Introducing the Equity Update from SWEC
The Equity Update, from the Faculty Association’s Status of Women & Equity Committee (SWEC), features gender and equity events, news, scholarships and more.
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Send listings to laura.mcdonald@uwaterloo.ca. To submit feedback, please email Kate Rybczynski, SWEC Chair, at krybczynski@uwaterloo.ca.
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Rape Culture Teach-A-Thon
10–2 pm | The Hub in Hagey Hall
Sexual violence thrives in a culture that normalizes and facilitates it. Join teachers from across the Faculty of Arts for a series of short talks about rape culture in relation to their areas of expertise.
Drop by the teach-a-thon anytime between 10am and 2pm.
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7 pm | CIGI, 67 Erb St. W, Waterloo
In the past few years, there has been an unprecedented international movement to end malnutrition in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, beginning with the mother’s pregnancy. But, as journalist Roger Thurow reveals, the task of better nourishing mothers and children is easier said than done.
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11:30 – 1:00 pm | MC 5501
This series of lunch-time talks promotes gender and equity research at UW, and provides networking opportunities for equity-minded faculty, staff and students on campus. It is presented jointly by the Special Advisor to the President on Women’s and Gender Issues and FAUW’s Status of Women and Equity Committee.
Lunch is provided.
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HeForShe event
EQuALS is a conference for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and young scholars considering an academic career in a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) field.
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FemPhys Open House
12–2 pm | Physics Lobby
See what FemPhys is about in a chill social environment. Visit FemPhys on Facebook for details.
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7–9 pm | Hagey Hall of the Humanities
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a Research Associate in Physics at the University of Washington, Seattle. Listed by the L'Oreal-UNESCO Foundation as one of "5 Amazing Woman Astronomers You Should Know," Prescod-Weinstein is a passionate advocate for racial and gender diversity in STEM and will be sharing her stories about her efforts in this area. Registration requested.
Cosponsored by WPIRG, the Black Association for Student Expression (BASE), and FemPhys.
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7:30 pm| Conrad Grebel Great hall
Join alumni from Conrad Grebel University College to hear from Ted and Darlene Enns Dyck from Altona Manitoba, winners of the 2016 distinguished Alumni Service Award, and a panel of other Grebel alumni involved locally in hosting Syrian Refugees.
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12 pm | Room 232, St. Paul's University College
The Waterloo Aboriginal Education Centre holds Soup and Bannock days most Thursdays in the fall and winter terms. Drop by and see what the Centre does, enjoy some good food, and relax with friends.
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FemPhys General Meeting
5–6 pm | PHY 308
Looking to join FemPhys? Attend the general meeting to find out how to get involved. Visit FemPhys on Facebook for details.
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7–9 pm | Hagey Hall
WPIRG welcomes Kristina Wong back to Waterloo! Kristina Wong uses humour to "make smart social statements about the sometimes subtle, sometimes obvious ways that race plays out in America today" (says the New York Times). Get your tickets in advance.
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9:30–12:30 | LHN 2703
HeForShe event
For male students in Applied Health Sciences. This three hour workshop will provide men with the tools to become better versions of themselves. Sign up if you are interested in joining the growing number of men working to make UW a safer campus for everyone. Please register online.
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12–5 pm | Waterloo Park
Join the Waterloo Aboriginal Education Centre at St. Paul's for a traditional Pow Wow, including dancers, drummers, craft and food vendors, Indigenous artists, and more.
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4-6 pm | The Grad House
W3 is a gathering of woman-identified grad students, post-docs, staff and faculty that (usually) meets on the last Wednesday of each month. This month, Yan Li (East Asian Studies) will present on "The Stuff Left to Lil". Yan Li will share her story of discovering the historical relics left by Dr. Norman Bethune 76 years after his death in China, and her understanding of the national hero in China and controversial figure in his home country of Canada.
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3 pm | QNC 0101
All students, staff and faculty are welcome to attend this guest lecture hosted by the Equity Office and campus partners. Come engage in dialogue about this important issue and its impact on the lives of University community members.
