Events
The Department of Equity and Inclusive Communities delivers or co-sponsors a number of events to promote awareness and engagement with topics falling within our mandate.
Upcoming Events
Embodiment through Yoga, Journaling and Dialogue
Date: Tuesday, March 15th 2022
Time: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Virtual
Register: https://forms.gle/YrqiiQu9VCBdDJe6A
Join CUSASC for a two part body-loving series!
When thinking about your body, have the words “too much” or “not enough” come to mind? In a culture where body dissatisfaction is the norm (like, almost 90%!), that makes a lot of sense.
Through gentle yoga, journaling prompts and open discussion, we’ll explore the following questions: What socially constructed myths about our bodies do we uphold? How can we learn to listen closely to what our bodies are trying to tell us? What would radical self-love feel like?
Confidence, Consent and Communication
Date: Tuesday, March 22nd 2022
Time: 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Virtual
Register: https://forms.gle/YrqiiQu9VCBdDJe6A
On March 22nd at 5 p.m., Venus Envy will be running their workshop Confidence, Consent and Communication. This workshop focuses on creating a positive relationship with sex. Learn how to move beyond judgment and stigma to embrace what works for you, and to be more comfortable voicing what doesn’t. Sex positivity affects our self-image, our ability to communicate and establish boundaries, and gives us permission to approach new experiences with a resounding ‘Yes!’.
We Deserve Healing Not Harm is a speaker series focused on the ongoing widespread criminalization and punishment of survivors of gender-based violence. This series is an opportunity to unpack, explore paths for change and generate collective action. Through speakers, panels, resource sharing, and calls to action we will explore ways to recognize and challenge the intersecting systems that target and harm survivors.
Join Consent Comes First (X University), Consent is Golden (Wilfrid Laurier University), and Carleton University Sexual Assault Support Centre as we work towards systems that heal rather then harm.
September 29th 12- 1 pm talk, 1:00 – 1:30 Breakout Discussion Group. The Missing Story of #MeToo: Police Sexual Violence and Criminalization of Survivors with Andrea Ritchie. Sexual violence by law enforcement officers is a pervasive and often hidden form and consequence of criminalization of survivors of violence – join us for a conversation about how to support survivors in resistance.
About the Speaker
Andrea Ritchie is a Black lesbian who has been researching, writing, organizing, litigating, advocating and agitating around policing and criminalization of women and LGBT people of color for the past three decades. She is the author of Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color (Beacon Press 2017), co-author of Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women (AAPF 2015) and Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States (Beacon Press 2011), and is a nationally recognized expert on policing issues. She works with groups across the country to support campaigns to end profiling, police violence criminalization, mass incarceration, and deportation through the Interrupting Criminalization initiative she co-founded with Mariame Kaba and Woods Ervin, and as a consultant to the Community Resource Hub. She is also co-founder of the COVID19 Policing Project. She was a 2014 Senior Soros Justice fellow and is currently a Senior Fellow at the Invisible Institute.
Future Events
October: We Deserve Healing Not Harm: The Criminalization of Domestic Violence Survivors. From being arrested when reporting domestic violence to prison sentences for self defense, survivors of domestic violence are often subjected to criminalization. Join experts Hijin Park (Brock University), Deepa Mattoo (Barbara Schlifer Commemorative Clinic), and Elizabeth Sheehy (University of Ottawa) as they explore the impacts of these unjust laws, strategies for change, and areas for action, through a discussion on current research.
November: Towards a Justice that Heals. Responding to sexual violence on campus has long been discussed as a critical gap for Universities. Join a panel of sexual violence and human rights advocates discussion on how institutional processes are often sites of violence for survivors coming forward and the importance of offering informed transformative and restorative justice pathways for accountability. The events will highlight the essential principles for using transformative and restorative justice models and offer practical ways to grow our skills and capacity in responding to experiences of gender-based violence.
January 2022: Stories Spark Change Super Secret Special Guest in Conversation with Eternity Martis. This event will features two creatives who have used their voices to ignite conversations around sexual violence and the injustices experienced by survivors specifically Black, Indigenous and racialized survivors.
February 2022: We Deserve Healing Not Harm: The Criminalization of Sexual Survivors. Survivors of Sexual Violence are often punished for wanting to control how and when their stories are shared. Ranging from Non-Disclosure Agreements, Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP Suits) to lifting Publication Bans, Survivors of Sexual Violence are told again and again that they should not have control over their stories. Survivors face shame, blame and criminalization and further sexual violence if they are imprisoned by the Criminal Legal System. Join Mandi Gray, Robyn Parker, Rachel Zellers (Third Eye Collective), for a panel discussion exploring the realities of this criminalization, sites of change, and practical ways to support survivors to have control over their stories and their healing.
March 2022: Holding the Mess as We Heal is a conversation with Mia Mingus hosted by Rania El Mugammar. We see over and over the ways that state responses to gender based violence often reproduce harm and traumatize those who are exposed to them. Transformative Justice is was created by and for oppressed communities who are already facing state violence and often do not feel safe engaging with the criminal justice system. Join two incredible educators and advocates for Transformative Justice as they discuss approaches for healing and justice that seek to respond to gender based violence without creating more violence (or intentionally lessening it) for all involved. This conversation will explore ideas, strategies and tools for creating justice together.
