Events

Please join us for an evening of learning surrounding Earth Day and Indigenous perspectives. We will hear Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe teachings, including stories and discussion about Indigenous relationships to Mother Earth, and our responsibilities as stewards of our shared home. 

This is a two-part workshop that journeys through First Nations, Inuit, and Metis relations with settlers. As the title indicates, you don't know what you don't know, so everyone is welcome. You will be introduced to the concept of Miskasowin (wholistic self-evaluation) that will define content, context, and relationship promoting further action, accountability, and responsibilities as a treaty person in this land now known as Canada.
 

Learning Objectives:

• Deconstruct language and discuss why identity and labels are different for First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples.
• Unlearning historic and current realities forFirst Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples in the land now known as Canada and how the resulting cultural genocide:
  • Affects current and future generations of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples
  • Affects how First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples are received andtreated in institutions, including post-secondary institution
• Increase understanding ofIndigenous ways of knowing
• Increase awareness of local urban First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities
• Promote self-reflection to further an understanding of the impacts of colonization, racism, and implicit bias experienced by First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples

Online, 3-hour workshop, in a small-group setting

This is a 3-hr introductory workshop to help students develop a sense of accountability and understanding of the pervasive nature of racism within the Institution. The workshop will provide a high-level overview of racism and how to support someone who has experienced racism (through informal or formal mechanisms).

Register for the workshop on:

• April 26, 2023
• June 28, 2023
• August 23, 2023

Facilitator: Jennisha Wilson

Jennisha comes with 13+ years of work experience at the intersections of anti-violence and anti-racism. Through interactive workshops, supports and strategies Jennisha has supported and co-created programs, resources, and strategic plans to address discrimination within both community and institutional settings. Jennisha’s lived experience as a mixed-race Black woman coupled with a trauma-informed and anti-racist lens has informed the processes and practices she employees when addressing racism.

Research suggests that openly queer blue-collar workers are among the most marginalized in the labour market. To understand the role of anti-queer hiring discrimination in Canada’s blue-collar sector, economist Dr. Maryam Dilmaghani (Saint Mary’s University) and queer health scholar Dr. Margaret Robinson (Dalhousie University) conducted an experiment. Creating four fictitious job candidates with welding skills, they applied for 2000 entry-level jobs across Canada. Dr. Robinson will discuss their experiment, explain the findings, and consider what those results tell us about hiring discrimination in blue-collar Canada.

Presenter: 

• Margaret Robinson (she/her), PhD, Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Reconciliation, Gender, & Identity, Coordinator, Indigenous Studies, & Associate Professor at Dalhousie University

This webinar is made available to University of Waterloo staff, students and faculty through the EDI-R Office’s Pride at Work Membership. When registering, be sure to indicate University of Waterloo as your organization/employer.

Live Captioning will be provided by 3 Play Media Canada.

This is a 3-hr introductory workshop to help staff and faculty develop a sense of accountability and understanding of the pervasive nature of racism within the Institution. The workshop will provide a high-level overview of racism and how to support someone who has experienced racism (through informal or formal mechanisms).

Register for the workshop on:

• May 24, 2023
• July 24, 2023

Facilitator: Jennisha Wilson

Jennisha comes with 13+ years of work experience at the intersections of anti-violence and anti-racism. Through interactive workshops, supports and strategies Jennisha has supported and co-created programs, resources, and strategic plans to address discrimination within both community and institutional settings. Jennisha’s lived experience as a mixed-race Black woman coupled with a trauma-informed and anti-racist lens has informed the processes and practices she employees when addressing racism.

The History Anti-Racism Taskforce (HART) and the Tri-University Graduate Student Association (TUGSA) is hosting a graduate student panel in honour of Indigenous History Month. The panelists include: C. Elizabeth Best, a Scoop survivor, and Sarah Stravridis, an incoming JD student at the University of Ottawa, and Emma Smith, a Master's student from the University of Waterloo. The panel will be chaired by Dr. Susan Roy, an associate professor with the University of Waterloo.

Level: Introductory

This workshop is a 101 course for those that are looking to get a baseline understanding of core foundational concepts and frameworks as it relates to anti-racism, addressing disclosures of racism and bystander intervention. This workshop is reserved for Waterloo Students only.


Workshop Description:

This is a 3-hr introductory workshop to help students develop a sense of accountability and understanding of the pervasive nature of racism within the Institution. The workshop will provide a high-level overview of racism and how to support someone who has experienced racism (through informal or formal mechanisms).

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.

This Lunch and Learn will discuss and answer questions about the importance of talking to young children (ages 0-6) about consent, setting boundaries, and using the proper names for body parts in order to build a culture of respect and consent.