A resource list of previously recorded EDI.I events hosted by UBC Applied Science. Scroll through recording on past panels, and speaker series to further your path towards anti-oppression and Indigeneity.
Recorded Resources - Past EDI.I Events
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Mar 21
Dialogue Day: International Day for the Elimination of Racism
10:15am - 2:30pm
Hosted by the Faculties of Applied Science and Land and Food Systems This event has passed. Watch the recording This Dialogue was a response to our community’s desire to develop our collective toolboxes for having critical and challenging conversations around race and anti-oppression, as well as building caring and equitable spaces within our Faculties as it relates to anti-oppression in leadership, research, teaching, and the workplace. Three-Part Schedule Dialogue on Race, Allyship, and Reconciliation, including talks on: Worldviews and Two-Eyed Seeing The Experiences of Racialized People In Canada The Principles that Guide Allyship Community-Building Lunch Building Our Anti-Racist Toolkits Workshop: Engaging In Challenging Conversations Through An Anti-Oppressive Lens, which will include: Practical Tools For Engaging In Challenging Conversations Why Allyship Is Critical to Anti-Oppression Work Scenarios, Case Studies, and Group Dialogue Learning Objectives Engaging in critical conversations concerning the frameworks of allyship and anti-oppression work. Cultivating community practices that support a respectful and inclusive environment for everyone. Growing our collective toolboxes for how we can engage in challenging conversations and anti-oppression work. Identifying tools for creating caring and equitable spaces within our Faculties, and specifically in leadership, research, teaching, and the workplace. The workshop drew on Module 6 of Weaving Relations. Participants were invited but not required to complete the Building Our Anti-Racist Toolbox Module prior to the event for a deeper experience. In preparation for the day, participants read Decolonization Is Not A Metaphor by Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang or listened to The Diversity Gap Podcast, exploring the gap between our good intentions for diversity and the impact of those intentions. Faciliators Dana-Lyn Mackenzie, Senior Manager of EDI.I, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Land and Food Systems Dana-Lyn (born Wilson) is a member of the Hwlitsum First Nation, based in Canoe Pass, BC and a lawyer. Dana-Lyn is an elected councilor of her Coast Salish nation, serving since 2021. She has practiced criminal law and continues to practice administrative and employment law as an Associate at Acumen Law. She is a double alumna of UBC, having obtained her Bachelors of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees here. As Senior Manager, EDI & Indigeneity, Dana-Lyn is currently leading the decolonization and Indigenization efforts in the Faculties of Applied Science and Land and Food Systems. In this role, Dana-Lyn supports EDI.I education, engagement and support for the two Faculties. Leading the impactful UBC Orange Shirt Day Intergenerational March for the past two years has been an honour. Recently, Dana-Lyn and Erin Keely visualized and created the Weaving Relations course, an educational opportunity meeting Goal 2 of UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan. Dana-Lyn has worked as a university administrator since 2012 in Indigenous awareness, programming and student affairs capacities. Dana-Lyn led Indigenous focussed programming during her tenure at the Peter A. Allard School of Law with UBC, where she was recognized in 2016 for the UBC President’s Staff Award on Advancing Diversity and Inclusion. Lastly, Dana-Lyn has been a Board member of RESEAU-CMI, Networks of Centres of Excellence – Knowledge Mobilization since December 2021. Dana-Lyn spends her spare time with her family, and being a mother of two young adults is her proudest achievement. Bashir Mohamed, EDI.I Coordinator, Faculty of Applied Science Bashir Mohamed is the EDI.I Coordinator in the Faculty of Applied Science. In his free time, he is a researcher and writer focused on Black Canadian history in Western Canada. His primary interest is researching the legacy of Black Civil Rights movement in Western Canada in the early to mid 1900s. He has written for the Canadian Encyclopedia, CBC, and The Globe and Mail. He is a current Naval Officer in the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve. Erin Keely, Indigenous Engagement Coordinator, Faculty of Applied Science Erin Keely is the Indigenous Engagement Coordinator in the Faculty of Applied Science. Erin holds a B.A. and M.A. in Political Science, where her research focused on Indigenous politics and the meaning of reconciliation in Canada, and she is currently completing her M.Ed. in Counselling Psychology here at UBC. Since 2014, Erin has worked within the post-secondary sector in roles primarily related to policy and advocacy. As an uninvited settler, Erin is deeply grateful to live, work, and learn on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Stó:lō nations.