Learn with Us
Videos
Working towards Trauma-Informed and Accountable Campuses: Making space for those who cause harm
Transformative Justice and Its Implications for College Campus
Restorative Justice & Gender Based Violence – ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice
Articles
- Transformative Justice: A Brief Description- Mia Mingus
https://transformharm.org/transformative-justice-a-brief-description/ - Creative Interventions Toolkit
https://www.creative-interventions.org/toolkit/?utm_campaign=c09857536f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_07_09_12_28&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Just%20Practice&utm_term=0_9192c0db7b-c09857536f-190941581
Academic Sources
- Martin, Leah ( 2018). A Shifting Position: Responding Restoratively to Sexualized Violence at Post-Secondary Institutions in Waterloo Region.
https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/10399 - Durazo, A. (2011). In Our Hands: Community Accountability as Pedagogical Strategy. Social Justice, 37(4 (122)), 76-100. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41478936
Books
- Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement – edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
- Fumbling Towards Repair: A Workbook for Community Accountability Facilitators by by Mariame Kaba and Shira Hassan
Previous Events
Misogynoir: Sharing a Personal Narrative of Resistance Talk with Daysha Loppie
Date: February 10, 2022
Time: 2:00 PM EST – 3:00 PM EST
Location: Virtual
Open To: General Public
Register: Email osvse@ryerson.ca
About the Session
Existence is resistance for Black women, especially survivors. The past two years have undoubtedly been a time of social/political upheaval. We’ve all participated in it to some degree; attending protests, re-posting infographics, donating funds. While these are all important parts of activism, there are other ways to resist oppression that aren’t as visible. But they are just as important. Resisting oppression begins within our minds and manifests in the decisions we make, the things we say and don’t say. This narrative explores the more personal ways in which one resists racism, sexism, and rape culture (which many of us have also internalised) as Black women and survivors. I hope to inspire others like me to care for themselves, to understand the unique ways in which sexism and racism impact us as Black women, and to learn that finding your own personal freedom is activism too, and an important act of resistance
About Daysha Loppie
She is a Black writer currently based in Toronto, Ontario. She has worked with 1919 Mag, the Eyeopener, Paper Plane, and several other online publications. In fact, Daysha runs her own arts and culture platform, Good Fortune, which documents the nuance of the Black experience in Toronto and beyond. At the moment, however, Daysha is focusing much of her energy on more personal projects as she continues to heal and grow through written expression. To read more of her work, please visit @goodfrtune.
“The freedom to be bothered” as a White and Bourgeois Privilege: Power, Race and Gender in News Media during the #MeToo Movements of France and Quebec
Date: February 17, 2022
Time: 2:00 PM EST – 3:00 PM EST
Location: Virtual
Open To: General Public
Register: Email osvse@ryerson.ca
About the Session
On January 9, 2018, French newspaper Le Monde published an open letter defending the “freedom to be bothered, essential to sexual freedom.” A collective of 100 women signatories affirmed that if “rape is a crime […] insistent or clumsy flirting is not a crime, nor gallantry a macho aggression”. This column, signed in particular by the famous actress Catherine Deneuve, was intended as a response to the #MeToo, #MoiAussi and #BalanceTonPorc movements, born in the context of an unprecedented sex scandal that erupted at the end of 2017 in Hollywood. The analysis presented in this chapter covers this letter and articles from French and Quebec national media (written press, radio and television) posted online during the week following its publication. It shows that race and class issues have mainly been evacuated in this media coverage, favouring reductive and sensationalist oppositions between feminist discourses and French and Quebec cultures. This presentation is based on a book chapter that was co-authored and published with Ingrid Guesdon from Université Laval.
About Kharoll-Ann Souffrant, University of Ottawa
Kharoll-Ann Souffrant is a Ph.D. Candidate in Social Work at the University of Ottawa and a Visiting Scholar at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Her doctoral thesis project focuses on the #MeToo movement from the perspective of Black women and girls in francophone Quebec. Her master’s thesis in social work, completed at McGill University, focused on the themes of disclosure and the respect for the dignity of sexual violence survivors. Trained as a social worker, Kharoll-Ann Souffrant has direct work experience with survivors of gender-based violence.
Sexual Assault Awareness Week 2022 will take place from Monday, January 24th to Friday, January 28th 2022. Throughout the week, Equity and Inclusive Communities along with campus and community partners will be hosting a number of events, activities and workshops across campus.
The list of scheduled Sexual Assault Awareness Week events can be found below:
Expressions of Empowerment: Virtual Art Exhibit
Date: Monday, January 24, 2022
Location: CUSA/The Womxn’s Centre Website
Expressions of Empowerment provides a platform for members of the Carleton community to use art to share stories, messages and interpretations that reflect themes of violence, gender, consent and healing. You are invited to explore these art pieces that have been created to share stories and spark urgent discussion surrounding sexual violence on campus. These pieces of art bring awareness to the topic of gender-based violence, and act as a tool to highlight the impact or the journey of healing.
Please click here to view the exhibit.
Queering Sexual Assault Awareness – Instagram Live
Date: Monday, January 24 2022 at 4:30 p.m.
Location: @CUSASC (Instagram)
A conversation to explore the ways in which the LGBTQ2SI+ community is disproportionally impacted by sexual violence. Facilitated by Kristina Epifano from Carleton’s Sexual Assault Support Centre and Beau Welter, Trauma and Sexual Violence Counsellor.
De-Stress and Journal with Hana Shafi
Date: Tuesday, January 25 2022 at 3 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Journaling and writing can be therapeutic, but not knowing how or where to start can be a big roadblock. Sit back and allow Hana Shafi (Frizzkidart) to guide you through some prompts as she leads us through this creative writing session.
In anticipation of the session, please check out Hana Shafi’s Instagram page: @frizzkidart
Hana Shafi is a writer and artist who illustrates under the name Frizz Kid. Both her visual art and writing frequently explore themes such as feminism, body politics, racism, and pop culture.
Please click here to register.
We Heal Together Presents: Seeds Yoga with Yami Kani – A practice of centering care and ancestral connections
Date: Tuesday, January 25 2022 at 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Join YamiKani for a practice of centering care and ancestral connections for Black Carleton & X University community.
