Equity Office
Contact: equity@uwaterloo.ca
Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office
Contact: svpro@uwaterloo.ca
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 — 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
This foundational workshop is designed to give you an understanding of equity and how our interactions with one another are shaped by systems of oppression, power, and privilege.
Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 — 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
This workshop 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
Thursday, April 15, 2021 — 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
This workshop facilitated by Rania El Mugammar explores solidarity through power sharing, mutual aid, and risk taking through the lens of anti-racism.
Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 — 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
In this workshop, we will acknowledge our personal position in relationship to colonialism and racism. We will evaluate where antiracist work is most urgent in our lives. You will leave with a strategic, short-term and long term plan to advocate for anti-racism.
Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff
Monday, April 5, 2021 — 9:00 AM EDT to Friday, December 31, 2021 — 11:59 PM EST
This e-course is available to all Waterloo students, faculty and staff and is an opportunity for (un)learning and gaining tools to better take anti-racist action in our own lives, at work, home, and in our communities.
Thursday, April 1, 2021 — 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
This workshop/presentation facilitated by Dr. Gauthamie Poolokasingham focuses on topics of culture, intersectionality, social determinants of health, racism, and White privilege in Canada and Canadian institutions of learning.
Audience: Faculty, Staff and Students
Thursday, April 1, 2021 — 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
All University of Waterloo students, faculty and staff of East Asian and South East Asian heritage are invited to this solidarity and healing space. We are offering this space in the aftermath of the Atlanta murders and through the rise of anti-Asian hate brought forth through COVID-19.
Thursday, August 20, 2020 (all day) to Friday, December 31, 2021 (all day)
This online module is available anytime and focuses on ensuring UWaterloo employees are equipped to understand and identify behaviours that may be considered harassment or discrimination.
Audience: Staff
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 (all day) to Saturday, December 31, 2022 (all day)
This online module is available anytime and focuses on the faculty hiring process and promotes best practices for recruitment and selection to ensure that the committee reaches an unbiased and fair decision.
Audience: Faculty