E&I Workshop: Creating an Inclusive, Anti-Racist Environment

Event Date:
2020-10-02T09:00:00
2020-10-02T12:30:00
Event Location:
Virtual (link will be provided upon registration)
Speaker:
Dr. Kartik Sheth and Dr. Renée Hložek
Related Upcoming Events:
Other Talks
Intended Audience:
Graduate
Local Contact:

Theresa Liao, Communications Coordinator

Event Information:

Equity & Inclusion in PHAS present “Creating an Inclusive, Anti-Racist Environment”, a workshop run by astrophysicists Dr. Kartik Sheth and Dr. Renée Hložek.

Kartik and Renée are passionate and engaging speakers, with many years of hands-on experience working on improving the representation of under-represented groups in academia. This workshop will raise awareness of the issues currently faced by the black, indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) community in academia, especially in physics and astronomy, and outline five steps that we as a department can follow to eliminate racism for future generations. It will be action oriented, with the goal of collaboratively developing a set of concrete initiatives that can be implemented within the department to create change sooner rather than later.

Please register below by Thursday, October 1st. There are no fees for registering, and no fees for attending the workshop.

Date: Friday, October 2nd, 9:00am – 12:30pm via Zoom

Registration fee: free.

To register: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Mrd-qvrz8tEtGDqhTIwz13UojxMhIC0w5Z

Pre-reading materials:

Further readings can be found on the Resources: Reading page.

Add to Calendar 2020-10-02T09:00:00 2020-10-02T12:30:00 E&I Workshop: Creating an Inclusive, Anti-Racist Environment Event Information: Equity & Inclusion in PHAS present “Creating an Inclusive, Anti-Racist Environment”, a workshop run by astrophysicists Dr. Kartik Sheth and Dr. Renée Hložek. Kartik and Renée are passionate and engaging speakers, with many years of hands-on experience working on improving the representation of under-represented groups in academia. This workshop will raise awareness of the issues currently faced by the black, indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) community in academia, especially in physics and astronomy, and outline five steps that we as a department can follow to eliminate racism for future generations. It will be action oriented, with the goal of collaboratively developing a set of concrete initiatives that can be implemented within the department to create change sooner rather than later. Please register below by Thursday, October 1st. There are no fees for registering, and no fees for attending the workshop. Date: Friday, October 2nd, 9:00am – 12:30pm via Zoom Registration fee: free. To register: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Mrd-qvrz8tEtGDqhTIwz13UojxMhIC0w5Z Pre-reading materials: Chapter 1-4 of How to be an antiracist – book by Ibram Kendi: Available as ebook through UBC libraryhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ubc/detail.action?docID=6062443 White Fragility – article by Robin DiAngelo: https://libjournal.uncg.edu/ijcp/article/viewFile/249/116 Further readings can be found on the Resources: Reading page. Event Location: Virtual (link will be provided upon registration)