(Ex)clusion

Thank you to Andrea Adams for her interview with (Ex)clusion Co-Host Marcie Hawranik.

Episode featured on the HR ShopTalk YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIHDDh7NawU

In this video, we talk about equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace with an HR lens.  Sometimes HR is tasked with this - but is that the right approach? 
Marcie Hawranik of Canadian Equality Consulting says HR plays a critical role and can help get it set up right including ensuring leadership from the top and accountability - but then make sure that the organization knows and accepts that it's their responsibility as well. 

Canadian Equality Consulting: https://canadianequality.ca/

Cybermentor (founded in 2001 – happy 20 years!)  is an online mentorship and science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) outreach program for youth who face barriers to accessing STEAM education. The mentors—women, non-binary, and/or Indigenous professionals in diverse careers in STEAM—enjoy the experience of being a role model and motivating the next generation of STEAM professionals.

Co-coordinator Hannah Brunsdon has been with Cybermentor since 2019. She has a BA in Women’s and Gender Studies with a minor in Drama from UAlberta. Hannah is passionate about feminism, social justice education, mental health, arts-based community development, and creating safer communities. When she’s not working, you can find Hannah biking, doing arts and crafts projects with her family, or watching stand-up specials on all the streaming platforms!

Holliston (Holly) Logan is Cybermentor’s Indigenous Expansion Coordinator. Holly graduated from the University of Calgary with a BSc in Psychology. Holly joined the team in 2020 to focus on expanding the Cybermentor program to create a new mentorship and community engagement stream centred on Indigenous knowledge and people in STEAM. As a member of the Metis Nation of Alberta, Holly is passionate about working within her community and supporting Indigenous youth in pursuing their passions in a way that is meaningful and respectful to their own communities and cultures. When she is not working you can find Holly hanging out with her dog Beatrice, crocheting, listening to true crime podcasts, and hanging out in nature.
 
Resources:
https://www.cybermentor.ca/
https://www.migrationmusic.ca/
https://www.indigesteam.ca/

Steven Ngo is a Vancouver-based lawyer who specializes in business and technology.  He serves on the board of various organizations that advocate for equity, justice, and opportunity for Asian Canadian legal professionals and the broader community. Steven is also a social entrepreneur and is the founder of Beyond the A, Living Room Series, and Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (Western).
 Currently, he is working on making reporting anti-Asian hate crimes to the police more accessible.

https://fixpolicereporting.ca/

In the News:

• https://bc.ctvnews.ca/what-if-you-don-t-speak-chinese-vancouver-man-faces-challenges-while-reporting-a-hate-crime-against-him-1.5391054 
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-bc-asian-hate-crime-reporting-victims-raising-money-1.6010230
• https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-asian-canadian-community-tackling-difficulties-in-filing-hate/

Asian Heritage Month

• https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/asian-heritage-month.html
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/community/asian-heritage-month-calgary-1.6009311

James Demers (He/Him) has worked as a professional facilitator and LGBTQ diversity educator for 9 years and as a community builder for 14 years. Working across a variety of sectors in Treaty 7 Territory (Mo'kinsis) and around the world. He is also a trans activist, athlete, bunny dad, performer, public speaker, and lucky drag producer with Fake Mustache. He has committed his life and career to uplifting LGBTQ voices and building bridges of understanding between all of us. 

Local Resources for Education and Support Services

• Queer Education Foundation  https://www.qefoundation.com/
• Skipping Stone Foundation  https://www.skippingstone.ca/
• Centre for Newcomers/ Rainbow RailRoad  https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/
• AROC - Anti-Racist Organizational Change Project/ Resources -  http://communitywise.net/aroc/
• Calgary Queer Arts Society - https://www.calgaryqueerartssociety.com/
• Rainbow Elders -  http://rainbowelderscalgary.ca/
• Calgary Pride -  https://www.calgarypride.ca/
• Calgary Outlink - https://www.calgaryoutlink.ca/
• HIV Community Link - https://hivcl.org/
• 519 Community Services Toronto -  https://www.the519.org/education-training/training-resources/our-resources

Indigiqueer and Two Spirit Education/ Speakers

• Joshua Whitehead (he/him)  https://www.joshuawhitehead.ca/
• Mòkinàn Consulting - Gabriel Castilloux https://www.mokinanconsulting.com/
• Dr. James Makokis http://speakerscanada.com/james-makokis/

Further Education and Media Recommendations Podcasts

• Making Gay History https://makinggayhistory.com/
• Queer As Fact https://www.queerasfact.com/
• Nancy https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/nancy
• AfroQueer Podcast https://afroqueerpodcast.com/
• Native Calgarian Podcast https://www.nativecalgarian.com/
• The Secret Life of Canada https://www.cbc.ca/radio/secretlifeofcanada
• The Unlearning Channel https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-unlearning-channel

Books - Can be found on www.goodreads.com

• Stonewall: The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution by David Carter
• And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
• Transgender History by Susan Stryker
• Our Past Matters: Stories of Gay Calgary by Kevin Allen
• I’m Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya- local U of C Professor and artist
• So You Want to Talk About Race- by Ijeoma Oluo
• Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
• The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole
• How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Jessica Vandenberghe, P.Eng., M.Sc. has worked in the oilsands, mining, regulatory, infrastructure, and consulting industries. She holds a B.Sc. Chemical Engineering Computer Process Control Co-op and an M.Sc. in Chemical and Mining Engineering, both from the University of Alberta. Her career has taken her to communities large and small around the nation and she has sat on many Boards and Councils with stakeholders such as federal, provincial, and municipal governments, with First Nations, Metis Settlements, and Metis Nations, as well as academic institutions and private industry. As a mother of two and an Indigenous female engineer, she is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion along with Truth and Reconciliation.

