GRADUATE STUDENTS

Managing Difficult Conversations – November 13

This day-long workshop provides practical skills in how graduate students, recent grads and junior professionals can navigate situations in which they need to raise a difficult issue with a supervisor, or respond to a problem.

Learn more and register: http://bit.ly/36oD5G1

Join the Equity Student Advisory Council (ESAC)

ESAC provides a forum for diverse student leaders to share their voice and collaboratively inform Equity & Inclusion Office policies, decisions, and practices.

Learn more and apply by Nov. 10: http://bit.ly/34nWaGx

Get Connected – November 18 & 19

Come out to meet new friends and enjoy a night filled with food, art, games and conversation themed around pop culture!

BIPOC (Nov. 18): http://bit.ly/2JFaPFk

Two-spirit, queer and trans (Nov. 19): http://bit.ly/36umgtw

 WORKSHOPS

 Through the Lens: Trans and non-binary gender identities – November 27

Led by Kai Scott, a former social scientist and the co-founder of TransFocus, this workshop invites participants to reflect and build on their understandings of gender and gender diversity.

Learn more and register: http://bit.ly/34obi6Y

Through the Lens: Being blind in a sighted world – December 6

Led by activist and PhD student, Laura Bulk, this workshop explores the barriers, challenges and nuances of living with a visual disability in a sighted world.

Learn more and register: http://bit.ly/2PEKr24

 EVENTS

 Is it Time to Wave the Flag? – November 13

Join the Honourable Janet Austin, Lieutenant Governor of BC, and Santa J. Ono, President & Vice Chancellor, UBC, alongside prominent LGBTQ2+ leaders and advocates, as they share their unique perspectives and vision for shaping a diverse and more inclusive society in Canada and beyond.

FREE registration for students, faculty and staff!

 Learn more and register: http://bit.ly/2JWDx4X

From Awareness to Action to Innovation: Empowering Leaders Through Inclusive Excellence with Dr. Damon A. Williams – November 14 

This keynote will focus on sharing some of the latest EDI-related research, concepts, and best practices in higher education that all leaders can leverage in their day-to-day lives to help promote a culture of everyday inclusion.

FREE registration. Reception and book signing to follow.

Learn more and register: http://bit.ly/2PC5Rgj

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