Exchange Series
The GenEQ Exchange Series is an interactive event designed to build a supportive and inclusive network for women, trans, and gender-diverse people in academia. Through guided conversations at themed stations, participants connect, share insights, and explore career-related challenges and strategies. Centering intersectional experiences, the series fosters community, learning, and collective empowerment.
GenEQ Exchange Series May 2025
Event Facilitator:
- Indira Naidoo-Harris (Assistant Vice President, Diversity and Human Rights)
Station Topics and Host(s):
- Culturally Responsive Mentorship and Supervision by Abii Barrett (Inclusion Advisor College of Social and Applied Human Sciences and Collge of Arts)
- Needs of Trans and Gender Diverse Students by Rhiannon Colibaba (Undergraduate Student)
- Shifting Gears: The Transforming Journey of Women in STEM by Adya Dash (PhD Candidate, School of Engineering)
- The Other F Word: Opening conversations about failure by Dr. Victoria Fritz (Learning Specialist and Peer Helper Supervisor, Sessional Instructor)
- Microaggressions at Work by Angela Guerra (Training, Education, and Inclusion Officer, Diversity and Human Rights)
- Higher Expectations: How to Survive Academia, Make It Better for Others, and Transform the Universtiy by Dr. Roberta Hawkins (Assosiate Professor, Geography)
- Sexism, Gender Discrimination and Imposter Syndrome: No, it's not all in your head by Lynne Mitchell (Director and International Liasion Officer)
- Invisble Weight: The Emotional and Mental Labour Women Carry by Isidora Nežić (RSW, Wellness@Work Advisor, Human Resources)
- IEDI in the Age of Culture Wars: Building Bridges or Battlelines? by Dr. Leanne Son Hing (Professor, Psychology)
GenEQ Exchange Series November 2024
Event Facilitator:
- Linda Watt (Director of Learning, Development and Consulting Services)
Station Topics and Host(s):
- Imposter Syndrome by Amara Robbins (Masters Candidate, Industrial Organizaional Psychoogy) and Liliana Caballero Suarez (Associate Professor, Physics)
- Women's Mental Health by Isidora Nežić (RSW, Wellness@Work Advisor, Human Resources)
- Mentorship by Jana McDonald (Career Advisor) and Laura Gatto (Co-op Coordinator)
- Research IEDI by Joanne Garcia Moores (Research Advisor, Indigenization and EDI)
- Elevating Voices by Elizabeth Rauchenstein (Development Assistant, Alumni Affairs and Development)
- Educating People About IEDI by Dr Leanne Son Hing (Professor, Psychology)
- Overcoming Feat or Math and Statistics by Lindsay Plater (Data Analyst, U of G Library)
- Graduate Student Mental Health by Riya Sharma (PhD Candidate, Psychology) and Megan Govers (PhD Candidate, Engineering)
