Recorded Resources - Past EDI.I Events

Anti-Oppression in the Workplace

3:00pm - 4:30pm | 2405 Wesbrook Mall

This event has passed. Watch the recording Our first Anti-Oppression panel event occurred on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. We invited several amazing panelists -a  mixture of faculty and staff – to discuss and reflect on how anti-oppression shows up in the lives and workplaces, and ways the Faculty can improve the experiences for all. Meet the Panelists Image Donna Seto Donna (she/her) is the Manager of Research and Strategic Initiatives in the Department of Civil Engineering at UBC and has taught courses as a sessional instructor in the Department of Political Science. She has a PhD in Politics and International Relations from the Australian National University. Donna’s research interests include marginalized communities, humanitarian law, and the complexity of intersectional violence during armed conflict.  Image Sally Thorne Sally Thorne is Professor of Nursing and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science. She has extensive experience working within the health care sector on advancing social justice and equity initiatives, and within the health science scholarly community on developing methodologies for anti-oppressive inquiry. In addition, she brings to this panel her personal experience as a member of sexual orientation and religious minority communities. Image Leonora Angeles Leonora (Nora) Angeles is cross-appoint to the School of Community and Regional Planning at APSC and at the ARTS Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, where she is currently the Director. Her continuing research and interests are on community and international development studies and social policy, participatory planning and governance, participatory action research, and the politics of transnational feminist networks, women’s movements and agrarian issues, particularly in the Southeast Asian region. Image Andrew Jamison Andrew Jamison is the Senior Manager for UBC Geering Up Engineering Outreach. Geering Up's mission is to provide all BC youth with a pathway to STEM education in a fun, safe environment. Andrew previously worked for the YMCA of Greater Vancouver for 23 years doing community work and was a Youth Worker with the Vancouver School Board in the East side for 7 years.  Image Greg Lockwood Greg Lockwood (he/him) is an uninvited settler who lives on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Peoples. At UBC, he is a team member of the Equity and Inclusion Office’s Strategic Partnerships and Capacity Building team. In his role as Equity Strategist, he collaborates closely with the Faculty of Applied Science’s EDII Office as well as several other academic and administrative units at UBC. Through this work, Greg aims to build capacity and stamina for JEDII and Human Rights work across the university. He is an Applied Science grad, albeit from a different school (University of Waterloo), where he studied Electrical Engineering.

Harm is Not Historical

3:00pm - 4:30pm

This event has passed, and it was not recorded.  This thought-provoking virtual panel featured discussion surrounding Indigenous resilience, strength, and self-determination in health care, resource extraction, mining, and the environment. Speakers Professor Colleen Varcoe, UBC School of Nursing - Colleen is of immigrant (English) and Indigenous (Cherokee) ancestry. She aims to decrease inequity and violence, including interpersonal and structural forms of violence such as racism and stigma related to poverty and substance use. Through action at the organizational and community level, her work promotes equity for women and Indigenous peoples in health care and criminal justice contexts. Elder Allen Edzerza, Tahltan Nation - Allen is a Tahltan elder and a member of the Tahltan Elders Council. He leads negotiations on behalf of the First Nation Mining Council in discussions with the government of British Columbia on mining reform. In January 2022, his work was published in the council’s final report: Indigenous Sovereignty – Consent for Mining on Indigenous Lands. Allen was also appointed to the governmental Office of the Premier as Special Advisor on Aboriginal Issues. In this capacity, he has assisted the Province in fostering better working relationships with First Nations. Joely Viveiros, UBC First Nations House of Learning - Joely is from the Gitxsan Nation with ties to the Xenaksiala people of the Haisla Nation. She is the Associate Director of FNHL which provides programming, advice, and support systems for UBC Indigenous students, faculty, staff and alumni. Prior to her role at UBC, she operated a private audiology practice in Terrace, B.C. for 25 years, where she also raised a family.

