The Bachelor of Social Work program is proud to present a series of events for Social Work Week 2020 called "Community Development for Diversity and Inclusion: Building a Movement." Lunch will be provided to all attendees.

Schedule of Events

• 10 a.m. to 10:05 a.m. – Welcome
• 10:05 a.m. to 10:35 a.m. – What happened and is still happening on the Haldimand Tract,  Kawennakon Bonnie Whitlow
• 10:40 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. – Panel featuring:
  • Pascale Diverlus, Black Lives Matter
  • Sarah Jama, The Disability Justice Network of Ontario
  • Nicole Desnoyers, Queer Métis community organizer and caregiver
• Noon to 12:45 p.m. – Breakout Workshops
• 12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Lunch/Networking

Open to Laurier students, faculty and agencies. Registration is required by Feb. 28:

• Internal Registration
• External Registration

Take some time each Monday to pause with contemplative music at Luther. Co-ordinated by Gerard Yun, adjunct faculty at Luther and assistant professor in Laurier's Faculty of Music. We host sessions weekly over the lunch hour.

Stop by any day of the week for different activities:

• Mondays – Contemplative Music
• Tuesdays – Reading and Reflecting on the Book of Acts: A Window into the Early Church
• Wednesdays – Prayers for the World
• Thursdays – Chilling with Dogs; Multifaith Teachings
• Fridays – Settler Work: Contemplative Arts, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)

For more details, see the Winter 2020 program flyer.

Join us on March 2nd, for a keynote on blackness and gender by model, reality television personality, and runway coach, J. Alexander.

University of Guelph's Cultural Diversity Office and Gender and Sexual Diversity Office, in collaboration with Laurier’s Student Affairs and Centre for Student Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and McMaster’s Equity and Inclusion Office are thrilled to announce our cornerstone event of Black History Month.

We have invited model, reality television personality, and runway coach best known for his work on America's Next Top Model, J. Alexander, to deliver a keynote address.

Exploring how the intersections of blackness, gender, and femininity uniquely affect the lives of black queer folks, the keynote will focus on experiences with personal identities, navigating the fashion industry as a Black queer person, and lessons taken in advocacy. In addition, Miss J will be looking at diversity and representation, examining gender expectations and finding the tools to create spaces that contribute to disrupting the status quo, increase diversity and representation. The overarching theme centres on the importance of representation in media and its effect on underrepresented populations.

Registration.

Tickets: $5 for Laurier students and $15 for staff, faculty or community members. Students will be required to show a valid student card for entry with a student ticket.

Transportation: A shuttle will be provided for Laurier students, staff and faculty from Laurier Brantford and Waterloo campuses.