Equity and Belonging: A Conversation for International Women’s Day
March 31st at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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International Women’s Day originated over 100 years ago in the struggle for equal rights for women, including in employment. Since then, women have made great strides in employment, but this progress has largely stalled in the past 20 years. The experiences of women in Canada also differ in important ways based on race and ethnicity. This session will review frameworks for understanding the stalled gender revolution in employment through an intersectional lens. Research evidence on these patterns and trends will be reviewed, and ways that individuals and employers can combat this bias and inequity will be discussed.
Objectives:
- Review key concepts in intersectionality, or how gender, race, and other identities combine to shape women’s experiences.
- Develop an intersectional understanding of the status of women in the workforce
- Explore how and why working women’s experiences differ by race and ethnicity in Canada, and what can be done about it
Outcomes:
- Gain awareness of how your experience and behavior toward others might be shaped by race and ethnicity
- Understand race and ethnicity as structural features of the work environment.
- Learn to recognize your own and others’ biases and how to prevent and address them.
Our presenter
Dr. Jennifer Berdahl (PhD, Social Psychology) is a Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Berdahl studies gender, race, and power in the workplace, with focus on understanding the social psychology of harassment and discrimination. Dr. Berdahl regularly presents her research to professional, media, and academic audiences and serves as an expert witness in individual and class action discrimination cases in the U.S. and Canada.