IslandRISE Inclusive STEM Community Building Workshop
The IslandRISE initiative aims to create a group, centered at Â鶹´«Ã½ but with reach into the Island community, with a focus on building a STEM community that actively embraces scientists and engineers of all identities, and provides opportunities to learn from and with members of communities including BIPOC, 2SLGBTQ+, and people with disabilities and accessibility needs.
The IslandRISE Inclusive STEM Community Building Workshop aims to investigate the current state of EDI within the Â鶹´«Ã½ STEM community and engage participants in a collaborative process to define needs and next steps.
- When? January 8, 12:30-4:00 pm
- Who is welcome? All student, staff, and faculty members of Â鶹´«Ã½
- Where? Â鶹´«Ã½ Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, Room 128B
- Free
You are welcome to attend some or all of the workshop. Here are the tentative topics:
- Welcome and background of current EDIA environment
- Needs identification in break-out groups
- Regroup and share ideas
- Define next steps for IslandRISE initiative
- Lunch is included if you RSVP by Monday, January 6
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Thank you!
Sent on behalf of the planning committee:
Nola Etkin, Dean of Science
Ellen Fraser, third-year student, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering
Libby Osgood, Associate Professor, Sustainable Design Engineering
Chris Power, Associate Dean of Science, Graduate Studies and Research
