Inspiring Inclusion: EDI Week Keynote to Commemorate International Women’s Day 2024
Tuesday, March 5
12 – 1:30 p.m. (MT)
The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion is excited to announce that on March 5 we will have an EDI Week 2024 keynote presentation featuring Dr. Rachel Zellars, Dr. Shawna Cunningham, and Dr. Malinda S. Smith to commemorate International Women's Day, which is held annually on March 8. This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is “Inspire Inclusion.”
Helping us to inspire inclusion this year will be renowned women academic leaders who will explore dimensions of, and challenges to, meaningful inclusion in the public service, organizational structures, and institutional leadership:
- Blessing offered by Elder Colleen Sitting Eagle
- EnGendering Equity Beyond Tokenism and Symbolic Inclusion by Dr. Malinda Smith, PhD, Vice Provost and Associate Vice President Research (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion), University of Calgary
- Inclusion in Organizational Structures: An Indigenous Perspective by Dr. Shawna Cunningham, EdD, Acting (Vice Provost (Indigenous Engagement) and Director of the Indigenous Strategy, University of Calgary
- Two Myths: Merit and Black Exceptionalism by Dr. Rachel Zellars, JD, PhD, Associate Professor at Saint Mary's University