{"id":77169,"date":"2022-03-22T12:37:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T16:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=77169"},"modified":"2022-03-22T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T20:00:00","slug":"public-workshops-to-detail-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/03\/public-workshops-to-detail-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Public workshops to detail equity, diversity and inclusion best practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students, staff and faculty from Brock and members of the broader Niagara community are invited to register for an upcoming series of workshops focused on helping organizations build more diverse, inclusive and equitable communities.<\/p>\n<p>Co-hosted by Brock\u2019s Social Justice Research Institute (SJRI) and United Way Niagara, \u201cExploring Best Practices for Meeting Equity, Diversity &amp; Inclusion (EDI) Goals: A Three-Part Workshop Series\u201d will take place virtually over the coming months to help organizations identify and address their EDI goals.<\/p>\n<p>The series includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe Challenges\u201d \u2014 Thursday, March 31 from noon to 1:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBest Practices\u201d \u2014 Thursday, April 28 from noon to 1:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNext Steps\u201d \u2014 Thursday, May 26 from noon to 1:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speakers at the workshops will include Brock Professor Liette Vasseur and Trecia McLennon, the University\u2019s Director, EDI Culture and Education, as well as representatives from YWCA Niagara Region, Learning Disabilities Association Niagara Region, Niagara Chapter Native Women, Positive Living Niagara, Niagara Health and Niagara Region.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that although registration in all three sessions is not required, the second and third workshops will build on previous sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone interested in participating is invited to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/best-practices-for-meeting-equity-diversity-inclusion-edi-goals-tickets-290766549577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">learn more about each session and register on Eventbrite<\/a> or contact <a href=\"mailto:tamara@unitedwayniagara.org?subject=EDI%20workshops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tamara Coleman-Lawrie at United Way Niagara<\/a> with questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students, staff and faculty from Brock and members of the broader Niagara community are invited to register for an upcoming series of workshops focused on helping organizations build more diverse, inclusive and equitable communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":77170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,9794],"tags":[703,1083],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77169"}],"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\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77169"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77183,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77169\/revisions\/77183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}