SPARK

Through dialogue, education and thought leadership,Pride at Work Canada/Fierté au travail Canadaempowers Canadian employers to build workplaces that celebrate all employees regardless of gender expression, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Our learning, networking and community events happen across the country, advising, celebrating and connecting the most inclusive Canadian employers. We help private, public and nonprofit employers to create safer, more inclusive workplaces that recognize the skills of LGBTQ2+ people.

Pride at Work Canada/Fierté au travail Canada

A half-day event connecting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) leaders with Senior Executives for shared learning and networking.

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

<h3>Find inspiration. Leave with a new perspective. Spark impactful change.</h3>Participants will get exclusive access to Chris Bergeron (she/her), author and VP of Inclusive Creativity at Cossette. Bergeron will deliver a keynote presentation about her experience of losing male privilege as a trans woman. Pride at Work Canada’s Executive Director Colin Druhan (he/him) will provide an update on recent research that reflects the labour market experiences of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities in Canada.Through collaborative study, participants will take part in three roundtable conversations exploring the intersections of 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion with Indigenous Solidarity, Anti-Black Racism and Accessibility. These sessions will be co-led by Pride at Work Canada staff and community leaders from a range of lived experiences.This creative morning of ideation will be preceded by an opening brunch.Learning Objectives:<ul><li>Understand the intersectionality present in 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.</li><li>Develop new perspectives on solving DEI challenges.</li><li>Make connections with leaders across a diversity of industries.</li></ul>Audience:<ul><li>Executive Sponsors</li><li>DEI professionals</li><li>Entrepreneurs and CEOs</li></ul>Roundtable Facilitators:<ul><li>Indigenous Solidarity: Tim Geauvreau, Workforce Warriors, &amp; Londzo Drury (she/her), Manager of Workplace &amp; Culture, Pride at Work Canada</li><li>Anti-Black Racism: Hildah Otieno Juma (she/her), Executive Director, Black Talent Initiative, &amp; Colin Druhan (he/him), Executive Director, Pride at Work Canada</li><li>Accessibility: Melissa Egan (she/her), National Lead, Episodic Disabilities, Realize, &amp; Jade Pichette (they/them), Director of Programs, Pride at Work Canada</li></ul>Registration &amp; PricingLIMITED SEATS ONLY! Purchase your tickets as soon as possible. Registrations will be open on Eventbrite from Tuesday, December 13, 2022, to Wednesday, February 3, 2023, and the participation fees are:General tickets<ul><li>$1,100.00 (+ fees)</li><li>For senior leaders of other companies &amp; organizations (non-partners)</li></ul>Partner tickets<ul><li>$600.00 (+ tax)</li><li>Senior leaders of Pride at Work Canada’s <a href="https://prideatwork.ca/about/proud-partners/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Proud Partners</a> &amp; <a href="https://prideatwork.ca/about/community-partners/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Community Partners</a> get a $500.00 discount</li></ul>Contact us at info@prideatwork.ca and ask for your Partner Code.Early-birds – $100 off<ul><li>On the purchase of your ticket by Friday, January 13, 2023, you enjoy an additional $100 off your ticket price. </li><li>Apply the code SPARK_EB13 when purchasing your ticket, and it is cumulative with the Partner ticket discount.</li></ul>When registering, participants will be asked to inform some personal &amp; professional details, accessibility requests, food restrictions &amp; allergies, and to rank the roundtable conversations: Indigenous Solidarity, Anti-Black Racism and Accessibility. Soon we will inform the speakers for each session.Do you have any questions about SPARK? Please send an email to info@prideatwork.ca or visit: <a href="https://prideatwork.ca/event/spark-20230210/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://prideatwork.ca/event/spark-20230210/</a>T﻿hank you Scotiabank for the support and BLG Toronto for hosting!

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