Participants: Faculty, Administrative, Support

This fast-paced webinar with a Q&A session will introduce participants to the diverse identities and experiences captured by the LGBTQI2S acronym, including their relationship to four components of human identity related to gender and sexual diversity. Participants will learn how and why an individual’s identity directly impacts their experience of the world, and how social norms can lead to discriminatory systems and practices. These ideas will then be used to ground a discussion on the importance of respectful and inclusive language as a component of fostering safer and more inclusive spaces. Participants will leave the webinar with both inspirations and tips for becoming more affirming and supportive in their interactions with LGBTQI2S students, co-workers and the community at large.

Workshop Objectives:

• Explain the LGBTQI2S acronym and the diverse identities and experiences it represents;
• Differentiate assigned sex, gender identity, gender expression, and attraction and how these aspects of personal identity interact within every person;
• Understand the concepts of social location and intersectionality;
• Recognize examples of discriminatory practices that harm LGBTQI2S persons and how they link to intersecting systems of oppression;
• Understand a number of ways to affirm someone’s gender (including affirming personal pronouns) and value these practices as demonstrations of respect, and inclusion of trans and gender non-conforming people; and
• Understand updates to legislation and legal protections for gender identity and expression, in a Canadian context at Federal and Provincial/Territorial levels of government

Facilitatator: Egale Canada Human Rights Trust

Kate S. Moore (she/her), M.A., B.Ed, B.E.S. is Egale’s bilingual (French and English) diversity, inclusion, anti-bias, anti-racism, anti-discrimination, leadership and transformation external trainer and consultant. Kate has over two decades of leadership experience helping diverse teams excel in the private, public and non-profit sectors. 

Humber has identified as its Strategic Priority #7 under Pillar #3, Healthy and Inclusive Community, to continue to build a diverse and inclusive community of exceptional students, faculty and staff. The specific supporting action is to establish and implement an institutional framework and strategy for equity, diversity and inclusion that addresses the needs of both students and employees.

The Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Taskforce is pleased to invite everyone at Humber to the upcoming virtual launch of Humber's LGBT2SQ Employee Resource Group (ERG). All are welcome to attend.

Date: Thursday, November 5, 2020
Time: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Online

Register here

Opening remarks: Christopher Whitaker, President and CEO
Greetings from: Lori Diduch and Jason Hunter, EDI Taskforce Executive Sponsors
Hosted by: Nancy Simms, Director, Human Rights, Equity & Diversity and Lead, EDI Taskforce

Humber employees who identify as LGBT2SQ and are interested in joining this ERG, can indicate their interest by sending an email to Adam Benn, Manager, Human Rights, Equity and Diversity at adam.benn@humber.ca.

Additional information about Humber’s Employee Resource Groups is available here.

Please see attached event flyer which includes the programme for the event.

Humber's Office of Sustainability partnered with WWF-Canada to host the Living Planet Leader Webinar on November 5. 

When: November 5 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET 
Where: Zoom conference call

Register for the webinar on Eventbrite

About Living Planet Leader

Living Planet Leader is a self-guided certification for students that enhances their resume and recognizes their campus sustainability achievements. 

To qualify, students must complete actions in:

• Campus, community or global volunteerism
• Personal application of sustainability
• Application of sustainability in academics
• Leadership and teamwork

Students have from the first day of their first post-secondary program until three months after graduating from their final post-secondary program to complete and submit the requirements.

Visit campus.wwf.ca for more information about Living Planet Leader.

The CCBI is hosting its first Virtual Design Jam on Thursday, November 5 and Friday, November 6!

The Virtual Design Jam is open to all Humber students from every faculty! Students will be teamed up to tackle a real-world design problem provided by our sponsor InComm, to design a more effective merchandising rack for the display of gift cards in retail stores. 

Students can apply here

InComm will be providing prizes for participating students: $50 Vanilla Prepaid Cards for entering, and $100 Vanilla Prepaid Cards to each member of the winning team! Senior executives from InComm will be reviewing the final designs and selecting the winning team. 

The event will be facilitated by select Humber faculty members with technical support by the CCBI team. Registration will be limited to 30 studetns participating in the challenege virtually. 

This opportunity will allow students to collaborate with other students from different programs virtually, develop fast problem-solving skills in a design context, build virtual collaboration skills, and improve wellness by participating in a fun activity outside of their academic work. 

Applications for the CCBI Virtual Design Jam are due at midnight on Sunday, October 25. Applicants will be selected by October 30, students will recieve a detailed schedule of the event, Zoom links for participation, and their team.

If you or your students have questions, please contact Kyla Ross, Project Coordinator, at kyla.ross@humber.ca.