Workshops

Be sure to check out our calendar for upcoming workshop dates. Most workshops last from 1-3 hours except where otherwise indicated.

	Safer Spaces: Understanding Discrimination: Frameworks and First Steps for Implementing Equity in Professional Practice Do you have questions about working and studying in cross-cultural environments? Explore key terms and myths surrounding diversity in this highly interactive workshop, designed for the McGill context. Next offering: Please refer to the calendar.
	Safer Spaces: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Want to understand the concepts and language of sexual and gender diversity? This workshop, designed for staff and students, will use media, solo learning and group work to help participants get a better grasp on issues and ideas surrounding gender identity and diversity at McGill. Next offering: Please refer to the calendar.
	Safer Spaces: Race and Cultural Identity Do you know what issues exist surrounding race and culture at McGill? Learn how to best foster diversity-receptive cultural attitudes and maintain a culturally respectful space on campus. Participants will have the opportunity to work through cases of discrimination most frequently encountered on campus. Next offering: Please refer to the calendar.
	Safer Spaces: Disability, Access and Universal Design Wonder what challenges face people with disabilities on campus? Want to know how you can help improve universal access? Learn the statistics and barriers to universal access at McGill today and re-examine your preconceive notions about disability in higher education. You will also have the opportunity to examine case studies; identifying obstacles to inclusion and brainstorming ways in which to eliminate these. Length: Next offering: Please refer to the calendar.
	Safer Spaces: Aboriginal Perspectives This workshop examines, from multiple perspectives, issues related to the inclusion of Aboriginal peoples on our campuses. The workshop provides historical and contemporary information about laws and policies, demographics, and cultural and economic realities. Participants will have the opportunity to apply new ideas and awareness, and build skills, by working through practical scenarios drawn from everyday work and life at McGill. Next offering: Please refer to the calendar.
	Putting Equity and Diversity into Practice Looking for ways to ensure that your workplace or organization is inclusive? Attend this workshop to learn the difference between discrimination and exclusion and many other key diversity-related terms. Take away practical ways you can make your surroundings more inclusive. Next offering: Please refer to the calendar.
	Agents of Change and Leading Effective Change Want to make a difference in your community? Unsure how to start? This workshop will explore how you can become an agent of change including how you can better question assumptions, understand sustainability and make hope visible. Next offering: Please refer to the calendar