Cicely Belle Blain in the Anti-Racism Speaker Series

4:30pm - 5:50pm

Cicely Belle Blain in the Anti-Racism Speaker Series Cicely Belle Blain, Bakau Consulting (they/them) is a Black, mixed, queer non-binary femme from London, United Kingdom now living on the lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh people. Their ancestry is a mix of Gambian (Wolof), Jamaican and English. Cicely Belle spent their formative years between London, the Netherlands, and a small Catholic village in France - each home presenting a pivotal opportunity for awakening and growth. Cicely Belle is descended from a long line of feminist educators and developed a passion for justice from a young age. Cicely Belle is noted for founding Black Lives Matter Vancouver and subsequently being listed as one of Vancouver's 50 most powerful people by Vancouver Magazine twice, BC Business's 30 under 30, and one of Refinery29's Powerhouses of 2020. Cicely Belle founded Bakau Consulting Inc. in 2018 and has grown the company to serve 1000’s of clients worldwide - their public speaking, equity consulting and literary prowess has impacted people in Canada, the USA, the UK, South Korea, Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Ecuador, Senegal, South Africa, Eswatini and many more. Some of their most notable professional achievements include speaking at the United Nations Summit in Quito, Ecuador, developing an Intersectionality Toolkit for the City of Vancouver and presenting the keynote address for the 2020 graduating ceremony at the University of British Columbia, their alma mater. Cicely Belle is also an instructor in Executive Leadership at Simon Fraser University, the Editorial Director of Ripple of Change Magazine and the author of Burning Sugar (Arsenal Pulp Press and VS Books, 2020).

Dr. Margaret Moss in the Anti-Racism Speaker Series

4:30pm - 5:50pm

Dr. Margaret Moss in the Anti-Racism Speaker Series Margaret P. Moss, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN, is an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota), and is also Dakhóta. Dr. Moss is the first and only American Indian to hold both nursing and juris doctorates. She has been a nurse for 32 years, a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, and was recently elected to the Board of Directors.  She was also appointed to the Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice (BPH) at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (2021). Dr. Moss was one of two Indigenous women named on the inaugural Forbes 50 over 50 Impact List 2021. She published the first ever nursing text on American Indian health, winning two book-of-the-year awards (2016). Dr. Moss has been a RWJF Health Policy Fellow staffing the Senate Special Committee on Aging; a Fulbright Research Chair at McGill University on Indigenous contexts; and currently is Associate Vice President of Equity and Inclusion, Interim at the University of British Columbia.

Anthonia Ogundele & Family in the Anti-Racism Speaker Series

4:30pm - 5:50pm

This event has passed. Watch the recordingResearch indicates that two of the most effective ways of increase representation in STEM fields is the presence of role models and a supportive community.  What’s a more supportive community than family? Anthonia Ogundele will engage in an inter-generational conversation with her sister Francisca Ogundele and father Dr. Gabriel Ogundele on their experiences with role models and community within the engineering profession. All have come to STEM in different ways, but all with the same desire to chart a path for those that will come after them. Anthonia Ogundele is the Founder and Executive Director of Ethos Lab Educational Society.  Ethos Lab is a non-profit STEM and culture-focused Innovation Academy for youth ages 13-18 that provides access to emerging technologies, culture, and a community of innovators. Through this work, Ms. Ogundele has launched Canada’s first Black-led Virtual Reality environment.Ms. Ogundele’s career has been as a resilience professional.  Most recently, she was with VanCity Credit Union as Manager, Environmental Sustainability, Business Continuity and Emergency Planning.  Prior to that role, she held various positions in Emergency Management within the Ontario Government. She continues to consult as a resilience professional with the World Bank.Ms. Ogundele has a passion for community.  In 2016, she founded the Hogan’s Alley Land Trust (adjacent to Northeast False Creek), which evolved into the Hogan’s Alley Society through a merger with the Hogan’s Alley Memorial Project.  Ms. Ogundele was former Chair of the Coal Harbour Residents Association. In 2016, she founded the Cheeky Proletariat gallery, an accessible and inclusive space for the free expression of all people.She holds a Bachelor of Social Science and a certificate in Governance and Public Policy from the University of Ottawa and a Masters of Environmental Studies, Urban Planning from the University of Waterloo.Ms. Ogundele was recently honoured with the City of Vancouver’s Black History Month Community Leader Award. 

Reconciliation + Design: Dialogue 2 - Indigenous ways of knowing, and being

4:30pm

Join us for the second dialogue of the Reconciliation + Design Series.  These dialogues are a scaled Indigenization complement to decolonization curriculum. Applied science invites anyone who reflects on reconciling their design processes to join the conversation. This is an interdisciplinary conversation on reconciliation and design. The speakers are Indigenous change-makers. We amplify their voices and listen to understand. Students and faculty practice authentic, experiential learning in dialogue circles, learning to weave together these Indigenous perspectives, ways of knowing, and ways of being, with our own as designers. The breakout room facilitators are students. They will be practicing their skills leading dialogue circles. Speaker: Elder Albert Marshall Image Albert is from the Moose Clan of the Mi'kmaw Nation. He is a passionate advocate for the preservation, promotion, and revitalization of Mi'kmaw Traditional Knowledge, including language, spirituality, stories, practices, and ways of knowing. In 2009, Albert and his late wife, Murdena Marshall, were awarded honorary doctorates in recognition of their devotion and commitment to this work. Their energy, wisdom, and knowledge helped create the innovative integrative science academic program at Cape Breton University in the 1990s. Together, Albert and Murdena developed KECCA (Knowledge Education & Culture Consultant Associates) to better enable their work and to encourage a strong future for the Mi’kmaw Nation and its peoples. Albert is a passionate advocate of cross- cultural understandings and healing and of our human responsibilities to care for all creatures and our Earth Mother. He a fluent speaker of Mi'kmaw and the designated voice for the Mi’kmaw Elders of Unama’ki with respect to environmental issues. He coined the phrase “Two-Eyed Seeing” / Etuaptmumk, as a guiding principle for collaborative work which encourages learning to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledges and ways of knowing, and from the other eye with the strengths of Western knowledges and ways of knowing ... and learning to use both these eyes together, for the benefit of all. In 2009, Albert was awarded the Marshall Award for Aboriginal Leadership as part of the Eco-Hero Awards delivered by the NS Environmental Network.

Affinity space for 2SLGBTQIA+ UBC graduate students, post-docs, staff and faculty in the STEM disciplines

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Affinity space for 2SLGBTQIA+ UBC graduate students, post-docs, staff and faculty in the STEM disciplines If you identify as a 2SLGBTQIA+ UBC graduate student, post-doc, staff or faculty member, you are invited to this affinity space, led by a Registered Clinical Counsellor (Thoko Moyo or Tiffany Wu) experienced in working with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. This session will be a space for folks to share thoughts and experiences as 2SLGBTQIA+ students, staff and faculty in the STEM fields with the goal of generating connection, healing and joy amongst participants. Session Details: Each 1.5 hour session will be capped at 15 participants. The session is designed to be a safe space for participants. For example, although participants will be provided opportunities to speak, there is no requirement to speak; folks can attend and just listen if they wish.  There is no requirement to have a minimum knowledge of equity, inclusion or anti-oppression. All UBC 2SLGBTQIA+ STEM graduate students, post-docs, staff and faculty are welcome. REGISTER NOW   Learn more about  2SLGBTQIA+ STEM and Transgender Day of Remembrance: International Day of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM Transgender Day of Remembrance at UBC Systemic inequalities for LGBTQ professionals in STEM   If you are looking for readings and resources, here are a few to get you started: Towards More Trans-Inclusive Classrooms 14 Recommendations for LGBTQ+ Individuals in Biology Building LGBTQ-inclusive Chemical Engineering Classrooms and Departments

Jamboard of actions and commitments to our 2SLGBTQIA+ STEM colleagues from allies

