In celebration of May 17 – the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia – Diversity Circles is partnering with the BCIT Student Association to present a workshop from Qmunity. Qmunity’s Queer Competency Training are experiential workshops to help you understand diversity and make your organization more inclusive for queer, trans, and Two-Spirit community members and […]
This event is open to all BCIT employees and students. Many cultural traditions and practices of the peoples of Turtle Island have often been misrepresented or suppressed. The misrepresentation mainly occurred because the colonizers did not have a context to frame, understand and value these ways and the suppression, primarily, occurred because these ways went […]
A lunch series for BCIT employees facilitated by Diversity Circles and Communication Department Faculty. We are excited to be joined by Justin Wilson (Langara, Aboriginal Student Development Coordinator) and Aaron “Splash” Nelson-Moody (BCIT House Post Carver and Langara Carving Instructor) to share with us their work on Potlatch Methodology. As described in detail in the resource provided […]
A lunch series for BCIT employees facilitated by Diversity Circles and Communication Department Faculty. This session is being led by Cicely Blain Consulting. Anti-Oppression 101 Anti-oppression work seeks to recognize the oppressions that exist in our society, and attempts to mitigate its effects and eventually equalize the power imbalance in our communities. Want to be […]
A lunch series for BCIT employees facilitated by Diversity Circles and Communication Department Faculty. A “late lunch” will be provided. ASL interpretation available upon request. Language Diversity at BCIT: Strengths-based Strategies for our Students Do You Know? What percentage of first-term BCIT students can read and write in more than one language? How many languages are […]
A lunch series for BCIT employees facilitated by Diversity Circles and Communication Department Faculty. Lunch will be provided. ASL interpretation available upon request. Language Diversity at BCIT: Strengths-based Strategies for our Students Do You Know? What percentage of first-term BCIT students can read and write in more than one language? How many languages are used at […]