the fundamentals of Mental Health, Peer Support, self-care and resilience.
As one of the leading agencies that delivers peer support training, we offer numerous training opportunities, and facilitate our Community of Practice, creating space for peer supporters to explore effective strategies for integrating their lived experience into their organization’s service model.
“Stella’s Place taught me the power of just listening to people and making them feel heard”
Learning at Stella’s Place Workshops
We offer numerous training opportunities and facilitate forums that bring together peer supporters, aspiring peer supporters, service providers, educators, students, and other mental health champions to learn, troubleshoot, and connect. These sessions are designed to build confidence and competence in supporting others—whether personally, professionally, or in the community.
Register to each online workshop below.
Workshop Information
Communicating Needs: Understanding Boundaries
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 from 1:00 PM ET – 3:00 PM ET
This workshop prioritizes empowerment, self-knowledge and understanding, exploring the relationship between needs and setting boundaries to protect them. Attendees will explore and identify their needs and learn to set boundaries in a 4-step process. This workshop is ideal for people who are engaging in the creation of their self-care tools, professionally or personally.
As a result of attending this workshop, participants attending this workshop will be able to:
- identify and conceptualize their personal needs
- understand the difference between rules and boundaries
- create a boundary using a 4-step process
Misunderstanding Minds: Destigmatizing Mental Health and Illness
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 from 6:00 PM ET – 8:00 PM ET
This workshop deconstructs the nature of stigma and highlights the countering force of self-knowledge. Attendees of this workshop will engage in the building of destigmatized, compassionate perspectives about mental health, illness and their holistic selves. This workshop is ideal for newcomers to mental health and peer support, professionals in the workplace, students in school, family members supporting each other, and more.
As a result of attending this workshop, participants attending this workshop will be able to:
- identify and dispute myths about mental health and illness
- define stigma in the context of mental health and illness
- build destigmatized, compassionate perspectives about mental health, illness and ourselves
The Foundations of Mental Health
Thursday, October 16, 2025 from 9:30 AM ET – 12:00 PM ET
The Foundations of Mental Health is an introductory workshop, the primary building block of all workshops offered by Stella’s Place. In addition to understanding fundamental ideas about mental health challenges, attendees will also explore the nature of a holistic lens and a wellness toolbox. This Foundations of Mental Health is as an ideal entry-level workshop. It is designed for people who are new to the concepts of mental health.
After attending this workshop, participants will be able to:
- define and distinguish between mental health and mental illness
- employ a wholistic lens for incorporating the contextual factors that make up mental health
- complete a “wellness toolbox” with personalized mental health goals
Finding Balance: Exploring Burnout and Self-Care
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 from 6:00 PM ET – 8:00 PM ET
This workshop examines the relationship between burnout and self-care, providing an understanding of how burnout presents itself in our lives, and what we can do to fight back. Attendees of this workshop will be provided with a nuanced understanding of burnout, its effects, and self-care. This workshop is ideal for newcomers to mental health and peer support, professionals in the workplace, and students in school.
As a result of attending this workshop, participants attending this workshop will be able to:
- identify burnout, its impact and the contributing factors
- distinguish between maintenance self-care and reactionary self-care
- identify four dimensions of self-care
- create a maintenance self-care plan to promote holistic wellness
Self-Advocacy: Communicating with Intention
Thursday, December 11, 2025 from 9:30 AM ET – 12:00 PM ET
This workshop is built on the core link between needs and communication. Attendees of this workshop will explore the layers of self-advocacy from the understanding of need, self-efficacy, identity and communication styles/tools. This workshop is ideal for people looking to navigate communcation challanges in the workplace, school, family and community.
As a result of attending this workshop, participants will be able to:
- define self-advocacy and its uses
- self-reflect on needs and identifiers
- recognize and distinguish between communication styles
Upcoming Workshop Topics
- The Foundations of Peer Support
- Know Your Role: Personalizing Your Peer Support Practice
Stay tuned for future updates.
