Inclusion Week: Restoring Our Fractured Communities: An Indigenous Restorative Session with Knowledge Keeper Greg Loft

As part of Inclusion Week and Well-Being Week, join us for an in‑person Indigenous restorative session rooted in care, and community connection. This gathering invites participants to slow down, reflect, and engage in collective healing as we navigate the fractures of the world we live in today. Through story, dialogue, and gentle restorative practice, we […]

Inclusion Week: REDDI – Do the Work: Dialogue Across Differences

This 90-minute online interactive workshop is open to all faculty, staff and students, and equips participants with practical communication skills for engaging across differences of opinion, experience, and worldview. Through scenarios, discussion, and skill-building activities, participants will learn strategies to stay grounded during moments of conflict, approach disagreements constructively, and build bridges across divides. Register […]

Inclusion Week: Rising Beyond Gravity: Women in Aerospace

Rising Beyond Gravity: Women in Aerospace is a student-led panel and networking event celebrating women’s resilience and achievements in engineering and the space sector. The event brings together students, faculty, alumni, and industry professionals for inspiring dialogue, mentorship, and connection, highlighting how community support helps women and underrepresented groups overcome barriers and thrive in STEM. […]

Inclusion Week: Leading with Purpose: DEDI and Allyship for Student Leaders – Students only

Leading with Purpose: DEDI and Allyship for Student Leaders is an interactive 90-minute online workshop designed to support student leaders in building the skills, self-awareness, and confidence needed to lead with equity, empathy, and accountability. Grounded in the principles of Decolonization, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (DEDI), this session invites participants to reflect on their social […]

Inclusion Week: Mattering: Why “Being Seen” is the Heart of Inclusion, and Well-being A Fireside Chat with World-Leading Expert Professor Gordon Flett & Interim Vice-President, Equity, People & Culture, Professor Parissa Safai

Kick off Inclusion Week and Well-being Week on Monday, March 2 at 11:30 a.m. with a virtual fireside chat featuring world leading mattering expert Professor Gordon Flett, recently featured on The Oprah Podcast for his insights into why mattering is essential to human well-being. Joined by Professor Parissa Safai, interim vice-president, Equity, People & Culture, […]

Inclusion Week: Do the Work: Dialogue Across Differences (for Graduate Students – part of the DEDI certificate)

The Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion, in partnership with the Faculty of Graduate Studies and the Teaching Commons, is pleased to announce the launch of the Graduate Student Certificate in Decolonization, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEDIA). This multi-year, fully online certificate is designed to provide graduate students with the knowledge, skills, and […]

Managing Conflict as Peer Leaders: Navigating Courageous ConversationsManaging Conflict as Peer Leaders: Navigating Courageous Conversations

Courageous Conversations is a practical, community focused 90-minute online workshop designed to help student leaders manage conflict and build confidence and skill in navigating uncomfortable or sensitive interactions with their peers. Through guided reflection, hands-on dialogue tools, and real world scenarios, participants learn how to listen with empathy, clarify needs, offer supportive options, and set […]

Inclusion Week: Managing Conflict as Peer Leaders: Navigating Courageous ConversationsManaging Conflict as Peer Leaders: Navigating Courageous Conversations

Courageous Conversations is a practical, community focused 90-minute workshop designed to help student leaders manage conflict and build confidence and skill in navigating uncomfortable or sensitive interactions with their peers. Through guided reflection, hands-on dialogue tools, and real world scenarios, participants learn how to listen with empathy, clarify needs, offer supportive options, and set healthy […]

Inclusion Week: Women Leading Technology for Society: Where Inclusion, Care and Technology Meet

Join the Women in Computer Science & Engineering (WiCSE) Committee at the Lassonde School of Engineering for a special International Women’s Day panel discussion featuring leaders from academia and industry. Explore how technology leadership can create meaningful societal impact – through research, innovation, policy, and practice. Be sure to stop by our table during the […]

Inclusion Week: Moving from Tension to Connection: Tools for Restorative Conversations (At Glendon Campus)

Whether you support or teach students, collaborate across teams, or lead within your department, this 90-minute interactive workshop offers staff, faculty and leaders a welcoming space to build skills that strengthen communication, repair, and connection. Even small moments of tension can strain relationships and make repair feel risky. How we respond in these moments often […]