THANK YOU for making the time to participate and contribute to the baseline Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) training, as coordinated by Douglas College. Please find below the descriptions and the most currently-used visuals for following modules:

  • Inclusion Literacy

  • Unconscious Bias

  • Intercultural Fluency

  • How to be an Ally

  • Gender-based Microaggressions

  • Indigenous Myths, Misconceptions and Microaggressions

Also below are the results of the polls from each of the sessions. If you would like one of the slides as a PDF, or have a question or some feedback, please feel free to send us an email directly at info@iexcellencestrategy.com.

This page will be updated to reflect future modules.

Source: Deloitte and Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (2013).

 

Module 1.
Inclusion Literacy

VPAC/People Leaders (In-Person Session) - April 1, 2022

VPAC/People Leaders (Virtual Session) - April 1, 2022

Module 2.
Unconscious Bias

VPAC/People Leaders (In-Person Session) - April 4, 2022

VPAC/People Leaders (Virtual Session) - April 21 & May 20, 2022

At the core of inclusive leadership and intercultural capacity is self-awareness: a deep understanding of one’s implicit (or personal) bias and the systemic biases that affect all kinds of decision-making. As an extension of the emphasis on self-awareness in the MBTI training, this module was devoted to understanding key forms of implicit bias that commonly affect workplaces (affinity bias; confirmation bias; and social comparison bias) in general, and three behavioural biases that specifically disadvantage women in the workplace. This module led participants in identifying and sharing examples of unconscious bias in the workplace and other work-related environments.

With a specific focus on bringing awareness to and disrupting unconscious and cultural bias in the selection process of new hires, this session provided an understanding of how biases are formed in our unconscious, and specifically addressed the following:

Gender Biases:

  • Maternal bias;

  • Competency/Likeability trade-off bias;

  • Performance attribution bias.

  • Affinity bias;

  • Confirmation bias

  • Social comparison bias;

  • Attribution error;

  • Distance bias.

Unconscious Bias Handout Package (PDF download)

“How To Fight Racial Bias When It's Silent And Subtle.” (NPR)

Module 3.

Intercultural Fluency

VPAC/People Leaders (Virtual Session) - April 20 & May 12, 2022

Module 4.

How To Be An Ally

VPAC/People Leaders (In-Person Session) - May 11, 2022

VPAC/People Leaders (In-Person Session) - May 27, 2022

Types of Allies (“Better Allies” by Karen Catlin)

  • Sponsor: Vocal support of colleagues from inequity-experiencing groups to help boost reputation and standings

  • Champion: Vocal PUBLIC support/deferral to colleagues from inequity-experiencing groups

  • Amplifier: Ensures marginalized voices are heard AND respected

  • Advocate: Uses their power and influence (privilege) to bring peers from marginalized groups into exclusive circles

  • Scholar: Seeks to learn as much as possible about the challenges/prejudices marginalized groups face. They educate themselves

  • Upstander: Combats any wrongdoing they see. They push back on offensive comments/jokes even when nobody is there to hear it

  • Confidant: Creates a safe space for marginalized groups to express fears/frustrations/needs. They validate their experiences

5 Traits of Being an Ally (“Becoming an Ally” by Anne Bishop)

  1. Allies LISTEN

  2. Allies CRAVE THE CREDIBILITY, not the credit

  3. ACTIONS, not words

  4. They’re AWAKE!

  5. They’re self-aware to their own experience of oppression or disadvantage

Module 5.

Gender-based Microaggressions

VPAC/People Leaders (In-Person Session) (Cohort 1) - May 25, 2022

VPAC/People Leaders (Virtual Session) (Cohort 2) - June 9, 2022

Module 6.

Race-based Microaggressions

May 25th, 2022 (Cohort 1)

June 20th, 2022 (Cohort 2)

Module 7.

Indigenous Myths, Misconceptions, and Microaggressions

June 10 & June 14, 2022