IDEA Training Collaborative (formerly THTC)

IDEA Training Collaborative is a nonprofit training centre based in Toronto, providing compliance-focused, trauma‑informed training for shelters, social services, and frontline workers throughout Canada. As the leading provider of Toronto Shelter Standards training and shelter criteria certificate programs, we help City of Toronto-- funded and purchase‑of‑service shelters remain audit‑ready, document‑strong, and lined up with community demands. Our course catalogue consists of Toronto shelter criteria online training, shelter support worker certificate 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 distribution formats-- self‑paced e‑learning, live on the internet workshops, and in‑person sessions-- we make it very easy for organizations to educate new team quickly and keep experienced teams current.