Exchange Series

Upcoming Event:

Wednesday, December 10

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

University Centre, 4th Floor, Room 442

Have you been looking for a supportive community to help you navigate challenges at work or balance your work and personal life? Not sure where to turn, or feeling unsure about where to start?

Faculty, staff, and graduate students who identify as women, gender diverse, or as allies are invited to join the GenEQ Exchange Series, part of the University of Guelph’s Gender Equity Initiative.

This event creates space for open, peer-to-peer conversations with others on campus. Participants can share experiences, talk through questions about workplace pressures, career paths, and work–life balance, and learn from one another’s stories and strategies.

You are welcome to drop in at any time and stay as long as you wish. You’ll be encouraged to move between stations, join discussions that feel relevant to you, connect with others, and build a supportive community.

RSVP Here

If you have any questions, please contact the GenEQ Advisory Group at gmascia@uoguelph.ca. 

 

 

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 Fear of 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)

 

 

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