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Navigating systemic challenges in the workplace can be uniquely complex for racialized employees. This workshop provides an empowering and supportive space to explore strategies for maintaining well-being and agency. Participants will learn practical approaches such as setting healthy boundaries, seeking social support, and strategic withdrawal—a proactive leadership tool for sustaining productivity and protecting mental and emotional health.

Please note: To prioritize psychological safety, this session will NOT be recorded nor shared on the OHD Resources website after the conference.

This session aims to reaffirm that staff are not alone in addressing the increasing rise in discrimination, harassment, violence and inaccessibility experienced by the most marginalized in our communities. In this session you will meet the Education Specialist working in CSA who will map our rights, roles, and responsibilities, and inform you of the resources the unit provides, ensuring you leave with referral contacts. There will be ample time for Q & A. And you will have an opportunity to inform their developing strategic education plan! 

Feeling connected — to our friends, our colleagues, and our communities — is one of the most powerful predictors of our health, happiness, and success. 

Even though we are hard-wired for connection, so much can get in the way of strong, healthy relationships: distance, technology, the busyness of life, and, most of all, the misconceptions we have about what it takes to build authentic friendships and connections. 

In her thought-provoking signature keynote, Dr. Miriam unpacks the science of friendship and connection to help people build relationships that can inform and transform their lives.  

Discover the key practices, skills, and mindset shifts that improve connectivity, reduce feelings of loneliness, fortify our personal and collective well-being, and bridge the connection divide. 

Through sharing her professional insights and personal experiences, Dr. Miriam helps us to re-calibrate the way we think about, prioritize, and invest in creating the friendships and connections that count, and ultimately add up to a full and fulfilling life.