Laura will facilitate a collaborative and creative learning space in which participants will focus on creating more hospitable spaces for people with disabilities. We will explore small changes and actions that can make a big difference toward creating spaces where everyone can find a sense of belonging. The UBC Equity & Inclusion Office is excited […]
Join us for a coffee and chat as we discuss all matters equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). The new Equity & Inclusion Coffee Hour provides an open space for all UBC community members: to connect with each other and the Equity & Inclusion Office staff; to engage in dialogue and exchange ideas and experiences across […]
Expounding on lived experiences of resilience through creativity and self-governance grounded on the philosophy of Ubuntu. We will examine “glocal” resistance to white supremacy/ capitalism/ patriarchy and talk about the role of narrative in creating characters that play within identity politics, in a context of a society governed by white supremacist ideology. Exploring the ideas […]
The workshop, facilitated by registered clinical counsellor Sacha Médiné, will explore the experience of Blackness, and the toll of anti-Blackness, in the aftermath of events in 2020. This was a year that featured a rapid move from the longstanding invisibilization of anti-Blackness to a hyper visibility and newfound focus in response to the global Black […]
