ETHICAL LEARNING
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2024
Actionable Strategies for Building Diverse and Inclusive Workplaces
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
This workshop is designed to empower leadership teams to foster inclusive workplaces. We’ll share practical strategies to start making meaningful change tomorrow. Discover how these approaches can create a workplace culture that values diversity, equity, and belonging, ultimately enhancing employee satisfaction and organizational success. Key takeaways include: understand the impact diversity has on innovation and engagement; discover practical steps and strategies to cultivate a positive and inclusive workplace culture; learn the benefits of inclusive policies in developing diverse talent, fostering leadership skills, and creating a supportive environment for career growth; and establish transparent communication to create a culture where diverse voices are heard and valued.
Speakers
Sophie Warwick, P.Eng. (Non-Practising)
Sophie Warwick, Co-Founder of the Thoughtful Co, specializes in developing in-house gender equity policies and chairing Employee Resource Groups and advocacy groups. She uses her data analysis expertise from her engineering background to define targets and track growth and retention. In 2018, she Co-Founded Women in Consulting Engineering (WCE), a non-profit organization with over 1000 members and monthly events to support and empower women in engineering. She co-founded The Thoughtful Co so she could build more gender inclusive workplaces and build representation of women at senior levels in all industries.
Jillian Climie
Jillian Climie, Co-Founder of The Thoughtful Co, has spent her career advising and leading teams in human resources and corporate governance, both as a consultant, and in-house at two global retailers. Most recently at Lululemon, she led the global equity and executive compensation teams. After taking a pause, she realized she wanted more of three things in her professional life: thoroughness, passion and freedom. She Co-Founded The Thoughtful Co so she can leverage her niche experience, coupled with her passion for gender equity, to empower women and build inclusive workplaces.
Unsettling Engineering Unsettling Canada - The Conciliation of Indigenous Peoples' and Settlers
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
In this presentation, the history of the depopulation, dispossession, oppression and dependency of Indigenous during the colonization of British Columbia will be covered. Furthermore, the session will explore the concepts to counter the lasting intergeneration trauma of colonization including political, economic, technology, and cultural development.
Speakers
Ska-Hiish Manuel, P.Eng.
Ska-Hiish is Secwepemc from Neskonlith and is specialist engineer with over 12 years of experience in BC Hydro. Ska-Hiish performs electromagnetic transient simulations for power systems including distribution, transmission and solar, battery, wind, and hydroelectric generation simulations. Ska-Hiish has a master of applied science from UBC-O and is a registered professional engineer in BC.