Join the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics and Ch’nook Indigenous Business Education for a JEDDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, & Inclusion) Seminar on “Storytelling MMIWG2S & Extraction” by Shelley Price, Associate Professor at Acadia University’s Manning School of Business Administration and Adjunct Professor at University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business.
When: Fri., Apr. 19, 2024 at 1:00-2:00pm Pacific
Where: Zoom
To register: https://bit.ly/JEDDI-Price
Seminar abstract
In 2019, The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIAP+ persons outlined 231 Calls for Justice. Survivors and families were integral in developing pathways forward for all “those with obligations and responsibility to take action to end the genocide against Indigenous women, girls, and gender-diverse people” (National Family and Survivors Circle, 2021, para. 1). Section 13 of the report specifically calls on the extraction industry, as contributor to the crisis, to advance the substantive equality of Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIAP+ persons working in the extraction industry and living close to development projects. I propose that both the extraction industry and business schools have an obligation to advance the Calls for Justice in substantive ways.
About the presenter
Shelley T. Price is Associate Professor at Acadia University’s Manning School of Business Administration and Adjunct Professor at University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business. Shelley’s passion for education, knowledge acquisition and respect for cultural, traditional and spiritual connection to the land is central in her research. As an Inuk woman from Labrador, she was raised to respect the teachings that her Elders shared with her through stories and through being on the land. Her research focus is in Indigenous storytelling leadership toward sustainable development, community wellbeing and responsible management. Shelley’s work in gender and diversity brings her to focus on Indigenous women who are leading grassroots initiatives by sharing their stories and voices toward respect, resilience and compassion. She believes in incorporating Indigenous knowledges and Indigenous women’s voices into the business process so as to respect an interconnected approach to leading change in economic, social, cultural, environmental and spiritual wellbeings of the local and global community.
About the JEDDI Seminar Series
The Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics and the UBC Sauder Dean’s Office launched the JEDDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, & Inclusion) Seminar Series to provide a platform for academic and business thought leaders to share their experiences and strategies for creating more just, equitable, diverse, decolonized, and inclusive workplaces.
Learn more at https://www.sauder.ubc.ca/thought-leadership/research-outreach-centres/peter-p-dhillon-centre-business-ethics/events/jeddi