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Mar 16
Reconciliation + Design Series - Dialogue 4: Community Values and Goals in Technical Specifications
4:30pm - 5:50pm
This event has passed.Watch the RecordingSpeaker: Miriam Berndt B.ENV.DES, SITES AP Land-Based Art+DesignMiriam is a landscape designer and mixed-media visual artist, living in cə̓snaʔəm (so-called Marpole, Vancouver BC). She is the daughter of Theresa from Kahkewistahaw First Nation, Jim of Irish ancestry, and the step-daughter of Chris from the Six Nations of the Grand River.In August 2022, Miriam launched her practice “Land-Based Art+Design”. This practice combines both her passions, art and landscape architecture. Her design approach is rooted in the power of the land; the power to hold the history of culture and ecology from time immemorial to the present. She seeks to uncover these land-based stories to inform design expressions and innovations that confront the colonial paradigm and promote a regenerative future. Her visual art explores themes of generational healing, hybrid identity, and land-based epistemologies. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SERIES
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Feb 28
Black History Month: A panel conversation on the Black experience in the Faculty of Applied Science
3:00pm - 4:30pm
This event has passed.Watch the RecordingThis panel event was intended to be an informal conversation on the Black Experience in the Faculty of Applied Science. Students, staff, and faculty are coming together to share their experiences of being Black in a faculty that is – unfortunately – under-representative of the Black population in Canada. The event has passed but we welcome participants from all backgrounds to watch the live recording so they can learn and take the knowledge they gain to create more inclusive spaces for Black students, staff and faculty in UBC Applied Science. Meet the PanelistsAshley Kairu Ashley Kairu is in her final year of chemical engineering, with a passion for clean energy and sustainability. Originally from Kenya, she’s lived in Uganda and South Africa prior to her moving to Vancouver. Since moving here she’s been working hard to create strong community ties for Black and African students at UBC. She was president of the UBC Africa Awareness Initiative that strives to improve discourse surrounding and including Africa while creating a community for Africans at UBC. She is currently working with the faculty as an Equity Ambassador and is the founder and president of the UBC chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers.Natalie Chambers, RN, MSN Natalie has been a Registered Nurse for over 15 years, alumna from the UBC MSN program in 2019, and now serves as manager of the School of Nursing’s Clinical Practice Placement Unit (CPPU). Natalie & her team interacts with clinical sites across the lower mainland to ensure both undergraduate and graduate nursing students have access to relevant clinical practice experiences during their degree program. Her team ensures that each nursing student receives the quality clinical practice experience required to complete their education.In her role as CPPU manager, she also serves as co-chair of the School’s Anti-Racism Committee (ARC). Natalie co-led the development of the ARC's comprehensive workplan to foster an equity-oriented, culturally safe, and decolonizing environment. This work includes embedding an anti-racist orientation in policies and practices, and building the leadership capacity of students, faculty and staff to be agents of structural change within the university, the nursing profession and health care system.Natalie is a leader in building respectful and inclusive environments that reflect the diversity of students and nurses within the academic setting. She has also been instrumental in including students in anti-racism work and supported the development of a Nursing Student Anti-Racism Caucus. Natalie was also selected as one of the 2022 recipients of the UBC President’s Staff Awards for Antiracism and Inclusive Excellence.LINKS:School of Nursing profilePresident’s Staff Award for Advancing Anti-Racism and Inclusive ExcellenceLinked In profileBashir Mohamed Bashir Mohamed is the former EDI.I Coordinator in the Faculty of Applied Science. In his free time, he is a researcher and writer focused on Black Canadian history in Western Canada. His primary interest is researching the legacy of Black Civil Rights movement in Western Canada in the early to mid 1900s. He has written for the Canadian Encyclopedia, CBC, and The Globe and Mail.You can check out some of Bashir's work by visiting the virtual APSC Black History Month museum.
