Events - 2020

Giving bad news is seldom easy, but it is a regular part of many jobs to provide information that an employee or supervisor does not wish to hear. Bad news may trigger anguish, agitation, or even aggression.

Audience: Students, Faculty, and Staff

This course provides an opportunity to learn how to manage difficult conversations when they arise, whether it be with a manager, supervisor, colleague or even family member.

Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff

The Making Spaces program is a framework for creating affirming spaces on campus and fostering interpersonal relationships through education and training on aspects of social identity.

Audience: Students, Faculty, and Staff

The Office of Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion is pleased to have Ela Smith present this two-part workshop where campus community members will gain a deeper understanding of historic and current realities for First Nations, Métis and Inuit people in Ontario and Canada.

Audience: Students, Faculty, and Staff

At this Lunch and Learn session, you will find out more about the key updates to Policy 42: the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Policy and Procedures.

Audience: Students, Faculty, and Staff

This workshop will raise your awareness of behaviours and attitudes that may contribute or lead to workplace harassment. You will also learn how these can be recognized and addressed in order to minimize the incidences of harassing behaviour.

Audience: Students, Faculty, and Staff

The Making Spaces program is a framework for creating affirming spaces on campus and fostering interpersonal relationships through education and training on aspects of social identity.

Audience: Students, Faculty, and Staff

Through interactive exercises and discussions, the Men’s Circle will explore some of the ways in which men can become leaders in creating a safer campus for everyone.

This course provides an opportunity to learn how to manage difficult conversations when they arise, whether it be with a manager, supervisor, colleague or even family member.

Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff

Monthly Reading Group on the National Inquiry's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Final Report. This reading group will explore selected chapters of the Final Report and provide a guided discussion of the Inquiry's findings.

Audience: Faculty and Staff

The Making Spaces program is a framework for creating affirming spaces on campus and fostering interpersonal relationships through education and training on aspects of social identity.

Audience: Students, Faculty, and Staff

Renowned clinical psychologist, Dr. Lori Haskell will discuss the biological nature of trauma; how specific experiences impact victim trauma, memory, reactions and behaviour, and how front line staff's interpretation of this behaviour potentially impacts how support is provided.