SEEDS is a yoga class specifically designed for survivors/victims/those affected by sexual and gender based violence. This yoga class is grounded in trauma-informed / healing-centred yoga practices that seek to empower the participants using different yoga forms. The class focuses on three main themes community care, (em)powerment and consent. Visit http://www.yamimsosa.com/ to learn more.
About Yami
Yami (Ze/Hir) is a movement-based practitioner who works at the intersections of gendered and racial violence, based in Tkaronto. Yami weaves ancestral teachings, decolonial practices and movement to support connection to space and place. Yami is a member of Brown Girls Yoga and Hill Insider Collective. In 2017 Yami founded SEEDS Yoga for those affected by sexual harm.
We Heal Together is a support group for Black folks at Ryerson and Carleton University looking for alternative community healing methods. This group acknowledges the systemic barriers and erasure of black folks in survivor-led spaces. As Black people, our experiences with sexual trauma and hyper sexualization are influenced by colonialism and anti-Black racism. Healing from our traumas requires different alternative methods that are within a closed safe space for the Black community. It was founded by X university student Casandra Fullwood.
This series is brought to you by Consent Comes First, Office of Sexual Violence Support and Education, Ryerson University and the Sexual Assault Support Centre, at Carleton University.
Connecting with Care: Peer Support Groups for Survivors
Date: Wednesday, January 26 2022 at 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Join us for our 10-week peer support group where students will be invited to share and support each other through facilitated discussions. Occurring weekly on Wednesdays from 3-5pm, you are invited to share as much or as little as you are comfortable with. The support groups are open to women, trans women and non-binary Carleton University students and will be facilitated by the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Ottawa.
Email equity@carleton.ca to register.
Keynote: Stories Spark Change: Roxanne Gay in Conversation with Eternity Martis
Date: Thursday, January 27 at 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Join internationally renowned author Roxane Gay and best-selling author Eternity Martis for an in-depth conversation about how we can address how we police ourselves as survivors to reclaim our story and push back against shame to create space for healing. As survivors, we may internalize the lie that our pleasure, needs and healing are too much of a burden. Stories Spark Change is an opportunity to explore letting go of guilt and blame, knowing that sexual violence is never our fault. This night will be a celebration of healing, self-love, and pleasure.
Stories Spark Change Organizing Committee: Ryerson University, Laurier University, Carleton University, Queen’s University, McMaster University, University of Guelph, University of Windsor, University of Toronto, York University.
Please click here to register.
Virtual Teaching with Elder Barbara Dumont Hill
Date: Friday, January 28 2022 at 10 a.m. to Noon
Location: Online
Join the Centre for Indigenous Initiatives for two events in collaboration with Sexual Assault Awareness Week. From 10-12am students are invited to attend virtual teachings with our in-house Elder Barbara Dumont Hill. Barbara will share some of her personal life experiences, discuss the path towards healing and share a drum song of strength and power. These events are only open to individuals who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations (Status/Non-status), Metis & Inuit)
Please email indigenous@carleton.ca to register.
Come Bead with Me: Peyote Stitch
Date: Friday, January 28 2022 at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Online
Join the Centre for Indigenous Initiatives for two events in collaboration with Sexual Assault Awareness Week. “Come Bead with Me: Peyote stitch” will walk you through how to bead a peyote stitch keychain. Learn the art of beading as self-care and connect with other Indigenous students. Beading and self-care kits will be mailed out to those who pre-register by emailing indigenous@carleton.ca. These events are only open to individuals who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations (Status/Non-status), Metis & Inuit)
Please email indigenous@carleton.ca to register.
We Heal Together
Body Wisdom and Everyday Self-Care Workshop Series for
Black People with Dr. Jiselle Griffith ND
Date: Monday, October 18, 2021 to Monday, November 15, 2021
Time: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: Virtual
Register: Email osvse@ryerson.ca
In Black communities, the practice of remembering our ways to nourish ourselves and each other is central to our continued assertion of our liberation. This five-week workshop series facilitated by Dr. Jiselle Griffith N.D. for Black Ryerson University and Carleton University students offers a deeper dive into the understanding of our health both through the challenges we navigate and the resilience we contain as Black people. Each workshop will focus on common health concerns in our communities. Together we will learn about how stress and trauma can impact and turn on the signals of illness. We will explore how, through our habits, practices and self-care strategies, we can find resilience and restoration. In particular, we will discuss traditional ways that plant-based medicines, nourishment, embodiment, and mindfulness help us to heal.
Join us each week for dedicated time to strengthen self-care and compassion for our well-being. Each week we will gain an understanding of regular self-care practices and rituals that can attend to common health concerns related to stress and/or trauma. Workshop topics include:
- Showing our skin hair and nails love October 18, 7 p.m.
- Digest well + nourish well October 25, 7 p.m.
- Nervous system safety and belonging November 1, 7 p.m.
- Immune system November 8th, 7 p.m.
- Tending to our heart + lifeblood November 15, 7 p.m.
About Dr. Jiselle Griffith N.D. Facilitator
Dr. Jiselle Griffith N.D. is a naturopathic doctor with a keen interest in helping others navigate stress, pain, and hormonal and nervous system dysregulation. In her practice, she meets people where they are at and supports them to reconnect with their inner knowing to optimize their health strategy. Creating decolonized models of care that provide embodied and empowered opportunities for the community to rest and heal with support from nature brings Dr. Jiselle pure joy. Dr. Jiselle offers in-person and virtual consultations for naturopathic care. Connect with her work at jisellegriffith.ca or follow her on Instagram @drjisellend.
Note: This program is for educational purposes only. While Dr. Jiselle Griffin is a naturopathic doctor no individual or group medicine will be offered. If you need to address any health concerns please connect with your health care provider(s).
About We Heal Together
We Heal Together is a support group for Black folks at Ryerson and Carleton University looking for alternative community healing methods. This group acknowledges the systemic barriers and erasure of black folks in survivor-led spaces. As Black people, our experiences with sexual trauma and hypersexualization are influenced by colonialism and anti-Black racism. Healing from our traumas requires different alternative methods that are within a closed safe space for the Black community. It was founded by X university student Casandra Fullwood.
This series is brought to you by Consent Comes First, Office of Sexual Violence Support and Education, Ryerson University and the Sexual Assault Support Centre, at Carleton University.
Workshop Series Dates
Workshop 1: Showing our skin hair and nails love October 18 at 7 p.m.
Our bodies can show us the impacts of harm and trauma. Finding ways to nourish them is a form of healing. In this session, Dr. Jiselle will explore ways to show your outer expression some love.
Workshop 2: Digest well + nourish well October 25 at 7 p.m.
Understanding the connection between our gut, mind and emotions is crucial. Join Dr. Jiselle to explore ways to support our digestive system to care for our mind, our moods and our bodies.
Workshop 3: Nervous system safety and belonging November 1 at 7 p.m.
Our nervous system can be our personal alarm system where we respond with freeze, flee, appease or fight. Join Dr. Jiselle to learn about how our nervous systems send us signals and strengthen how we need to attend to our emotional wellbeing.
Workshop 4: Immune system + boundaries November 8 at 7 p.m.
Taking care of our immune system is key. In health, it signals what in the body is safe and when this may benefit or cause harm. Join Dr. Jiselle to learn about daily practices to support our immune system support its strength and resiliency.
Workshop 5: Tending to our heart + lifeblood November 15 at 7 p.m.
Our heart needs to be mended and attended to. The impacts of systemic anti-Black racism, intergenerational trauma and harm take a toll on our hearts. Join Dr. Jiselle to explore integral ways to strengthen our hearts and joy.
The goal of Inclusion Week is to raise visibility and awareness of the value of human rights work and EDI, explore practical ways to integrate its principles into our organizational structures and culture, and strengthen the potential for prosperity in the community. This year’s weeklong series is centered on the theme of ‘Fulfilling our Promises’, a commitment to continue to advance Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion across the university.
Sessions Descriptions
Equity-driven Research: Carleton University Student EDI Research Award Presentations
When: Monday, October 18th from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Panel: Samira Amid, Rumbi Chimhanda, Sami Islam, Meral Jamal, and Khaled Madhoun
Join us to learn about the innovative EDI-related research conducted by the inaugural Carleton University Student Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Research Award recipients. Award recipients will share key findings from the research projects they conducted this past summer. Topics include: how everyday multiculturalism and the African diaspora mutually interact to shape racialization processes in multiple spaces; how prosecutorial discretion interacts with mass incarceration; how students and alumni at journalism schools in Canada have engaged in organizing efforts to address institutionalized racism; how systemic racism affects the policing of youth in marginalized communities; and, how design biases are built into in various forms of technology.
Progress, not Perfection: Our shared promises leading social change in accessibility on campus
When: Monday, October 18th from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
From its inception, Carleton’s Coordinated Accessibility Strategy (CAS) engages the community and aims to reflect the desire to continue building our shared culture of accessibility. The implementation of CAS benefits from the input and shared knowledge of students, faculty, and staff, with the intersectionality of living/lived experiences core to its efforts.
As part of our continued commitment to share, listen, and reflect, the CAS session will update on the implementation progress and engage participants in thinking through some of the challenges and tensions encountered along the way.
The (Academic) Trans Agenda: A Conversation About Queer and Trans Pedagogy
When: Tuesday, October 19th from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Panel: Dan Irving, Fady Shanouda, William Hebert (or Laura Horak) and Azar Masoumi
Moderated by Julia Sinclair-Palm
A panel discussion with four cross-disciplinary Carleton faculty about queer and trans pedagogy. Moderated by a trans faculty member, panelists will discuss what queer and trans pedagogy is, how they incorporate or draw on queer/trans pedagogy or theory in their teaching practices, and any tips or suggestions they have for how (or why) faculty might incorporate queer/trans pedagogy into their own teaching.
The Survey Course as Contested Space
When: Wednesday, October 20th from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Panel: Lane Bourbonnière, Malini Guha, Gül Kale, Carolyn Ramzy, Raj Singh, and Mikayla Sherry
This workshop focuses on the complexities of teaching the undergraduate survey course, which is a staple across a multiplicity of disciplines. Often mired in western-centric frameworks that privilege certain canons, chronologies and methods of learning, panelists participating in this workshop will discuss strategies for reimagining such courses through the lens of anti-racist and decolonizing pedagogies. This roundtable discussion has been organized in collaboration with Carleton’s Racialized and Indigenous Faculty Alliance (RIFA).
Student-centred Collaborative Development Session for New Human Rights Module
(Carleton Students only)
Session #1: Full Zoom discussion with breakout rooms
When: Thursday, October 21st from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Who: All students at Carleton are invited to participate
We welcome all Carleton students to participate in a collaborative visioning session to develop an online module on human rights for future incoming first year students. The module will take an intersectional approach to understanding systems of oppression and marginalization. This session will include breakout discussions on specific themes within the module, including gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, racialization and racism, Indigeneity, religious belief, and disability.
Please note: All participants will be entered into a draw to win a $50.00 UberEats gift card. Winner must be a current Carleton student. Only those who are present for the session will be eligible to win.
