Instructor Training Waitlist:

Complete this form to be added to the application waitlist for the Walls to Bridges annual five-day intensive instructor training at Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener, Ontario. The W2B team will contact you if a space opens. Please note that the 2026 training has been cancelled and the W2B Instructor Training will resume in 2027 at GVI.

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En 2026, le collectif Ottawa-Gatineau offrira la première formation ComPaS-W2B en français!!!
Si vous désirez présenter une candidature pour cette formation ayant lieu du 6 au 10 juillet 2026, contactez le collectif à l’adresse courriel: ComPaS-W2B@uottawa.ca

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In 2026, the Ottawa-Gatineau collective will offer the first ComPaS-W2B training in French!!!
If you would like to apply for this training, which will take place from July 6 to 10, 2026, please contact the collective at: ComPaS-W2B@uottawa.ca

W2B Instructor Training Information

We provide an annual five-day intensive instructor training for educators wishing to learn the W2B pedagogical model and establish partnerships between their own educational institutions and local correctional facilities. Trainings take place predominately at Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener, Ontario and are led by incarcerated and non-incarcerated alumni of W2B classes and W2B instructors.

Our trainings are experiential; participants actively engage in the pedagogical processes that are foundational to the W2B classroom. This means you will be asked to engage in holistic learning involving mind, body, spirit and emotions. A focus on self-awareness, reflexivity, social justice, and non-hierarchical facilitation are fundamental to our training. Within this framework, participants will:

  • Learn how to develop partnerships between educational and correctional institutions.
  • Learn experiential activities such as applied theatre and circle pedagogies to explore course content and develop curriculum.
  • Understand the unique dynamics of a W2B classroom
  • Learn how to ‘facilitate’ versus ‘instruct’
  • Experience a collaborative learning community within a prison setting.