{"id":52341,"date":"2018-07-18T09:43:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T13:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=52341"},"modified":"2018-12-20T11:51:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T16:51:01","slug":"intercultural-awareness-and-inclusion-series-launched-by-brock-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2018\/07\/intercultural-awareness-and-inclusion-series-launched-by-brock-international\/","title":{"rendered":"Intercultural awareness and inclusion series launched by Brock International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first in a series of workshops aiming to increase intercultural competency on campus is taking place Friday, July 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launched by Brock International Services, the series of workshops will focus on providing faculty and staff at Brock University with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to contribute to respectful and productive relationships on and off campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a growing international community representing more than 100 countries on campus, the ability to support students in their own cultural competence development is becoming increasingly vital to employers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By attending the first workshop, staff will be able to identify elements of visible and invisible culture, list elements of their own cultural identity and identify at least one inclusive practice that they can use in their work or life on campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFaculty and staff can expect to have an increased capacity to make the most of diversity\u2019s proven contribution to increased performance and results,\u201d said Trecia McLennon, Intercultural Communications Co-ordinator for Brock International Services. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first workshop is particularly relevant for staff who work directly with students and have not already attended an introductory intercultural workshop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subsequent workshops are planned for July 26 and 30. The series is a prerequisite to all other course requirements through Focus on Learning that will comprise the Intercultural Certificate for faculty and staff, debuting in September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registration is required and space is limited to 30 people. To register, please visit the Focus on Learning webpage, under the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/hr\/training\/focus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training and Development section of Brock\u2019s Human Resources website<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any questions can be directed to McLennon at x6211 or by email at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:tmclennon@brocku.ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tmclennon@brocku.ca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first in a series of workshops aiming to increase intercultural competency on campus is taking place Friday, July 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,7],"tags":[159,6349],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52342,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52341\/revisions\/52342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}