Upcoming Events
The OEIC is collaborating with Invisible Condition to provide KPU employees with 90-minute online workshops to deepen learning around disability inclusion. The four workshops to be offered include:
- November 15, 9:30 – 11:00am - Disability Inclusion: Advocacy in the Workplace
- Define and discuss what disability inclusion is, why it matters, and how we can create workplaces where people feel safe and trusted to disclose if they choose to.
- Work collaboratively to brainstorm how we can expand KPU’s disability-inclusion impact within teams.
- Provide a high-level framework for creating disability-inclusive spaces.
- December 11, 9:30 – 11:00am - Talking about Unusually Normal Things: The Words We Use Have an Impact
- Share personal stories of living with an invisible condition and the impact of language.
- Focus on creating inclusive conversations by being mindful of the words we use.
- Share personal stories of living with an invisible condition and the impact of language.
- January 15, 2025 - 9:30 – 11:00am - Authentic Curiosity: Less Advice and More Curiosity, Please
- Define curiosity and its importance.
- Through interactive sessions, gain a deeper understanding of the different types of curiosity - authentic and self-serving.
- Learn how to slow down, ask better questions, and avoid unsolicited advice.
- Define curiosity and its importance.
- February 13, 2025 - 9:30 – 11:00am - The Three R’s of Resilience: How to Bounce Back to a Pre-Crisis State
- Define resilience and how this impacts us all differently.
- Discuss strategies for overcoming crises and building resilience.
- Share personal experiences and invite participants to think about resilience differently.
- Define resilience and how this impacts us all differently.
If you are a KPU employee and would like to attend any of the workshops, email oeic@kpu.ca to RSVP and identify which workshop(s) you are interested in attending.
Past Events
The OEIC collaborated with Hook or Crook Consulting to provide KPU employees with online workshops to deepen learning around Anti-Racism.
- September 19, 10am to 1pm – Transforming Harm
This workshop is intended to support teams and groups in skilling-up for difficult conversations, conflict, and harm. Together, we’ll cultivate more life-affirming ways of addressing harm. Drawing on the lessons and teachings offered by transformative justice approaches, participants will be challenged to integrate anti-oppressive values into practice. - October 7, 10am to 1pm – Heart-Centered Foundations to Change
This workshop offers a space for individuals to develop, hone, and implement their own anti-oppressive practice. Through the exploration of themes like humility, reflection, vigilance, and nuance, you learn to establish the foundations of collective change--starting with yourself.
Anti-Racism Symposium - March 21, 2024
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