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Feb 23
Reconciliation + Design Series - Dialogue 3: Indigenous ways of knowing and being, with Wanda Rockthunder
4:30pm - 5:50pm | 6250 Applied Science
This event has passed. Watch the recordingSpeaker: Wanda Rockthunder Wanda Rockthunder, Ph.D. Student, MBA, BBASessional Instructor, Graduate ProgramsWanda is a Nêhiyaw Iskwêw (Cree Woman) with Treaty Status from Treaty 4 Territory and a registered band member of Piapot Cree Nation (under the Indian Act) in Saskatchewan, Canada. She has been married to her devoted husband, Lorne, for 31 years, and together they have five children and twelve grandchildren. Wanda has spent a lifetime learning, and her academic background is in philosophy, education, business, and Indigenous ways of knowing. She has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration (2012) from the Paul J. Hill School of Business at the University of Regina and a graduate degree in Master of Business Administration (2021) from the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. In addition, she is a Ph.D. student in the Civil Engineering program at UBC Okanagan and is in her second year of study.For the past 25+ years, Wanda has worked in education, facilitation, government, and non-profit within the community. She is an academic, educator, facilitator, advocate, civil rights activist, and knowledge keeper. Wanda has several other pieces of training and certificates among her postsecondary degrees as a lifelong learner. Her consulting company, Asiniy-Piyesiw & Associates Inc., focuses on assisting the Indigenous community to live a healthier lifestyle by offering healing and professional development workshops. Her business also offers workshops and education to the non-Indigenous community on Indigenous life and current events and is always looking for ways of improving life for the Indigenous people. She has spent the last ten years combining contemporary and traditional knowledge to enhance education.Currently, Wanda is a Sessional Instructor at the University of Regina and Simon Fraser University while completing her Ph.D. studies. She also does freelance contract work. Her overall goal is to assist Indigenous peoples in gaining a balance in their personal and professional lives while educating the non-indigenous community on how to work successfully and respectfully with Indigenous people.MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SERIES
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Feb 9
Reconciliation + Design Series - Dialogue 2: Synthesis, with Colleen O’Toole
4:30pm | 6250 Applied Science
This event has passed.Watch the recordingSpeaker: Colleen O’Toole P.Eng. – Project Manager Colleen has worked with Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd. since 2008, after completing a degree in Environmental Engineering at the University of Guelph. She honors her family traditions through her Indigenous heritage and her vocation. Over the past 15 years she has become a trusted advisor to numerous municipal and Indigenous clients. A people oriented, problem solver, Colleen understands that communities are so much more than the civil utilities and infrastructure that serve them. She loves to bring together multi-disciplinary teams to support community engagement and development of plans and designs guided by local knowledge holders that reflect the culture, traditions, and values of the specific communities she serves. Colleen specializes in asset management, sewer condition assessment and rehabilitation projects and is known for her proactive, problem-solving, relational, and communicative approach to managing projects. Colleen has extensive workshop facilitation experience with Indigenous communities specifically focused on adult education and capacity building. She is a registered Professional Engineer, Master Municipal Construction Documents (MMCD) Certified Contract Administrator, and holds an International Association of Public Participation BC (IAP2) Planning certificate. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SERIES
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Feb 1
Black Canadian history and APSC: understanding and reconciling the history of our professions
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Please click below to enjoy the recording of this talk.Watch the recordingThe Faculty of Applied Science welcomed all UBC students, faculty, staff and alumni to join us in celebration as we kicked off Black History Month. Bashir Mohamed, a former EDI.I Coordinator in the APSC EDI.I Office, gave a talk focused on Black Canadian history and how the history relates to our disciplines in Applied Science. Bashir has an interest in Black Canadian history and hopes to build awareness around the history of our professions and how we may reconcile with the legacy of the past.Visit the APSC Black History Month Virtual Museum
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Jan 26
Reconciliation + Design Series - Dialogue 1: Truth, with Kyle Monkman
4:30pm | 2332 Main Mall
This event has passed, and it was not recorded. Speaker: Kyle Monkman Image Kyle was born and raised in the Red River Valley of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has Métis and Ukrainian ancestry. In 2012, he joined the Engineering Access Program (ENGAP) for Indigenous students in engineering at the University of Manitoba. There, he was introduced to physics in an upgrading course. As of now, he is nearing the end of completing his Ph.D thesis in the department of physics. In addition, he came full circle last year when he taught the upgrading course in the ENGAP program to new-coming Indigenous students. As a student, Kyle has been involved in numerous leadership and activist roles which he plans to share at this meeting. In these difficult roles, he believes looking to our Indigenous leaders is important in this process. His work includes topics such as “financial access to physics,” “retooling the iron ring,” and an Indigenous reading group called “Nanda-Gikendan” which he named in honour of his Grandmother. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SERIES
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Nov 18
2SLGBTQIA+ in STEM Gathering
3:30pm - 4:30pm
2SLGBTQIA+ in STEM Gathering November 18 is the International Day of 2SLGBTQIA+ People in STEM. This day has been selected to celebrate and highlight the work and barriers of 2SLGBTQIA+ people in STEM. The date is symbolic of the 60th anniversary of American Astronomer and gay activist Frank Kameny’s US Supreme Court fight against workplace discrimination. Please join us for an in-person gathering on November 18 to commemorate 2SLGBTQIA+ in STEM day. This event is specifically for faculty in Applied Science who self identify as 2SLGBTQIA+. The gathering will take place in the Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CEME) Building, Room 1203 from 3:30 to 4:30 PM PST. If you have any questions please contact the EDI.I Team at edii@apsc.ubc.ca.
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Nov 15
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.
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Jun 20
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.
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Mar 22
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).
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Feb 22
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.
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Feb 9
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.
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Nov 25
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.
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Nov 19
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 disciplinesIf 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. Learn more about 2SLGBTQIA+ STEM and Transgender Day of Remembrance:International Day of LGBTQIA+ People in STEMTransgender Day of Remembrance at UBCSystemic 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 Classrooms14 Recommendations for LGBTQ+ Individuals in BiologyBuilding LGBTQ-inclusive Chemical Engineering Classrooms and Departments