BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260405T202431EDT-73707CCxUL@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260406T002431Z DESCRIPTION:Mental health in high-performing research environments is a sha red responsibility and a growing challenge we must address together.\n\nEv ery professor\, student\, research staff\, and administrative staff can pl ay a vital role in creating healthy\, supportive\, and inclusive research spaces. This includes standing by colleagues who disclose their disabiliti es and ensuring everyone can thrive.\n\nIn honour of the International Day for Persons with Disabilities\, D2R is hosting this virtual event with th e Quebec Interuniversity Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion Network to:\n\n \n Examine what the data reveals about mental health in Quebec’s research s paces\n Discuss what inclusion and equity mean in the context of mental hea lth\n Explore how to be a meaningful ally and support team members who disc lose a disability\n\n\nTogether\, we can build research environments where excellence and wellbeing go hand in hand.\n\nAgenda\n\n\n 12:00-12:45 pm – Conversation on the state of mental health in research environments in Qu ebec\, examples of mental health equity and inclusion challenges and best practices to be an ally\n 12:45 - 1:00 pm – Q&A\n\n\nRegister today!\n\nSpe akers\n\nBibiana Pulido\, M. Sc\n Cofounder and General Director\, Quebec I nteruniversity Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion Network\n\nBibiana has alw ays believed in the importance of confronting the injustices experienced b y the most marginalized groups in society and in creating inclusive enviro nments for all. She is the founder and Executive Director of the Quebec In teruniversity Network for Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion (RIQEDI) — a no n-profit organization and a unique community of practice in EDI at the Can adian level. Through her leadership\, she brings together numerous individ uals and organizations in collaborative projects related to equity\, diver sity\, and inclusion (EDI)\, expanding the network’s reach to private and public organizations as well as to francophone countries internationally. \n\nAs an expert in EDI\, Bibiana contributes to and advises various EDI c ommittees and develops innovative projects with research and governmental bodies\, as well as within postsecondary and private sectors. Her collabor ations include organizations such as NSERC (Dimensions)\, Universities Can ada\, 50–30 Challenge\, FRQ\, Canada’s Social Finance Fund\, ISED\, Genome Québec\, MILA\, IVADO\, HEC Montréal\, Institut EDI2\, Université Laval\, Université du Québec en Outaouais\, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témis camingue\, INRS\, Concordia University\, McGill University\, and many othe rs. She also volunteers her time for various projects supporting students and vulnerable communities.\n\nWith a multidisciplinary background in poli tical science\, Latin American studies\, and human resources/industrial re lations management\, Bibiana has participated as a researcher in numerous research projects with different teams and has taught at both undergraduat e and graduate levels in subjects such as EDI\, sociology of work\, human resource management\, and workplace ethics.\n\nTara Flanagan\n Associate Pr ofessor and Chair in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychol ogy at McGill University\n\nTara has worked in the field of disability for 30 years and is an Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Edu cational and Counselling Psychology at McGill University. She served for s even years as the Chair of the Joint-Board Senate Subcommittee on Persons with Disabilities that is comprised of a wide array of students\, faculty and staff members across McGill University who are invested in recommendin g university policy and in promoting a more inclusive environment. She als o served for seven years as the Graduate Program Director in Inclusive Edu cation. She recently served as the Chair of the Social Inclusion Working G roup for the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences’ Autism Assessment for a National Autism Strategy.\n\nShe is the Director of SPARC (Social Policy\, Advocacy\, Research\, Community)\, a research team whose mandate is to pr omote social inclusion by emphasizing self-determination\, community\, and participatory approaches to research and practice (55 SPARC supervisees h ave graduated in MA\, MEd\, and PhD programs). Her scholarly interests and research grants are in the areas of social inclusion\, inclusive employme nt\, transition from school to the community\, self-determination\, and qu ality of life among individuals with various types of disabilities and amo ng other equity-seeking groups.\n\nMariloue Daudier\, M. Sc\n Senior Equity \, Diversity and Inclusion Advisor\, D2R\n\nMariloue is a Senior Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion Advisor at D2R. She earned a Bachelor’s degree of Social Work from McGill University in 2013 and a Master’s degree of Social Innovation Management from HEC Montréal in 2016. She has over ten years o f experience in coordinating equity\, diversity and inclusion (EDI) projec ts in many settings\, including the social economy sector\, community orga nizations\, the private sector\, the Government of Canada (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada) and universities (the Office o f Community Engagement at Concordia University\, the IVADO initiative at U niversité de Montréal and the General Secretariat at HEC Montréal). She is regularly invited as a speaker\, facilitator\, evaluator or trainer to sh are her expertise in EDI in different contexts. Involved in her community\ , she volunteers as the President of the Intercultural Council of the City of Longueuil and as a Board Member of Coalition Longueuil - Équipe Cather ine Fournier\, the elected party in her city.\n DTSTART:20251203T170000Z DTEND:20251203T180000Z LOCATION:Virtual on Zoom SUMMARY:EDI Workshop: Mental Health in Highly Performant Environments URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/channels/event/edi-workshop-mental-healt h-highly-performant-environments-368885 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR