IslandRISE Inclusive STEM Community Building Workshop
The IslandRISE initiative aims to create a group, centered at UPEI but with reach into the Island community, with a focus on building a STEM community that actively embraces scientists and engineers of all identities, and provides opportunities to learn from and with members of communities including BIPOC, 2SLGBTQ+, and people with disabilities and accessibility needs.
The IslandRISE Inclusive STEM Community Building Workshop aims to investigate the current state of EDI within the UPEI STEM community and engage participants in a collaborative process to define needs and next steps.
- When? January 8, 12:30-4:00 pm
- Who is welcome? All student, staff, and faculty members of UPEI
- Where? UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, Room 128B
- Free
You are welcome to attend some or all of the workshop. Here are the tentative topics:
- Welcome and background of current EDIA environment
- Needs identification in break-out groups
- Regroup and share ideas
- Define next steps for IslandRISE initiative
- Lunch is included if you RSVP by Monday, January 6
Thank you!
Sent on behalf of the planning committee:
Nola Etkin, Dean of Science
Ellen Fraser, third-year student, Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering
Libby Osgood, Associate Professor, Sustainable Design Engineering
Chris Power, Associate Dean of Science, Graduate Studies and Research
