A full-day event, IDEAS 2021, will take place on November 25 from 9 AM to 4 PM at the Johnson Geo Centre with the goal of creating workplaces that are welcoming to immigrants, racialized people, and others from underrepresented groups.
IDEAS will be streamed live on Rogers – click here!
Schedule
8:30 am Registration opens
9 am Opening Remarks
9:15 am E is for Equity
- Dr. Boluwaji Ogunyemi, Assistant Dean, Social Accountability, Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine
10 am Break
10:15 am Inclusion Panel
Moderator Ramraajh Sharvendiran
A panel discussion exploring many intersections of diversity, what it can – and cannot – look like, and why it is important
- Melissandra Magdalena Groza, 2SLGBTQIA+ advocate
- Kathy Hawkins, Empower NL
- Mariana Castro, Music NL/Musician and Researcher
11:15 am Diversity Panel
Moderator: Ramraajh Sharvendiran
Employers and employees panel discussion on what inclusion truly means, how to implement it in the workplace, and why fostering inclusion is crucial to successful work environments for retention purposes.
- Colin Kurlicki, RBC
- Mimi Sheriff, Bluedrop Performance Learning and Gursha Catering
- Brenda O’Reilly, YellowBelly Brewery
- Mariana Castro-Carvajal, MusicNL
12:15 pm Lunch + Music Performance in partnership with Music NL
1:00 pm A is for Anti-Racism
- Keynote Anti-Racism: Bushra Junaid, Artist, Curator, and Illustrator
2:20 pm Afternoon snack + Music Performance in partnership with Music NL
3:00 – 4:00pm
For further information, contact dbrown@ancnl.ca.