{"id":49528,"date":"2018-02-26T16:44:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T21:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=49528"},"modified":"2018-07-16T15:40:11","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T19:40:11","slug":"speaker-series-to-focus-on-diversity-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2018\/02\/speaker-series-to-focus-on-diversity-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker series to focus on diversity, inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suicide intervention, challenging Islamophobia and recognizing Indigenous knowledge will be among the many topics highlighted in a new speaker series hosted by Brock\u2019s Office of Human Rights and Equity Services.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Equity in Post-Secondary Speakers Series begins Thursday, March 1 and will continue throughout the month with several speaking engagements focused on diversity and inclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur office felt it was important to have a dialogue on equity and inclusion issues on campus,\u201d said Mil\u00e9 Komlen, Senior Advisor, Human Rights and Equity. \u201cThis is a great way for us to bring together a number of perspectives that will help in fostering that dialogue on campus, and encourage greater awareness of a whole range of equity issues.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The series aims to \u201cdraw from different equity communities, and share various perspectives, inclusive language and inclusive practices,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s intended to highlight that people who are in the speaker series are also representative of members of our campus community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

All events are free and open to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we look at the type of campus community we want to develop at Brock, making sure we have inclusion and are able to speak freely about various identities is an important way of weaving that community together,\u201d Komlen said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The speaker series is part of ongoing efforts to implement recommendations made last year by Brock\u2019s Human Rights Task Force.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe series is one of the ways we can engage in awareness raising and work towards a broader dialogue about diversity and inclusion on campus,\u201d Komlen said. \u201cThe hope is that this will spur other ideas and may encourage other members of the campus community to develop their own speaker series or their own platforms for generating ideas and viewpoints.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The first lecture, called <\/span>At the Intersections of Race\/Gender\/Faith: The Challenges of Challenging Islamophobia<\/span><\/a>, will feature Khadijeh Rakie, an equity and inclusion educator at McMaster University. The event will be held Thursday, March 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Student-Alumni Centre (Isaac\u2019s).<\/span><\/p>\n

Other speaking engagements include:<\/span><\/p>\n