{"id":6042,"date":"2026-04-30T23:24:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peopleworkingwellbc.ca\/?post_type=event&#038;p=6042"},"modified":"2026-05-01T19:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:03:29","slug":"building-belonging-by-viewing-dei-through-a-neuroinclusive-lens","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/peopleworkingwellbc.ca\/event\/community-social-services\/building-belonging-by-viewing-dei-through-a-neuroinclusive-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Belonging by Viewing DEI Through a Neuroinclusive Lens"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-core-heading\"><div class=\"container\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Community Social Services<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><section class=\"wp-classic\"><div class=\"container\">\n\n<\/div><\/section><section class=\"wp-core-paragraph\"><div class=\"container\">\n<p>Many DEI efforts focus on what we can see. This session expands the conversation to include how people think, process, and learn. Designed for community social services professionals, this presentation connects the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion to neurodiversity, a dimension of diversity that&#8217;s often invisible and under-discussed. Through practical strategies and a neuroinclusive lens, participants will explore how to build environments where belonging isn&#8217;t just a value on the wall, but something people actually experience at work. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><section class=\"wp-classic\"><div class=\"container\">\n\n<\/div><\/section><section class=\"wp-core-paragraph\"><div class=\"container\">\n<p>By the end of this session, participants will be able to:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><section class=\"wp-classic\"><div class=\"container\">\n\n<\/div><\/section><section class=\"wp-core-list\"><div class=\"container\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Describe how neurodiversity expands conventional understandings of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), including invisible differences in thinking, processing, and learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explain how neuroinclusive practices contribute to a stronger sense of belonging in community social services settings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify common workplace barriers that may unintentionally exclude neurodivergent individuals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apply practical, neuroinclusive strategies to foster belonging in everyday work environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><section class=\"wp-classic\"><div class=\"container\">\n\n<\/div><\/section><section class=\"wp-core-paragraph\"><div class=\"container\">\n<p><strong>About our presenter<\/strong><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1217\" height=\"1216\" class=\"wp-image-6061\" style=\"width: 250px\" src=\"https:\/\/peopleworkingwellbc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jjosuephotography_JacquelinConnelly_WEB-134-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peopleworkingwellbc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jjosuephotography_JacquelinConnelly_WEB-134-3.jpg 1217w, https:\/\/peopleworkingwellbc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jjosuephotography_JacquelinConnelly_WEB-134-3-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/peopleworkingwellbc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jjosuephotography_JacquelinConnelly_WEB-134-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peopleworkingwellbc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jjosuephotography_JacquelinConnelly_WEB-134-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peopleworkingwellbc.ca\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jjosuephotography_JacquelinConnelly_WEB-134-3-768x767.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1217px) 100vw, 1217px\" \/><br>Jackie Connelly (she\/her) is a neuroinclusive leadership consultant, speaker, certified organizational coach and stroke survivor with over a decade of HR and DEI leadership experience across public, private, and non-profit. Through her practice, Coaching That Belongs, Jackie partners with organizations to build neuroinclusive leadership capability through engaging in-person and virtual programs that move beyond awareness into sustained development and systems change. She also works with individual professionals, many of them neurodivergent, to build confidence, clarity, and a felt sense of belonging at work through 1:1 coaching.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><section class=\"wp-classic\"><div class=\"container\">\n\n<\/div><\/section><section class=\"wp-core-paragraph\"><div class=\"container\">\n<p>Jackie holds a Post-Degree Diploma in HR Management and Leadership (Camosun College), a Certificate in Organizational Coaching (UBC), a Coaching Neurodiversity at Work certification (PersonaGrata Consulting), and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (UBC). She is a Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR), a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) BC Charter Chapter, and is pursuing coaching accreditation through the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><section class=\"wp-classic\"><div class=\"container\">\n\n<\/div><\/section><section class=\"wp-core-paragraph\"><div class=\"container\">\n<p>Jackie is grateful to be a guest on the island of S,D\u00c1YES, the traditional territory of the Coast Salish Peoples including SEN\u0106O\u0166EN speaking W\u0331S\u00c1NE\u0106 First Nations and Hul\u2019quimi\u2019num Treaty Group, also known as Pender Island, with her husband and their two dogs, Josie and Yuna, enjoying the nature, beauty and calmness it offers every day.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Community Social Services Many DEI efforts focus on what we can see. 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