{"id":331,"date":"2024-02-09T00:07:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T05:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/viau\/?p=331"},"modified":"2025-07-29T14:55:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T18:55:16","slug":"2024-engiqueers-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/viau\/2024\/2024-engiqueers-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 EngiQueers Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        2024 EngiQueers Conference\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 27th 2024, Dr. Viau joined&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/profile\/cynthia-cruickshank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Cynthia Cruickshank<\/a>&nbsp;(Associate Dean EDI, Faculty of Engineering and Design) at the 2nd Annual EngiQueers Conference, which was hosted this year by Carleton University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over three days, industry professionals, member groups, and student leaders transferred knowledge, discussed challenges student advocacy groups face, and provided tangible ways to address them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Viau and Dr. Cruickshank were each invited to give a talk of their own on their personal journey and lived experiences as it pertains to the principles and application of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/about\/edi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the efforts and initiatives<\/a> being brought forward at the Faculty of Engineering and Design of Carleton University, through the EDI Council and the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/Faculty-of-Engineering-and-Design-EDI-Action-Plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FED EDI Action Plan<\/a>,&nbsp;were presented and discussed; many fruitful discussions and suggestions provided by the participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Truly a great and important experience, happy to have been invited!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about EngiQueers Canada, and how they are making a difference for 2SLGBTQIA+ students studying engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engiqueers.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">check out their website!<\/a>&nbsp;Learn about Carleton University&#8217;s chapter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cue.gay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/viau\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2025\/07\/53512664357_628d19c962_o-Copy-edit-scaled-1-1024x629.jpg\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/viau\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2025\/07\/53512664357_628d19c962_o-Copy-edit-scaled-1-1024x629.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/viau\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2025\/07\/53512664357_628d19c962_o-Copy-edit-scaled-1-512x314.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/viau\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2025\/07\/53512664357_628d19c962_o-Copy-edit-scaled-1-320x197.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/viau\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2025\/07\/53512664357_628d19c962_o-Copy-edit-scaled-1-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/viau\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2025\/07\/53512664357_628d19c962_o-Copy-edit-scaled-1-1536x943.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/viau\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2025\/07\/53512664357_628d19c962_o-Copy-edit-scaled-1-2048x1258.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 27th 2024, Dr. Viau joined&nbsp;Dr. Cynthia Cruickshank&nbsp;(Associate Dean EDI, Faculty of Engineering and Design) at the 2nd Annual EngiQueers Conference, which was hosted this year by Carleton University. Over three days, industry professionals, member groups, and student leaders transferred knowledge, discussed challenges student advocacy groups face, and provided tangible ways to address them. 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