RSVP to obtain your event ticket.
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HeForShe event
Students, staff, faculty, and alumni are invited to share experiences and stories about gender equity at Waterloo through poetry, fiction, or creative non-fiction. Selected submissions will be included in an anthology on gender equity published on International Women’s Day 2017. The deadline is October 14.
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University of Waterloo and St. Paul's University College
This summit will bring together social justice advocates, community elders, researchers, artists, academics, students, residential school representatives and others in order to generate creative solutions to immediate societal challenges and to develop opportunities for Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and researchers across disciplines to meet and collaborate.
Keynote speaker: Professor Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director of the First Nations Child, and Family Caring Society of Canada; Friday, October 14 at 9:00 a.m.
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HeForShe event
100 girls in grades seven and eight will be invited to explore the physical sciences at a free event on campus.
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The 6th annual WIPC conference will bring together early career scientists to present their research and hear plenary talks from leaders in physics.
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Need support for your event?
If you're planning an event and looking for partners or support, SWEC may be able to help. Contact us at krybczynski@uwaterloo.ca.
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What Weighs You Down?
The Portrait of a Campus series is part of a larger student-led project inquiring into the mental well-being of this campus.
The project engaged students, staff, and faculty at the University of Waterloo in individual conversations on mental health on our campus, focusing on the question “What weighs us down?”.
View the series at wpirg.org.
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Photographers from Waterloo Region and beyond have captured moments of caring, working together, laughing together, and acting together with purpose – the fabric of community life and collective impact.
View the exhibit at the Grebel Gallery from now until December 5.
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5:30 – 9:00 pm | Kitchener City Hall
A Call to End Gender-based Violence
Everyone is welcome to participate in the rally and march.
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Women’s Leadership in Academia: Everyone’s Challenge
4–6 pm | Robert Langen Gallery, Wilfrid Laurier University
Laurier hosts Vianne Timmons, President & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Regina for a talk and Q&A. Timmons will discuss how women's leadership is an issue for everyone, and outline strategies to encourage, develop and promote women leaders both inside and outside academia.
This event is free and open to the public, however, space is limited and registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
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The Gender Equity Research Grants support research that investigates and addresses gender equity with preference given to projects that advance Waterloo's three IMPACT 10x10x10 commitments or are of demonstrated relevance to Waterloo.
Award period: September 1, 2016, to August 31, 2017, plus one year no-cost extension upon approval.
Funds available: Individual grants of up to $10,000 will be funded.
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For women: The Student Awards database includes 19 scholarships, bursaries and awards for women.
For students who are refugees: The David Johnston Waterloo Awards for Refugee Students supports students who are sponsored by the World University Service of Canada at Waterloo (WUSC) or any other students who are recognized by the Canadian government as being refugees or protected persons and are no longer receiving sponsorship funding.
For Aboriginal students: Student Awards lists three scholarships for Aboriginal students.
Got a lead on any gender or equity-related scholarships? Let us know!
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This section will include calls for nominations and announcements of equity-related awards for the campus community, such as the SWEC Equity & Inclusivity Award. Submit an award by emailing laura.mcdonald@uwaterloo.ca.
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insidehighered.com
"Working from the individual classroom to the curriculum and then to the larger culture will delineate a manageable path to inclusiveness -- and ultimately address universitywide transphobia and cissexism."
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nytimes.com
"The underrepresentation of women among the senior ranks of scholars has led dozens of universities to adopt family-friendly employment policies. But a recent study of economists in the United States finds that some of these gender-neutral policies have had an unintended consequence: They have advanced the careers of male economists, often at women’s expense."
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SWEC collects articles about gender and equity issues in post-secondary education. Read 'em all here, including the paper at the root of the New York Times article above.
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The UWaterloo Equity Update is produced by the Status of Women & Equity Committee (SWEC) of the UW Faculty Association (FAUW). Events and links are shared for informational purposes and are not necessarily endorsed by the committee.
To submit an event or other item to this newsletter, email the Faculty Association at laura.mcdonald@uwaterloo.ca.
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