Understanding and Accessing Family Status Accommodation

Register here: https://yulearn.yorku.ca/local/yulearn/learning_opportunity.php?id=1265. In this workshop, you’ll learn more about what family status accommodation is and how to respond to requests. Participants will receive an overview of the rights and responsibilities in the accommodations process based on the Ontario Human Rights Code and relevant policies at York University, as well as some strategies that will […]

Impacts and Effects of Microaggressions in the PSE Environment

Register here: yulearn.yorku.ca/local/yulearn/learning_opportunity.php?id=1253. This session will highlight the reality and pervasiveness of microaggressions within the context of post-secondary institutions. We will look at how and why microaggressions are harmful, discuss some tools to address and inhibit microaggressions, and offer opportunities to practise using these tools to foster a more inclusive and equitable campus environment. This […]

Do the Work: Intervening on Sex and Gender Harassment and Discrimination

Register on YU Learn: yulearn.yorku.ca/local/yulearn/learning_opportunity.php?id=1252 . This praxis session will offer participants the opportunity to practise intervening in situations or sex or gender discrimination and harassment and relies on participants familiar with the concepts explored in the rest of this miniseries. Participants will be encouraged to bring their lingering questions, concerns and fears from previous […]

Issues and Impacts of Misogynoir (interactive session)

Register on YU Learn: yulearn.yorku.ca/local/yulearn/learning_opportunity.php?id=1250 . This is an interactive session where participants discuss the issue of misogynoir, which shows how sexism and racism manifest in Black women’s lives to create intersecting forms of oppression. Participants explore the detrimental impacts of internalized racism as well as engage in a discussion about healing and self-care.