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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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Workshop slides available here.

March 2022

Imposter Syndrome: The Fear of Being a Fraud - ZOOM Event Registration  

Presented by Annmarie Caño, Phd, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Gonzaga University

•   Friday, March 11, 2022, 12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.

 January 2022

There Is Room Teaching Retreat (as part of Faculty Development Week)

Presenters:  Neal Powless, BS, MS, a member of the Onondaga Nation Eel Clan of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy &  Michelle Schenandoah, JD, LL.M., MS, a traditional member of the Oneida Nation Wolf Clan of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy

• Tuesday, January 11, 2022

November 2021

Witness to Injustice/KAIROS Blanket Exercise

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Presenters:  Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation (NOON) and Facilitators from the Haudenosaunee Confederacy

• Monday, November 29, 2021

October 2021

LGBTQ+ 101 & Effective Ally-ship  ship  

Presenter: Emily Bystrak, MPH, Engagement and Education Coordinator for the Pride Center of WNY 

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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 

September 2020

Inclusive Conversations: Calling One Into A Conversation, Not Calling One Out

Presented by Sesha Yalamanchili, On the Mark, LLC.  

• Tuesday, September 22 
• Wednesday, September 23

October 2020

Microaggressions Are Not So Subtle:  The Verbal, Behavioral, and Environmental Indignities!

Presented by Isabelle Ortiz, Center for Cultural Engagement & Inclusion, California Lutheran University

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• Tuesday, October 6 
• Friday, October 9 

November 2019

Talk About, Think About & Act on Implicit Bias

Presented by Drs. Nathan Arbuckle, Assistant Professor & Jenn Lodi-Smith, Professor in the Department of Psychology

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