We’re excited to offer our quarterly Active Listening Workshop, based on the same training Vent Over Tea provides to our own active listeners.

Whether you’re joining us for the first time or have been meaning to attend, this recurring workshop is a great opportunity to develop practical listening skills in a supportive community setting. Some of the benefits of active listening include building healthier relationships, becoming more engaged in meaningful work, and strengthening your personal well-being as an empathetic listener.

What should you expect? ✨

• Learning about basic skills in active listening (questions, reflections, paraphrasing, validating, normalizing, etc.).
• Learning how to establish new habits when listening to others
• Discussions about empathy, non-judgement and self-compassion
• Interactive activities

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Join us:
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
🕕 6:00 – 7:30pm
📍Virtual! Google Meets link will be sent to you prior to the event.

🎟️ This event is free! You must reserve your spot on the Eventbrite page https://votactivelisteningworkshop.eventbrite.com/ where you can also give a donation*.

*We are proud to host free events to promote accessibility and remove financial barriers for attendees. If you would like to support our mission and enable us to organize more events all year long, as well as support our free active listening service, please consider making a donation: https://bit.ly/3UMhLny

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About your facilitator 👋:

Marissa Norton is the Executive Director at Vent Over Tea. Although her background is in communications, she is a trained active listener, completed CBT training for personal development, and is an advocate for mental health awareness and emotional literacy. Marissa has facilitated multiple active listening workshops with businesses, schools, and other community organizations.

About Vent Over Tea ☕:

Vent Over Tea is a free active listening service in FR/EN based in Montréal that connects those who need to vent with an empathetic listener in a local café or virtually. To book a vent session or for more information, visit https://ventovertea.com/en/

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This initiative has been made possible by the support of CHSSN and through a financial contribution from the Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d’expression anglaise (SRQEA).