April 2024

Neurodiversity-affirming Reflections and Approaches to Supporting Student Mental Health 

Presenter: Meng-Chuan Lai, MD, PhD,  Associate Professor and Co-Chair, Advisory Council for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Indigeneity and Accessibility in Clinical Care in the Department of Psychiatry, and Graduate Faculty at the Institute of Medical Science and Department of Psychology, University of Toronto.

• Wednesday, April 24, 2024  2:30 PM - 4:00 PM  Regis Room, Richard E. Winter '42 Student Center 

This session will center the voices of neurodiverse students along with research findings to increase awareness of neurodiversity and its implications in post-secondary educational contexts, with a focus on how educational institutions can develop initiatives to support student mental health considering neurodiversity.

View video HERE

Slide Presentation HERE

Article: Mental health challenges faced by autistic people by Meng-Chuan Lai  HERE

March 2023

Transgender Inclusion in the Workplace

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A Call to Conversion: Eliminating Anti-Blackness as  Jesuit Catholic University

Mary J. Wardell-Ghirarduzzi, PhD, Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer at the University of San Francisco (USF) 

• Wednesday, March 10, 2021 

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Addressing Racist Practices in Hiring: a social action theatre approach to introduce structurally inherent racist practices in hiring a social action

Impact Interactive  

• Thursday, January 14, 2021 

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