IDEA Training Collaborative (formerly THTC)

IDEA Training Collaborative is a not-for-profit training centre based in Toronto, offering compliance-focused, trauma‑informed training for shelters, social services, and frontline workers across Canada. As the leading provider of Toronto Shelter Standards training and shelter criteria certification programs, we help City of Toronto-- financed and purchase‑of‑service shelters stay audit‑ready, document‑strong, and straightened with municipal requirements.

Our course catalogue includes Toronto shelter requirements on-line training, shelter support worker certification training, non‑violent crisis intervention (CPI/NVCI) training, UMAB training, crisis avoidance and intervention training Toronto, First Aid and CPR training in Toronto, and ODSP training programs. With adaptable shipment formats-- self‑paced e‑learning, live on the internet workshops, and in‑person sessions-- we make it simple for organizations to train new personnel promptly and keep knowledgeable groups present.

IDEA Training Collaborative also supplies paperwork training, situation monitoring certificate pathways, crisis monitoring training, and mental health and substance make use of workshops tailored to shelter and community support settings. Our facilitators bring real‑world shelter and social service experience, and every course incorporates equity, anti‑racism, harm reduction, Indigenous understanding, and trauma‑informed treatment.