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Who can attend? This session is open to Employees This training teaches participants how to recognize and support someone who may be having thoughts of suicide. It is an education and awareness program that provides direction as to how to Question a person with thoughts of suicide, how to Persuade them to get help, and how to Refer the person to appropriate professional resources. Training Content: How to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be having thoughts of suicide How to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide Common causes and warning signs How to get help for someone in crisis

September 23, 2023 marks the 20^th anniversary of the United College (formerly St. Paul’s University College) annual Pow Wow. This year is the inaugural collaboration on this celebration between the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC) and the University of Waterloo Office of Indigenous Relations (OIR).

Discover the connection between Menstruation and Mental Health with hosts Thara Thakidiyil and Adria Joel from Counselling Services.

Join this session as we delve into the impact of gender, disability, and socio-economic status on one's menstrual experience and the effect it can have on mental health. You'll be introduced to eye-opening insights on this important aspect of menstrual equity.

This online session hosted on Zoom is open to all University of Waterloo students, faculty, staff and alumni.

Open to all staff and faculty, in this training, participants will be provided with the skills and resources needed to intervene when they see harmful, or potentially harmful behaviour including racism, sexual violence, or other forms of harm. Active Bystander Intervention has the potential to foster a culture of consent, care, belonging and respect on our campus; encouraging community care.

Using an Equity focused lens, the objectives of this training are to help participants:

1)          Understand and define microaggressions, harassment and harm;

2)          Recognize the complex roots of these normalized oppressions;

3)          Identify personal obstacles and barriers to intervening safely and effectively;

4)          Learn how to safely and effectively apply the 5D Active Bystander Model; &

5)          Recognize that everyone has a role in creating a safe and anti-oppressive campus.

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Dr. Niigaan Sinclair, professor, writer, and activist who holds the Faculty of Arts Professorship in Indigenous Knowledge and Aesthetics at the University of Manitoba. 

Open to all staff and faculty, in this training, participants will be provided with the skills and resources needed to intervene when they see harmful, or potentially harmful behaviour including racism, sexual violence, or other forms of harm. Active Bystander Intervention has the potential to foster a culture of consent, care, belonging and respect on our campus; encouraging community care.

Using an Equity focused lens, the objectives of this training are to help participants:

1)          Understand and define microaggressions, harassment and harm;

2)          Recognize the complex roots of these normalized oppressions;

3)          Identify personal obstacles and barriers to intervening safely and effectively;

4)          Learn how to safely and effectively apply the 5D Active Bystander Model; &

5)          Recognize that everyone has a role in creating a safe and anti-oppressive campus.

Be part of an empowering evening with Changing the Flow and the Women's Centre as we reclaim the narrative and challenge societal taboos. Join us as we Reel over Menstrual Inequity through an interactive screening of "Carrie" 

Get ready to break barriers by shouting back at stigma, tossing around provided props, and immersing yourself in Carrie's story through a lens of menstrual equity. It's an experience you don't want to miss!

With recent waves of layoffs, high-profile workplace harassment cases, and a notoriously short career length for gender minorities and people of colour, the transition of new workers into the game industry involves navigating a spate of barriers to equity and success that have been understudied in academic research. The First Three Years is an ongoing longitudinal study of graduates of game programs in Canada and the United States, following the journey of 207 students as they move into the game industry. In this workshop, our research team will summarise the primary challenges students have identified in their game programs. This summary includes equity and diversity issues inherent in common curricular practices such as the efficacy of capstone courses and internships, the inclusion of crunch-like practices in the classroom, the systematic failure to inform students of actual workplace conditions, and the mismatch between student preparation and industry hiring practices. Afterwards, participants will address whether/how these problems manifest in their own institutions, and what solutions might improve equity outcomes for students seeking careers in games.

This event is part of the “ADE for Game Communities: Enculturing Anti-Racism, Decolonization, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ADE) in Games Research and Creation” series from the ADE Committee of the Games Institute, University of Waterloo, and is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

This workshop aims to help students, faculty, and staff understand the historical and contemporary forms of oppression that impact trans and non-binary Black, Indigenous, and racialized identities. Participants will engage in debunking and demystifying conversations regarding trans inclusion, discussing accountability frameworks, and building a toolkit of practices to affirm and uplift trans identities.

Please participate in Bridge: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People, an annual installation for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence at the University of Waterloo.

• Opening Ceremony on Friday, October 27 at 10:00 AM
• Closing Ceremony on Friday, November 10 at 10:00 AM

Both ceremonies will take place at the Ceremonial Fire Grounds and the bridge between Environment 3 and United College and will be followed by a catered Soup Lunch and Creative Reflection.