Game of Adding Ladders
Dr Laleh Behjat, Jennifer van Zelm, Matthew Bardsley
“discussions around equity, diversity, and inclusion issues are often difficult, we can bring levity and co-operation through gamification”
Wed, Feb 2
1-2pm MT @SchulichENGG/ WISE ucalgary.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
In Your Face:Listening to the Voices of Niqab-Wearing Women
Dr Natasha Bakht, uOttawa
It’s Not Just You:Perfectionism, Imposter Syndrome & Microaggressions
Keeta Gladue ᑫᐁᑕ
Th,Feb 3
1-3pm MT
Learn about..microaggressions.. gaslighting and how they impact us..how we can use curiosity and community to change the world
Writing Symbols Lodge ucalgary.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Start Here: Building and Presenting your EDI plan for Tri-Council Funding Applications
Facilitators - Jaya Dixit (she/her), Caroline Morrison (she/her) and Emma Koiston
“religion has been used..to sow violence & division..which passages could be used to encourage justice,inclusion, equity..peace..design a better,pluralistic society?”
Fri, Feb 4
12-1pm MT
Faith & Spirituality Ctr #UCalgaryevents.ucalgary.ca/faith-spiritua…
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Thinking, still, about what “we” in the #cdnpse do to “welcome” ppl we’ve kept out and pushed out of universities and colleges.
What’s changed in the “we” who are *doing the heavy-lifting or the obstacles “we/they” face?
Which “we” are *doing the change work?
Formidable obstacles
A Seat at the Table: the *same people, at all the tables, sharing the *same ideas: the social reproduction of sameness
Philomena Essed’s research on the social injustice of sameness is helpful: cultural cloning, social facsimiles
“Why don’t we have any fresh ideas around here?”
What efforts are “we” who are academic leaders making to disrupt the social reproduction of sameness—in people, ideas, knowledges, perspectives?
If diverse teams are smarter why are we not choosing smarter?
Knowledge, experience, excellence aren’t limited to any demographic group
2020-in-Review @anglescovered invited Black scholars, journalists, activists to I.D. 5+mmajor Black Canadian stories. I decided to focus on Canadian #highered, the mobilization against antiBlack racism & some developments that make me cautiously optimistic ucalgary.ca/equity-diversi…
1)Specificity of Anti-Black Racism Became a National Conversation In Canada
Bee Quammie: Anti-Black Racism Was Already a Pandemic: #COVID19 has stopped the world in its tracks for months. But antiBlack racism has ravaged the planet for centuries,Chatelaine flare.com/.../acial-pand…
Lots to read:
“The Pervasive Reality of Anti-Black Racism in Canada: The current state, and what to do about it,” BCG (Dec 14) bcg.com/en-ca/publicat…
“Q&A: Author Hadiya Roderique on 'fitting in,' subtle racism and inclusivity” CBC News (Feb 12 ) #cdnpsecbc.ca/news/canada/sa…