Wednesday, January 27, 2021 — 7:00 PM EST to Wednesday, March 31, 2021 — 7:00 PM EDT
Discover three different perspectives on Black history and culture in Canada with this three-part online speaker series organized by Niagara Parks.
Monday, March 8, 2021 — 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST
Situated within the values and frameworks of anti-racism, the session facilitated by Rania El Mugammar explores the historical foundation of anti-Black racism within Canada and its present day implications on Black communities.
Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 — 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST
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, March 11, 2021 — 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EST
The Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office invites all women and non-binary students, staff and faculty members of all abilities to a 2-hour virtual Wen-Do Self-Defence class
Thursday, March 11, 2021 — 5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST
The Ontario Heritage Trust presents Heritage Matters Live with Esi Edugyan — a free virtual event featuring a lecture from award-winning author Esi Edugyan and a visit to Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site.
Monday, March 15, 2021 — 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
This free virtual event is organized and hosted by the Faculty of Science, Office of Research, and the Indigenous Initiatives Office at the University of Waterloo.
Tuesday, March 16, 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
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 — 5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
The Ontario Heritage Trust presents Heritage Matters Live with Esi Edugyan — a free virtual event featuring a lecture from award-winning author Esi Edugyan and a visit to Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site.
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 — 1:00 PM to 4:00 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
Monday, March 22, 2021 — 2:00 PM to Thursday, March 25, 2021 — 4:00 PM EDT
In this interactive two-day workshop, attendees will develop tools, strategies, and resources to respond effectively to disclosures of sexual violence.
Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 — 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
This workshop will raise your awareness of behaviours and attitudes that may contribute or lead to workplace harassment
Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff
Friday, March 26, 2021 — 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
The Equity Office is seeking to create space to explore creative and restorative paths to healing through a community screening of the acclaimed short document, Ballet After Dark, and a discussion around themes raised in the film.
Friday, March 26, 2021 — 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
The Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office invites all women and non-binary students, staff and faculty members of all abilities to a 2-hour virtual Wen-Do Self-Defence class.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 — 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
At this session, you will find out more about the key updates to Policy 42: the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Policy and Procedures, the process for making a complaint, as well as your roles and responsibilities as a university employee when someone has been impacted by sexual violence
Audience: Students, Faculty and Staff
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
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
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
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