ABOUT THIS EVENT
This online discussion with special guests will explore topics pertaining to weight stigma and fat bias in a range of professional contexts. Specifically, this event explores how weight stigma persists across industries, including fashion and design, public health, outdoor sporting and recreational environments, media, and academic research.
Special Guests
Layla Cameron (she/they) is an academic living and working on the stolen lands of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam First Nations. She is a Lecturer at Simon Fraser University in the School of Communication, and a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at Queen’s University. Her research interests are grounded in queer feminist cultural studies, and she has published and presented work in the disciplines of communication and media studies, women and gender studies, fat studies, disability studies and the sociology of sport. Layla also works as a documentary filmmaker and podcast producer. You can read more about Layla and her work on her website.
Connally McDougall (she/they) is a disabled size- and gender-inclusive clothing designer working and living on the stolen lands of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam First Nations. Producing small batches of sustainable, durable styles with a focus on denim, workwear, tailoring (and pockets!) Connally works with their local communities to feature people living in marginalized bodies as models and also to provide pivotal feedback on each style. Living with permanent physical and cognitive disabilities following a head injury in 2018, she takes a slow, deliberate approach to each step of the process. In addition to design, Connally continues to work as a public speaker and participates as a panel member for workshops and discussions about size inclusion, sustainable design, ethical business and disability advocacy. You can learn more about Connally and their work at www.connallygoods.com
Tigress Osborn (she/her) is a fat rights advocate and the Executive Director of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA). Tigress is a co-founder of and spokesperson for the Campaign for Size Freedom, which supports legal protections against height and weight discrimination. A two-time women’s college grad, she is an intersectional feminist teacher and writer whose fat liberation work has been featured on CNN, BBC, ABC News, and Free Speech TV. In 2024, Tigress was named to the Time100 Health list of most influential global health leaders in recognition of her work to fight size discrimination. Follow NAAFA @naafaofficial and Tigress @iofthetigress
Register Now
Register below for this online event and a Teams link will be sent to you prior to the event.
This session is open to all members of the BCIT student, employee, alumni, and internal partner (e.g. BCITSA, alumni association, BCITFSA, GEU, etc.) community.
ASL interpretation will be provided. Please let us know if you have any additional needs to participate.
Expectations for Behaviour
Diversity Circles, as part of the BCIT Respect, Diversity, and Inclusion (RDI) Office, has outlined the Expectations for Behaviour for our events and initiatives.
Diversity Circles has always benefitted from the empathy, sincerity, and respectful curiosity of our community, and this has helped create events and initiatives where we hold productive and authentic discussions, advancing our knowledge and utilization of equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
As our events and initiatives continue to reach out to diverse audiences which include BCIT employees, students, and partners (BCIT Student Association, BCIT Alumni Association, and industry guests), and as we have moved towards presenting events both in person and via teleconferencing platforms, we realize that having a set of expectations for behaviour will help maintain the accountable, respectful spaces our community has come to expect from Diversity Circles events and initiatives.
Please take the time to review our Expectations for Behaviour prior to your upcoming participation.
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