Exploring Anti-racism, Allyship & Belonging-for Staff (2 Parts)

“But where are you really from?”: Exploring Anti-racism, Allyship & Belonging in the Workplace-for Staff

2 Parts - Nov 23 & 25, 10:00am-12:00noon

Facilitators: Adeline Huynh

Description:

This interactive workshop takes learners on a deep dive to explore racism and white supremacy in our daily lives, including our workplaces. Through a brief review of resources and historical context, reflection, discussion, and skills-building activities, this training will provide participants with a critical lens to recognize how racism manifests in our systems of power and in our everyday interactions. Learners will also be introduced to tools and resources that will support them to become better allies by building communities of belonging.

Topics:

• Intersectionality & Anti-Oppression (Power, Privilege, Oppression, Allyship)
• Implicit Bias & Microaggressions
• Creating and Supporting Communities of Belonging
• Anti-Blackness and Anti-Indigenous Racism in the post-secondary context
• Tools to have Difficult Conversations & Manage “Sticky” Situations

Learning Outcomes:

• Be able to apply key concepts related to institutional and interpersonal racism in the workplace.
• Understand how bias and stereotypes impact BIPOC’s sense of belonging, and their success.
• Recognize Whiteness, Power, and Privilege, and how it contributes to racial oppression both consciously and unconsciously.
• Practice skills to confront racism (recognize it, speak up, enact change), and have difficult conversations about racism and white supremacy.

Facilitator: Adeline Huynh is a the CEO of the commons consulting – a diversity and inclusion strategy firm. She is a leading equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategist, facilitator, and curriculum developer. She has spent almost 15 years leading and collaborating on programs that promote EDI to bring about culture change in a wide range of settings including, education, government, healthcare, non-profit/social services, and the private sector. She has worked at the UBC Equity & Inclusion Office, and was recently the Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (HR) at Simon Fraser University. She is the lead curriculum developer and facilitator for the H.E.A.R.T (Health Equity & Anti-Racism Training) Project and works with an interprofessional team to deliver province-wide trainings to the healthcare sector. Adeline has a Master of Social Work degree from UBC and is a certified PROSCI Change Management practitioner. She does her work on unceded (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səlí̓ lwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəyə̓ m (Musqueam) territories.

Moderated by: Rosie Dhaliwal, MEd | Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Specialist, SFU Human Resources