Student-centred Collaborative Development Session for New Human Rights Module
(Carleton Students Only)
Session #2: Video and live chat
When: Thursday, October 21st from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Who: All students at Carleton are invited to participate
If you cannot attend the morning session or if you would like to ask questions and contribute your thoughts in a written format, please feel free to joins us online between 3:00pm and 4:30pm to provide written feedback and ask questions directly to an EIC moderator (this format will entail sending direct messages to the moderator rather than a group chat). A short recording with closed captioning will also be available for you to view and will provide an overview of the goal and purpose of the human rights module.
Please note: All participants will be entered into a draw to win a $50.00 UberEats gift card. Winner must be a current Carleton student. Only those who are present for the session will be eligible to win.
Science is for Everyone
When: Thursday, October 21st from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (on Zoom)
Panel: Sean Landsman – chair/host; Panelists: Candice Harris, Martha Mullally, Tara Thachet, Rowan Thomson
Have you ever wondered how to diversify science education so that all learners thrive? How to encourage students to express themselves creatively? How to debunk myths and stereotypes around scientists? How to create more inclusive teaching environments? How to increase representation of diverse role models? Join us to celebrate the launch of the EDI Teaching Toolkit, full of actionable ideas to foster a culture of care and inclusive excellence through teaching.
Inclusive Assessment of Program-Level Learning Outcomes
When: Friday, October 22nd from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Workshop Leads: Dr. Andy Thompson & Dr. Eileen Harris
This 1.5-hour workshop will examine the origins of traditional curriculum design and learning outcomes development and how this has shaped current assessment practices. Principles of inclusive assessment and how to incorporate them into practice will be presented, as well as a discussion on which methods to use, and when. Ways to make current assessment practices more inclusive will also be reviewed. Participants are invited to share their own experiences with program-level learning outcomes assessment and how these can be made more inclusive. Finally, a plan for moving forward with even small changes will be created.
Bystander Intervention Training
Date: Thursday, September 16th, 2021
Time: 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Facilitated by Carleton University Sexual Assault Support Centre, in collaboration with CUSA, this workshop takes an interactive and tool-based approach to help participants develop their skills in intervening and de-escalating potentially harmful situations that could lead to sexual violence or harassment. Participants will leave this workshop with concrete actions and language to use in real time to de-escalate and prevent harmful behaviours while supporting survivors.
Navigation Sexuality and the Cyberspace: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Date: Wednesday, September 29th, 2021
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Register: Link
In collaboration with one another, Carleton University, University of Ottawa, Algonquin College, and Collège La Cité, are hosting a virtual panel discussion on the impacts of the cyberspace on sexuality. This event will focus on the intersections of technology, establishing consent and violence. We are thrilled to have Ottawa-based experts, from various disciplines, Nasreen Rajani, Khaléd Kchouk, Krystelle Shaughnessy as speakers and Dr. Suzanne Bouclin as our moderator.
Registration is free and limited to students, staff, and faculty at Carleton University, University of Ottawa, Algonquin College, and Collège La Cité. There is limited space for this event, please register in advance to receive the Zoom link.
Cards Against Misogyny – With OCTEVAW
Date: Wednesday, September 29th, 2021
Location: Zoom
Hosted by Ottawa Coalition To End Violence Against Women, please join Carleton University, University of Ottawa, Algonquin College and Collège La Cité online for a virtual game of Cards Against Misogyny!
Come by yourself, or make a team and experience the patriarchy smashing fun of Cards Against Misogyny (based on the extremely popular Cards Against Humanity boardgame)!
The event is free of charge and a registration link will be provided soon.
Affirmation Art Workshop
Date: Wednesday, October 6th, 2021
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Students are invited to join Hana Shafi (Frizz Kid Art) for an afternoon virtual crafting session. This session is open to all folks who want to explore their creative side by designing their own affirmation art work or painting/coloring affirmation art designed by Hana.
In anticipation of the session, please check out Hana Shafi’s Instagram page: @frizzkidart
Hana Shafi is a writer and artist who illustrates under the name Frizz Kid. Both her visual art and writing frequently explore themes such as feminism, body politics, racism, and pop culture.
Please fill out the registration form to sign up for the Affirmation Art Workshop.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Asian diaspora have been subjected to increasing blame, stigma, verbal and physical attacks. No matter its form, it is unacceptable. The “We Rise Together: Stopping Anti-Asian Racism” forum on May 13 will feature leaders in the Asian-Canadian community discussing the disturbing rise of anti-Asian racism in Canada and abroad over the past year. Please join us for this difficult but important dialogue.
Panelist details and a registration form can be found below.
Date: Thursday, May 13th, 2021
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (EST)
Link: We Rise Together
A Conversation With:
- Moderator: Yanling Wang, Professor, Carleton University
- Daniel Quan-Watson, Deputy Minister at Government of Canada Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
- Xiaobei Chen, Professor, Carleton University
- Yuen Pau Woo, Independent Senator, Senate of Canada
- Falice Chin, Executive Producer of News at CBC Ottawa
Welcome and Introduction:
- Michael F. Charles, Assistant Vice-President and University Advisor, Equity and Inclusive Communities (EIC), Carleton University
Date: March 31, 2021
Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom (details will be emailed to registrants closer to the event date)
Register: Link
March 31 is the International Transgender Day of Visibility. To recognize this day, please join us from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. for a discussion of the ways transphobia and transmisogyny manifest on university campuses, and how faculty, staff, and students can work to make their classrooms and study spaces safer and more welcoming places for their trans colleagues and peers. This panel will also include discussion on the deeper meaning that solidarity between transgender people and their cisgender allies holds for our communities.
