January 2024 Newsletter
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Dear Schulich Community of Support, We hope this message finds you well. We want to express our sincere gratitude for your active participation in yesterday's Meet & Greet session. A sincere thank you to those who were able to attend. The turnout and enthusiasm were truly inspiring, reflecting the collaborative spirit that can drive positive change within our Western community. We value your engagement immensely and look forward to fostering more connections. Attached, please find the list of community members, with those in attendance yesterday highlighted to facilitate continued connections that were made. A distribution list has been created that reaches all of these members - edidcommunity@groups.uwo.ca – please contact our office if you know anyone who would like to be added to this list. We just wanted to reiterate if you have any need for support in creating digital education or content related to EDI-D, please let us know as we have invested in tools to support this for Schulich. Apologies for the limited time to gather feedback at our initial gathering, we have created a feedback form where we would love to hear from you about what you feel we need and how we can help. Additionally, we would like to bring your attention to some upcoming events that might interest you. See below. While our Newsletter will be out later this month with more details, please SAVE THE DATE for Monday, February 12. Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa will be speaking in the afternoon at some point between 3 pm and 5 pm in DSB 1002. Final details will be shared as soon as they are confirmed. Below is some information about Dr. Oriuwa. Thank you once again for your commitment to creating an inclusive and collaborative community. We anticipate hosting another gathering in the future and will keep you informed. Upcoming EventsFriday, January 12, 2024 - 12:00 pm New Faculty Lecture Series Location: Zoom Friday, January 12, 2024 - 2:00 pm - NEST Distinguished Speaker Series - Geoff Dancy – The Global Resonance of Human Rights: What Google Trends Can Tell Us Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 12:00 pm - Learn at Lunch - Unpacking and Addressing Microaggressions Wednesday, February 7, 2024 - 12:00 pm - Workshop - Unpacking Anti-Black Racism Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 7:00 pm - A Conversation with Dr. Jen Gunter
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Sukhveer (Sukhi) Bains, MD, MA |
| Seidy Rayo Coordinator - Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Western University 519.661.2111 EXT 88660 srayo@uwo.ca EDID@schulich.uwo.ca |
