IDEA Training Collaborative (formerly THTC)

IDEA Training Collaborative is a nonprofit 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 standards certificate programs, we help City of Toronto– funded and purchase‑of‑service shelters remain audit‑ready, document‑strong, and lined up with metropolitan needs.

Our course catalogue includes Toronto shelter requirements on the internet training, shelter support worker certification training, non‑violent crisis intervention (CPI/NVCI) training, UMAB training, crisis prevention and intervention training Toronto, First Aid and CPR training in Toronto, and ODSP training programs. With versatile distribution formats– self‑paced e‑learning, live online workshops, and in‑person sessions– we make it very easy for organizations to train new staff quickly and maintain knowledgeable groups present.

IDEA Training Collaborative additionally uses documents training, case management certificate pathways, crisis monitoring training, and mental health and material use workshops tailored to shelter and neighborhood support settings. Our facilitators bring real‑world shelter and social service experience, and every course integrates equity, anti‑racism, harm reduction, Indigenous understanding, and trauma‑informed treatment.