| Departments / Organizations | Event Name | Date / Time | Link |
| CUSA RISE | Recognizing Racial Slurs | Feb. 8, 2021 @ 4PM | Register |
| CUSA RISE | Snatched Hair: A workshop and Conversation on Beauty in Blackness | Feb. 12, 2021 @ 6PM | Register |
| CUSA RISE | Soul Rhythm: Understanding Music through the Black Lens | Feb. 24, 2021 @ 6PM | Register |
| THE CHIAM CENTRE | Blog -Featuring Stories About Black Health and Wellness in Canada | Deadline: Feb. 24, 2021 | Submit |
| Carleton Ravens Athletics | Race and Sport: Addressing Problems of Equity, Barriers to Access & Discrimination in Sport | Feb. 25, 2021 @ 6PM | Info |
| Consent Action Team | Consent Changemakers: Black Students in Canada Addressing Sexual Violence at Universities | Feb. 25, 2021 @ 12PM | Register |
| CUSA RISE | Black Queer and Trans Theories | Feb. 26, 2021 @ 6PM | Register |
| ACMP | 3rd Annual Black History Month Event | Feb. 27, 2021 @ 6:30PM | Register |
| School of Social Work’s Black History Committee | A Black History Celebration | March 6, 2021 @ 7PM | Register |
To learn more about black history from an expert, please visit: https://newsroom.carleton.ca/2021/carleton-experts-available-black-history-month-3/
At Carleton University, January 25th to January 29th, 2021, is Sexual Assault Awareness Week! The Department of Equity and Inclusive Communities along with campus and community partners will be hosting a variety of events and workshops for you to attend virtually throughout the week.
On Wednesday January 27th, support groups for survivors will be hosted from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. These support groups will be facilitated by the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Ottawa. You can register for an 8-week program for survivors of sexual violence to share and find support in the community.
Finally, on Thursday January 28th, The Womxn’s Centre is hosting a Bystander Intervention Training workshop from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Join the Womxn’s Centre and the Dandelion Initiative for an Empowered Bystander Intervention Training! The goal of this workshop is to leave with concrete actions and language that can be used in real time to de-escalate and prevent harmful behaviours while supporting survivors.
Additionally, join us for a Netflix Watch Party screening of the feminist classic, Clueless from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.! There will be chances to win gift card prizes with fun trivia throughout the movie!
Traditional Medicine Workshops with Joseph Pitawanakwa
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Join Joseph Pitawanakwat for a virtual workshop on understanding Awaadiziwin (knowledge) and its role in achieving Bimaadiziwin (life).
This workshop will place take from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Keynote Event: “Stories Spark Change: An evening with Chanel Miller, hosted by Eternity Martis”
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Carleton University, Ryerson University, and Wilfrid Laurier University are proud to present a noteworthy keynote speaker titled “Stories Spark Change: An evening with Chanel Miller, hosted by Eternity Martis”. This event features two prominent voices today on campus life, sexual violence and the experiences that racialized survivors in the institutions that we are a part of. You will not want to miss these two best-selling authors that will dive deep into conversation on how to reclaim one’s voice, story and experiences that can create a space for justice and healing.
Tickets are FREE for Ryerson, Laurier and Carleton University staff, students and faculty. There is limited space for this powerful event, so make sure you register today to reserve a space for this ground-breaking conversation. The event will be hosted via zoom, and it will feature an opening by student survivors, followed by Chanel and Eternity’s discussion.
Speaker Bios:
Chanel Miller is a writer and artist who received her BA in Literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her critically acclaimed memoir, KNOW MY NAME, was a New York Times bestseller, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book, and a National Book Critics Circle Award winner, as well as a best book of 2019 in Time, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, NPR, and People, among others. She is a 2019 Time Next 100 honoree and a 2016 Glamour Woman of the Year honoree under her pseudonym, “Emily Doe.”
Visit Chanel-Miller.com for more information.
Eternity Martis is an award-winning Toronto-based journalist and editor. She is the course developer and instructor of “Reporting On Race: Black Communities in the Media” at Ryerson’s school of journalism, the first course of its kind in Canada. Eternity’s bestselling debut memoir, They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up, is featured on must-read book lists including Now magazine, the Globe and Mail, Pop Sugar, BlogTO, CBC, and Chatelaine. They Said This Would Be Fun has been named one of Indigo’s “Best Books of 2020,” and is an Audible and Apple pick for one of the “Best Audiobooks of 2020.”
Visit EternityMartis.com for more information.
Support Groups for Survivors
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
These support groups will be facilitated by the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Ottawa. This is an 8-week program for survivors of sexual violence to share and find support in the community! The first session will be on Wednesday January 27th from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Zoom.
Bystander Intervention Training
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Join CUSA Womxn’s Learning, Advocacy, and Support on January 28th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for a Bystanders Intervention Training provided by the Dandelion Initiative. The goal of this workshop is to leave with concrete actions and language that can be used in real time to de-escalate and prevent harmful behaviours while supporting survivors.
This is a free event with a cap of 25 participants! Sign up now before it is too late!
The following event will occur over Zoom. The link will be provided to participants once the ticket has been secured closer to the event date.
Netflix Watch Party: Clueless
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Don’t miss out and join us for our Netflix Watch Part screening the feminist classic ‘Clueless’ from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.! There will be a chance to win gift card prizes with fun trivia throughout the movie.
Trauma-Informed Yoga Series
Warrior Yoga Network has created a Trauma-Informed Yoga Series where each video explores different themes you can watch virtually at your own leisure!
Here are some encouraging words Cassie who created the series:
Hi, I’m Cassie! I am a Yoga teacher, a Yoga therapist in training and the cofounder of Warrior Yoga Network, a nonprofit which provides yoga weekly to people experiencing and recovering from trauma. I built this series based on some of the most beneficial elements the yoga practice that have been crucial for me along my healing journey through sexual assault and trauma.
