The Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is an intensive, 3-day, peer-based workshop. You will teach 10-minute lessons on each of the three days, and receive feedback from peers. There will be plenty of opportunities to individually and collectively further develop your teaching effectiveness. Since this workshop is peer-based, your commitment to participate on all 3 days, […]
Through a series of engaging activities and reflection exercises participants who take part in this workshop will be able to: Identify personal limitations to engagement in dialogue across differences. Identify what they need to engage in meaningful conversation through respectful dialogue without the intention of persuasion. Develop personal strategies to manage emotions in order to […]
Through a series of engaging activities and reflection exercises participants who take part in this workshop will be able to: Identify personal limitations to engagement in dialogue across differences. Identify what they need to engage in meaningful conversation through respectful dialogue without the intention of persuasion. Develop personal strategies to manage emotions in order to […]
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 practice using these tools in order to foster a more inclusive and equitable campus environment. This session […]
Participants receive a detailed overview of the rights and responsibilities in the accommodations process based on the Ontario Human Rights Code, such as those involving disability (including mental health), creed (religion), and sex/gender. In addition to learning how to request and respond to accommodation needs, participants will learn strategies that will assist in increasing inclusion […]
In this workshop, participants will acquire a better understanding of disability as a social construct. They will learn about key concepts such as ableism and the social model of disability. Participants will also engage in reflection exercises to begin challenging ableism in everyday life. Further information and registration can be found through YU Learn.
This session will follow the birth and development of anti-Black racism both globally and locally, and the historic and on-going efforts to dismantle it. Through case-studies and scenarios, participants will be offered tools and examples of how to respond to anti-Black racism in effective and sustainable ways. Further information and registration can be found through […]
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. Find more information and registration through YU […]
Building on an understanding that organizations and institutions continue to embody many of the ways in which our society has created barriers to equity and inhibited inclusion, this session will consider discrimination from a systemic lens, and ask participants to engage in meaningful discussions on systems change. Participants will be invited to reflect on their […]