Jamboard of actions and commitments to our 2SLGBTQIA+ STEM colleagues from allies For this initiative, we call on 2SLGBTQIA+ allies to share actions they have implemented that have brought about positive change and created a more equitable, inclusive and decolonized learning environment and workplace for UBC 2SLGBTQIA+ STEM community members. Actions could include anything from ensuring inclusive language is consistently used in department communications, to modifying a course’s reading list to include more 2SLGBTQIA+ scholars, to ensuring that everyone has “preferred name” stickers when organizing conferences or events. Allies, please share your actions on this Jamboard. The jamboard will be open until November 19th and communicated out the UBC STEM faculties on this day. On November 18th, allies are invited to join a drop-in session with Equity Strategists Maï Yasué (Faculty of Science) and Greg Lockwood (Faculty of Applied Science) at 3:30 pm to share and discuss upcoming and ongoing actions that lead to positive change for the 2SLGBTQIA+ STEM community. If you would like to join the drop-in session on Thursday, November 18 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm. Learn more about  2SLGBTQIA+ STEM and Transgender Day of Remembrance: International Day of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM Transgender Day of Remembrance at UBC Systemic inequalities for LGBTQ professionals in STEM If you are looking for readings and resources, here are a few to get you started: Towards More Trans-Inclusive Classrooms 14 Recommendations for LGBTQ+ Individuals in Biology Building LGBTQ-inclusive Chemical Engineering Classrooms and Departments

APSC Panel Discussion: Working with Indigenous Communities

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Image Panel Description:  This panel discussion will explore competencies required to be inclusive collaborators and create spaces for respectful engagement. Our panelists have established deep working relationships with the Indigenous communities they engage with, and lead by example in their authentic commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the value they place on traditional ways of knowing.Date and time: Wednesday, November 10, at 1:00 - 2:00 PMPanelists: Madjid Mohseni, Professor, CHBE, Scientific Director, RES’EAU Centre for Mobilizing Innovation Maggie Low, Assistant Professor, SCARP, Co-Chair of the Indigenous Community Planning (ICP) Program John Bass, Associate Professor, SALA Moderated by: Dana-Lyn Mackenzie, Senior Manager, EDI & Indigeneity Register now

Reconciliation + Design: Dialogue 1 - Truth

4:30pm

Join us for the first dialogue of the Reconciliation + Design Series: Truth This reconciliation + design dialogue series is co-designed and led by UBC Civil Engineering Assistant Professor of Teaching Pam Wolf and Civil Engineering graduate student Danilo Caron. These dialogues are a scaled Indigenization complement to decolonization curriculum. Applied science invites anyone who reflects on reconciling their design processes to join the conversation. This is an interdisciplinary conversation on reconciliation and design. The speakers are Indigenous change-makers. We amplify their voices and listen to understand. Students and faculty practice authentic, experiential learning in dialogue circles, learning to weave together these Indigenous perspectives, ways of knowing, and ways of being, with our own as designers. The breakout room facilitators are students. They will be practicing their skills leading dialogue circles. Speaker: Danilo Caron Danilo Caron is a Master of Applied Science student in Civil Engineering and project engineer with Urban Systems Ltd. Born and raised in Kamloops, he is of mixed Italian and Anishinaabe heritage with ties to Castelfranco Veneto Italy and Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation in Ontario. Since 2017, Danilo, his wife Jewell, and daughter Cicada have been visitors on Musqueam traditional, ancestral and unceded territory. Danilo combines his construction background and applied science education to his project and construction management research. His research focuses on project delivery methods, their ability to harness Indigenous ways of knowing, and how the engineering industry can advance reconciliation in the broader Canadian society. When Danilo isn't studying or working, he can be found running the local trails or walking the nearby beaches with Jewell and Cicada. Please direct any logistics questions to edii@apsc.ubc.ca; questions about the content can be directed to danilo.caron@ubc.ca or pamela.wolf@ubc.ca the co-designers and leaders of the series.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Intergenerational March to commemorate Orange Shirt Day, September 30, 2021 On Thursday September 30, 2021 the Faculty of Applied Science, along with Land and Food Systems, Forestry and Science hosted an Intergenerational March to commemorate Orange Shirt Day. This event was attended by members of the UBC community, as well as families and those in solidarity and began at the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Center with a land acknowledgement and opening remarks from Elder Seis’lom. Shortly after, the march down Main Mall began with opportunities for education along the way before reaching the Reconciliation Pole where Elder Pauline Johnson shared the heartbreaking truths about her family’s experience with the residential school system. Closing words were then shared by Will Valley (Associate Dean, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Faculty of Land and Food Systems) as well as Sheryl Staub-French (Associate Dean, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigineity, Faculty of Applied Science). “We have a responsibility collectively and individually to learn and to act today and every day. We have so much work to do. Commemorating this day, advocating for the truth and connecting as a community is one small step towards learning and unlearning Canadian history. Supporting our Indigenous faculty and staff is another way. Not only in education but also in allyship.” – Sheryl Staub-French. If you participated, thank you for taking the time to educate yourself and support Indigenous peoples as we continue this journey of Truth and Reconciliation. The Canadian government designated September 30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, beginning in 2021. This responds to Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action 80, which states that the federal government will work with Indigenous people to establish a statutory day to “honour Survivors, their families, and communities, and ensure that public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process”. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Dana-Lyn Mackenzie, Senior Manager, EDI & Indigeneity: danalyn.mackenzie@ubc.ca Image Image Image Image Image Image

