ABOUT THIS EVENT
Co-organized with the BCIT Student Association. This event is a Student Circle open to all BCIT students.
Lunch will be provided. Please let us know if you have any access or accessibility issues and we will work with you to address them.
Students sharing their perspective with speakers Will Tao from Edemann & Co and Tina Parbhakar from North Shore Restorative Justice Society.
Topics:
- Immigration experiences: recognizing diverse journeys, challenges and coping mechanisms.
- Status and identity: how residency labels are colonial and affect well-being as well as sense of belong, from the lens of students and lawyers.
- Systemic racism and barriers to academic success: what does the evidence show and what institutions and student bodies can do.
- Taking action: how to get involved and/or access existing resources and supports.