She is currently the Assistant Dean (Outreach) and Industrial Professor - Indigenous Engineering for the University of Alberta, Faculty of Engineering, where she oversees a wide portfolio that contributes to the development of well-rounded and ethically-minded engineering students who will ultimately help to build strong and vibrant communities within Canada.
- https://apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/jvanden1
- https://informedopinions.org/ew_expert/jessica.vandenberghe/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7cSkqltKLg
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnVovDSHUcU

Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation – the Podcast that I co-host with George Lee
- https://unsettledjourneys.buzzsprout.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/UnsettledJourneys/

LinkedIn: Jessica Vandenberghe
Twitter: @JMvandenberghe
Instagram: @UofAIndigenousengProf

DiscoverE
- https://www.ualberta.ca/engineering/discovere/index.html
- https://www.ualberta.ca/engineering/discovere/discovere-at-home/index.html
- https://estore.engineering.ualberta.ca/discovere/activity-boxes/

Andrea Silverstone is the Executive Director of Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society, an organization committed to breaking the cycle of violence for individuals, organizations, and communities.  She is a highly respected community partner and collaborative leader.      

Andrea is a Registered Social Worker and Mediator with a background in Judaic/Talmudic Law, having attended Lindenbaum College in Jerusalem and York University in Toronto. Beginning her career in Calgary at the Awo Taan Native Women’s Shelter, Andrea later transitioned into her role as the Executive Director of Sagesse. Andrea’s achievements include the 2013 Association of Jewish Family and Child Agencies Goodman Award in recognition of her development and implementation of innovative programming that addresses bullying, violence, and domestic abuse in the Jewish community, the 2015 Alberta Inspiration Award for leadership in Family Violence Prevention and the 2015 RESOLVE Excellence in Community Service and Research Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to creating homes and communities safe from interpersonal violence and abuse.  

Andrea has implemented a collective impact initiative to address domestic and sexual violence province-wide, she has developed programming to address the systemic nature of domestic violence in under-studied communities such as women of affluence and strives daily to ensure individuals affected by abuse and gender inequality are made visible and know that they have an ally in her.  

https://www.sagesse.org/
https://realtalk.sagesse.org/
https://www.hrreporter.com/employment-law/news/bill-c-65-to-take-effect-jan.-1-2021/330862
https://www.alberta.ca/family-violence-prevention.aspx
https://www.alberta.ca/family-violence-find-supports.aspx

Welcome to Season 2!
We kick things off on Ada Lovelace Day, the 1st day of WinSTEM week 2020!
Our Guest:
Dr. Laleh Behjat is a professor at the University of Calgary in Alberta Canada. Her research mainly focuses on applying mathematical techniques to make computers faster and more efficient. She has won several international, national and institutional awards for her work on computer engineering and engineering education. In addition, Dr. Behjat has a passion for increasing the status of women in (STEM) and has worked on recruiting more women to engineering for over a decade. She has won many awards for her work on this topic! Including as a recipient of the 2018 Alberta Women’s Science Networks Minerva Mentor Award, the 2015 Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) Women in Engineering Champion Award, and Association of Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group in Design Automation Service Award in 2014. Earlier this year she became the NSERC (National Science and Engineering Research Council) Women in Science and Engineering Prairie Chair! As part of today’s discussion, Dr. Behjat will be discussing some of her plans as the new Prairie Chair.

- http://cwse-prairies.ca/pages/prairie-wise/long_bios/Laleh_Behjat.php
- https://schulich.ucalgary.ca
- https://findingada.com/
- https://www.biography.com/scholar/ada-lovelace
- https://www.awsn.org/WinSTEM/month 

A Crossover Episode with The Colour Gap Podcast Shahzia Noorally, a podcast that uncovers the unique and uncomfortable truths about being a Woman of Colour in the corporate world.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/227195
@ColourGap 

We all experience spaces - including work spaces differently. The episode will discuss the pitfalls in EDI efforts when an intersectional lens is not applied. We will also discuss the importance of listening to and understanding lived experiences.

Positive Choices Consulting:
https://positivechoicescounselling.com/
https://www.instagram.com/positivecho...
https://www.linkedin.com/company/posi...
https://twitter.com/PCCyyc
https://www.facebook.com/positivechoi...
Child Welfare League of Canada
https://7f9b59af-af92-41cd-8e6c-aa287...
National Institute of Forensic Social Work
https://nifsw.com
Additional Reading:
https://robynmaynard.com/policing-bla...
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contr...
https://www.drdansiegel.com/books/the...
https://drshefali.com/the-conscious-p...
https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Dep...
Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrHIQ...
http://www.canadianculturalmosaicfoun...

Cross-polliNation aims to show that creativity and innovation are widely accessible by combining knowledge or talents you already have or can learn. 

•  crosspollination.co
• Twitter @Pollinata1, on Instagram and LinkedIn
• https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com/blog/2018/11/6/we-welcome-cross-pollination-into-the-hive

Economic Recovery and Women in Alberta

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/women-led-alberta-s-economic-recovery-in-2018-1.4988174 

The Gig Economy 

• https://www.dianemulcahy.com/gig-economy/

Past Episode Reference

• https://www.buzzsprout.com/281024/1280152-episode1-edi-it-s-good-for-business-making-a-business-case-for-equity-diversity-and-inclusion