Everyone is different so please feel free to modify, skip or take breaks at any point throughout the series and seek professional mental health support as needed.
Trauma-Informed Yoga Series Video 1, Grounding: A 40-minute gentle yoga + meditation practice designed to help you hold onto the world when it feels like you might spin off. This practice is accessible from a chair.
Trauma-Informed Yoga Series Video 2, Boundaries meditation: A 30 minute practice designed to help you build a safe space within and around yourself. This practice can be done from seated or standing.
Trauma-Informed Yoga Series Video 3, Releasing: A 1-hour minute practice designed to help you release the old moment and step into the here and now. This practice will require getting up and down off the floor.
Trauma-Informed Yoga Series Video 4, Rising: A 55 minute practice designed to build you up. This is an active practice that required getting up and down off the floor, with standing postures.
You are a Warrior. You have the ability to move through hardship. You have within you the ability to heal.
Shanti,
(Peace)
Cassie
Website: WarriorYoga.network
Instagram: @Warrior.Yoga
Instagram: @CassieConnorYoga
The goal of Inclusion Week is to raise visibility and awareness of the value of human rights work and EDI, explore practical ways to integrate its principles into our organizational structures and culture, and strengthen the potential for prosperity in the community. In a time of great transition, this year we will investigate subjects and experiences related to inclusion at a time of pandemic response, racial reckoning and technological transformation. Please view the full program.
Inclusion Week 2020 Program (PDF, 908 KB)
In conversation with the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
Monday, October 19th
On the heels of the Speech from the Throne, the Minister sat down with Carleton’s Michael Charles, Assistant Vice-President and University Advisor, Equity and Inclusive Communities for a wide-ranging newsworthy discussion about the government’s work to further national progress on EDI and the role the university sector should play.
Click here for the full-length version (or to view a teaser)
Video: In conversation with the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
Inclusive Leadership Workshop Parts 1 and 2
Tuesday, October 20th and Friday, October 23rd, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Live Teams Workshop
(Carleton University employees only)
This workshop has been oversubscribed and registration is now closed
Inclusive Leadership is a unique, evidence-based, interdisciplinary educational workshop emphasizing real-world problem-solving. Following an interactive and self-reflective approach, this advanced seminar presents a comprehensive and memorable framework for personal transformation. In this 2-part session, participants will be introduced to the LUCCC© model of Inclusive Leadership as a foundational framework for the development of more sophisticated cross-cultural interactions and outcomes.
Participants may expect to:
- Understand the value of inclusivity in leadership for the future of work and research.
- Consider the role of cultural competency in improving team outcomes.
- Gain appreciation for the ubiquity of unconscious bias, its impact on decision-making and the necessity to situationally mitigate its influence.
- Expand the ability to create an atmosphere of trust among teams and stakeholders.
- Work and learn through discussion questions and interactive case studies.
Inclusive Leadership has been validated in both academic and private sector environments.
Neuroscience of Inclusion Panel
Wednesday, October 21st, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
(Public Event)
Video: Neuroscience of Inclusion Panel
Panelists will explore cognitive diversity and diversity of identity and experience as they consider implications for enhanced inclusivity in teaching and learning.
Participants
- Moderator: Kim Hellemans PhD, Carleton University
- Mathew Kent, Master’s Student, Carleton University
- Rebecca Merkley PhD, Carleton University
- Sonia Guerriero PhD, UNESCO, Paris France
- Yvette Cozier PhD, Boston University School of Public Health
Accessibility in Times of Transition
Thursday, October 22nd, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Video: Accessibility in Times of Transition
Participants
- Moderator: Tara Connolly Assistant Director, Research and Development READ (Research Education Accessibility Design)
- Quayce Thomas Founder, Timsle.com
- Somei Tam Senior Disability Advisor, Paul Menton Centre (PMC) for Students with Disabilities
- Cathy Malcolm Edwards Lead, Coordinated Accessibility Strategy (CAS) Implementation
- Rebecca Andre, Fourth year Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies
- Beth A. Robertson PhD, Carleton University
The African Diaspora in the Academy Panel
Thursday, October 22nd, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
(Public Event)
Video: The African Diaspora in the Academy Panel
Black academic leaders from across the country offer perspectives on career and research inspirations and reflect upon overdue changes needed within universities to improve representation and inclusion.
Participants
- Moderator: Michael F. Charles JD, Carleton University
- Joy Mighty PhD, Carleton University
- Daniel McNeil PhD, Carleton University
- Janelle Joseph PhD, University of Toronto
- Charmaine A. Nelson PhD, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
- Gervan Fearon PhD, President and Vice-Chancellor Brock University
Empowered Bystander Intervention Workshop
Date: Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Facilitated by the Dandelion Initiative, this workshop takes an interactive and tool-based approach to help participants develop their skills in intervening and de-escalating potentially harmful situations that could lead to sexual violence or harassment. Participants will leave this workshop with concrete actions and language to use in real time to de-escalate and prevent harmful behaviours while supporting survivors.
Yoga for Survivors
Date: Tuesday, October 6th, 2020 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom, registered is required. Spots are very limited.
Join us for a trauma-informed virtual yoga session for survivors. This session will be facilitated by Warrior Yoga, a network of yoga and meditation teachers taking action to create a more inclusive and accessible yoga community.
Self-Care Crafting Session
Date: Friday, October 16th, 2020 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom *If you would like art supplies mail to your home, please email amal.elmi@carleton.ca
Students are invited to join local artist KJ Forman (they/them) for an afternoon virtual crafting session. This session is open to all folks who want to explore their creative side by designing their own affirmation art work or painting/coloring affirmation art designed by KJ.
