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Reflections From Seeing the UBC-O Prayer Space
A moment of peace, Kelowna BC
On Faith Friendly Communities
BY SHAGUFTA,
When at home, conversations about Islam, the sight of other people praying and the sound of the greeting assalamu alaykum (peace be upon you) are commonplace. But when I travel, or am in an unfamiliar environment more generally, encountering the same moments become vital for personal health. I need a quiet place to pray and meaningful conversations about faith to process my surroundings or to decompress from frequent questions about my background. Continue reading
Managing@UBC Intercultural Stream
Are you a manager at UBC interested in strengthening your skills to lead diverse teams, empower staff and support the university’s commitment to inclusive workplace practices? If so, then this program is for you!
UBC Human Resources is opening a Managing@UBC Intercultural Stream for experienced managers through a partnership with UBC Continuing Studies Centre for Intercultural Communication. The University’s goals to fulfill the UBC Place and Promise plan led to the envisioning of this program that combines elements of successful management practices with diversity and inclusion toolkits designed specifically around the needs and functions of UBC managers.
For full details: http://www.cstudies.ubc.ca/intercultural-communication/managing-at-ubc-intercultural-stream/index.html
“Really?” Campaign looking for a team of Anti-Discrimination Response Training (ART) Workshop Facilitators
“Really?” Campaign is looking for a team of 15 ART (Anti-Discrimination Response Training) Workshop Facilitators to help build an inclusive living and learning environment at UBC. The role of the ART Workshop Facilitator is to increase student awareness and understanding of issues surrounding intercultural competency. They will do this by instilling among individuals the skills and confidence needed to respond to discrimination. By facilitating ART workshops throughout the year, they will empower members of the UBC community to intervene when they witness comments or behavior that targets others on the basis of differences in race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, language, ability, age, nationality or any other distinction.
Please click to link for full details: Really-Workshop-Facilitators-Position-Description-February-2014
Sauder alumnus donates $2 million to assist women, minorities
John Montalbano’s gift will establish a professorship in leadership studies at the UBC business school.
“The son of immigrant Italian working-class parents who now runs a company that manages nearly $300 billion in assets around the world has donated $2 million to the Sauder School of Business at the University of B.C.
John Montalbano said Monday that he was donating the money to help women and minorities achieve positions of leadership in business. His donation will establish the Montalbano Professorship in Leadership Studies: Women and Diversity.”
National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women
Dec 6 1989 Vigil 从11月25日至12月10日请佩戴紫色丝带,象征支持终止妇女受暴。
我记得…1989年12月6日
1989年12月6日
在1989年12月6日,一名携带枪支的男性走进蒙特利尔工程学院的一间教室。在强迫男学生离开以后,他说他恨女权主义。他射杀了教室中的14名女性,以及学员中更多的人。在他的狂暴杀戮最后,对自己开枪自杀。
在此事件之后,加拿大设定12月6日为全国反针对女性暴力行动与纪念日。 此日标志这场屠杀的纪念日,同时提醒我们在加拿大和全球因性别产生对妇女的暴力行为普遍存在。在这一天,行动起来,呼唤我们迈进支持终止妇女受暴的一步。
今天我们纪念这14为女性:
Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Loganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, Barbara Klucznik Widajewicz