International Women's Day is March 8 and Humber is celebrating with a virtual keynote speech by Eternity Martis.
The keynote will highlight the lived experiences of students experiencing anti-Black racism and gender-equity within a contemporary, Ontario post-secondary context. Join to learn more on how to recognize and understand the nuances and complexities of intersectional approaches to addressing systemic inequities experienced by students and employees. Gain insight on strategies to increase student safety and further build a culture of respect, inclusion and belonging within the College.
Join us on March 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Microsoft Teams for this exciting event.
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IWD Backgrounds for Zoom/Teams
To celebrate International Women’s Day, staff are invited to use customized background images for Microsoft Teams. The backgrounds are available on the Humber Brand site.
Agenda
| Time |
Item |
| 11:30 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. |
Welcome remarks by Yasmin Razack, Dean of EDIB |
| 11:35 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. |
Introductory remarks by Ann Marie Vaughan, President and CEO |
| 11:45 a.m. - 12:20 a.m. |
Keynote by Eternity Maris |
| 12:20 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. |
Q & A with Eternity Martis |
| 12:50 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. |
Break-Out Session & Discussion
Building Psychological Safety
Recognizing Intersectionality |
| 1:20 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
Closing remarks |
About Eternity Martis
Eternity Martis is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University and an award-winning Toronto-based journalist. She was a 2017 National Magazine Awards finalist for Best New Writer and the 2018 winner of the Canadian Online Publishing Awards for Best Investigative Article. Her writing has appeared in Vice, Huffington Post, The Walrus, CBC, Hazlitt, The Fader, Salon, and on academic syllabuses around the world.
Her work on race and language has influenced media style guide changes across the country. She is the course developer and instructor of Reporting On Race: The Black Community in the Media at Toronto Metropolitan University, the first of its kind in Canada. In 2021, she was the University of British Columbia’s Journalist-in-Residence and Asper Visiting Professor, and the first Non-Fiction Writer in Residence at Simon Fraser University in 2022.
She earned an honours BA and a Certificate in Writing from Western University and an MJ from Toronto Metropolitan University. In 2020, she was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by Women’s Executive Network.
Her bestselling debut memoir, They Said This Would Be Fun, was a “Best Book of the Year” pick by Globe and Mail, Apple, Audible and Chapters/Indigo. CBC called the book one of “20 moving Canadian memoirs to read right now” and PopSugar named it one of “5 Books About Race on College Campuses Every Student Should Read.” They Said This Would Be Fun won the 2021 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Non-Fiction and was an Evergreen Award finalist.