In anticipation of the session, please check out KJ Forman’s Instagram page: @luckylittlequeer
This is a community-wide engagement session open to all faculty, staff and student Indigenous, Racialized, and Non-Racialized members, to engage in conversations about what solidarity, allyship and shared responsibility look like in our context. The session will focus on how to bring anti-racist and decolonizing principles into our work both on campus and beyond. We will be joined for this event by two wonderful speakers: Nate Behar, a Carleton alum and current wide receiver in the CFL who has found his voice as a cultural writer in the area of anti-racism, appearing on CBC and in other media. Michelle Brownrigg is the Senior Director and the Chief Program Officer for Hart House at the University of Toronto and part of an interdisciplinary team who work on initiatives that foster engagement, facilitate arts expression, and support overall wellness with a particular focus on the underserved and underrepresented in educational settings.
- Date/Time: August 18th 2020, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- Location: Online
The Department of Equity and Inclusive Communities is pleased to announce “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in a Virtual World” coming Wednesday, June 3, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
This introductory live and interactive program will review EDI successes and opportunities on campus as we continue transitioning to new ways of being, working, learning and researching in an online environment. We will also examine potential responsive approaches. Designed with faculty and staff in mind, the session draws from conversations from across the community. Topics for collaborative exploration will include Learning, Belonging / Wellness, Recruitment, and Prevention of Sexual Violence.
Kinàmàgawin Symposium 2020
February 6, 2020
Richcraft Building, Room 2220
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
This year’s topic:
Indigenous Identity and Sovereignty
Keynote Speaker:
Pamela Palmater, Chair in Indigenous Governance, Ryerson University
Appropriating Indigenous Identities Panel Discussion with:
Kahente Horn-Miller, Carmen Robertson, Patricia McGuire, Brenda Macdougall
One additional speaker has yet to be determined.
Decolonizing Indigenous Identities:
Student Panel Discussion
Sexual Assault Awareness Week
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020
3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Womxn’s Centre (308 University Centre)
Sexual Assault Awareness Week will take place from Monday, January 27th to Friday, January 31st 2020! Throughout the week Equity and Inclusive Communities along with campus and community partners will be hosting a number of events, activities and workshops across campus.
For a full schedule of events, please click here.
Reclaim Your Voice – “Survivors Working Through Trauma”
In this interactive workshop, survivors are invited to engage, listen, learn, and/or discuss the relationship between sexual assault and trauma, and the need for different healing practices for diverse communities. This workshop seeks to raise further awareness about survivors’ strengths and resilience, the role of coping and healing strategies, and the need to center survivors’ voices and agency. We must continue to recognize the traumatic impacts of sexual assault and the need to make space for survivors’ healing practices.
Please note: survivors are not required to share any information, stories, or personal experiences during the workshop.
Inclusion Week 2019
November 11 – 15, 2019
Come and participate in Carleton University’s inaugural Inclusion Week series where we will explore and manifest inclusive practices throughout the community. Students, staff and faculty will be provided with unique opportunities to reflect on different dimensions of inclusion through a variety of interactive activities. For a full schedule of events, please click here.
Panel: Isolation and the Student Experience
Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Time: 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Location: Discovery Centre Room 482
Students are invited to a panel discussion entitled Isolation and the Student Experience. Students at Carleton will discuss stories of adversity, resiliency, and how to navigate life in post-secondary school.
Refreshments will be provided.
Moderators
– Amal Elmi, Equity Education and Services Coordinator at the Department of Equity and Inclusive Communities
– Dwaine Taylor, Student Development and Community Outreach Coordinator at the Student Experience Office
Panelists
– Gowlene, Coordinator at the Racialized and International Student Experience
– Eric Tibbetts, Muslim Students Association
– Olivia Astin, Collaborative Master’s Program at the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women
and Gender Studies and the Institute of African Studies
– Cassondra Barnaby, Mi’gmaw of the Wabanaki Confederacy. Human Rights and Law Student at Carleton University
Panel: Promising Practices for Inclusive Classrooms
Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Time: 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Location: Gordon Wood Lounge, DT 1811
Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Committee (IDEA)
Teaching and Learning Council
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are core values in teaching and learning, but how can we enact them in our classrooms? How do we negotiate our own respective positions of power, privilege, identity, and lived experience in relation to our students?
Join: Manjeet Birk (Women’s and Gender Studies), Jennifer Henderson (English and Indigenous and Canadian Studies), Geraldine King (Indigenous and Canadian Studies), Bill Skidmore (IIS, Human Rights and Social Justice) and Joy Mighty (Office of the Provost and Vice-president (Academic).
The conversation will be co-facilitated by Ikram Jama, Equity Adviser, Department of Equity and Inclusive Communities and Jodie Medd, Faculty Member, Department of English Language and Literature.
Panel: Not in our Space: Countering hate and Racial Supremist Groups
Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019
Location: Carleton University
Everyone is invited to a panel discussion on Thursday, Nov. 14 entitled Not in our Space: Countering Hate and Racial Supremist Groups. Panelists from Carleton University and the Ottawa community will discuss how to raise awareness on hate crimes in Canada, share ideas on prevention and how to support impacted communities.
Moderator
– Michael F. Charles, University Advisor on Equity and Inclusive Communities and Director of Equity and Inclusive Communities
Opening
– Brian Billings, Director of Campus Safety Services
Panelists
– Amira Elghawaby | Founding Board Member, Canadian Anti-Hate Network
– Dillion Black | Expert Committee Member, National Expert Committee on Countering Radicalization to Violence
– Councillor Rawlson King | Councillor for Rideau-Rockcliffe