Save the Date: The 94 Truth & Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action

3:00pm - 4:30pm

The 94 TRC Calls to Action: A Participatory Reading:  On September 29th, to honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Day (Sept 30th), we invite you to join us for a participatory reading of the 94 Calls to Action from the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission.  This document is foundational to the process of reconciliation in Canada and is a critical document for all to engage with. Through this reading, we will together make audible these Calls to Action.  We undertake this as one step toward engagement with implementation of the Indigenous Strategic Plan.     We are looking for 94 people to each read one of the 94 Calls in this event.  Both readers and listeners are welcome.  To sign up to attend, and/or to read one of the Calls to Action at this event, please register here:     TRC 94 Calls to Action Registration Form    This is a joint event among the Faculties of Applied Science, Science, Land & Food Systems and Forestry. Image Image Image Image

Anti-racist teaching series: Identifying and responding to harmful phrases

1:00pm - 3:00pm

This interactive and practice-based workshop provides a deep dive into common phrases that can further marginalize or exclude BIPOC learners. Using micro-aggressions research and practical tools, facilitators will guide learners through small group activities that interrogate specific harmful phrases, their roots, analogous or similar phrases, and antidotes for / responses to them. Ultimately, the aim of this workshop is to equip educators with the ability to recognize and interrupt harmful phrases or thought patterns.

IGNITE! book club: David Chariandy in conversation with Ayesha S. Chaudhry

On June 30, Dr. David Chariandy, award-winning author of ‘Brother’, will be in conversation with Dr. Ayesha S. Chaudhry about her new book, ‘The Colour of God’. By revisiting a series of pivotal moments in her life, Dr. Chaudhry examines the colonial, racialized, and gendered beliefs and ideals with which she was raised. Braiding together Western, South Asian and Quranic storytelling styles, Chaudhry weaves her personal experiences with social commentary, and invites us to reimagine our ideas of self and family, state and citizenship, love and loss. This final IGNITE! event of the year is not to be missed.

Through the lens: Relations first

10:00am - 12:00pm

A virtual introduction to decolonizing your relations to the land, your work and your community. This workshop will include an overview of decolonizing practices and will require self-reflection and for participants to be prepared to share and discuss their own experiences. While the teachings & critical Indigenous theory shared by Ta7talíya Michelle Nahanee are grounded in Squamish world view, they are applicable across Indigenous Territories. Whether you are new to these conversations & practices, or you are wanting to reconnect to, and re-inspire, your unlearning journey, join us!