This is a designated and dedicated learning space. In freely and boldly entering it together, we are expressing our intent and willingness to trust ourselves to speak true, listen generously, and where new insights enter, even transform our views. It is presumed that in order to get there, which in this context refers to feeling better-prepared to respond if the N-word surfaces in the course of our work, we must go through. Here, that means we must take time to unpack some of the histories that give this word its unique power to wound spirits, block understanding or wreck chances for linking across identity while respecting ancestry, for Black populations whose world involves other worlds.

Nit Nitay Garabam – We Are Each Other’s Healing Herbs

In this workshops participants will have an opportunity to examine anti-Black racism and how it manifests in the post secondary Classroom. The notion of safe space will be debunked and the participants will explore the use of self as an instrument of change to create braver spaces to address critical incidents of anti-Black racism in the Classroom.

This event is part of a series of actions in response to and as proactive measures regarding anti-Black institutionalized racism both in the University and throughout society. Attendees will gain a better understanding of how anti-Black racism is different from other forms of racism, with a focus on institutionalized racism, and how academic institutions play a key role in a variety of ways.

In collaboration with the Office of Human Rights Equity and Accessibility.

How do we create a more inclusive community on our campus? Diversity and equity have become buzzwords in business, NGO and government sectors but in reality, organizations, including universities, have fallen short of reflecting and representing the broader population within which they work. Research shows that a 'sense of belonging' is key to a sense of job satisfaction. Moreover, it can determine the retention of employees. Feeling like you belong, knowing that you will be included, seeing your work community as "your" community - matters. How do we achieve this sense of community and belonging? What may we be doing that hinders it?

This session will examine some of the ways in which we consciously and unconsciously include/exclude others. Through this interactive session, participants will better understand some of the biases they may be holding that affects their decisions, their team choices and dynamic and who they select, ranging from recruitment to performance evaluations to who is mentored and for what positions. This will be an introspective and challenging session. You will not leave with a sheet of answers and 'how tos'.

Through an exploration of inclusive course design and diverse assessment strategies, participants will have an opportunity to examine their unconscious bias and discomfort in dealing with Anti-Black racism in the classroom. Participants will develop and/or enhance their skills to challenge anti-Black racism and foster inclusive classrooms in their teaching.

Based on a resounding interest, we have invited Dr. DeGruy to return to share this foundational session a second time. This workshop will be continued in a second part two examining next steps to take action based on the context and models shared. These workshops are part of a series of actions in response to and as proactive measures regarding anti-Black institutionalized racism both in the University and throughout society. Attendees will gain a better understanding of how anti-Black racism is different from other forms of racism, with a focus on institutionalized racism, and how academic institutions play a key role in a variety of ways.

The Anti-Black Racism Teaching and Learning Series is co-sponsored by the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), the Office of Human Rights, Equity & Accessibility (OHREA), and the Windsor University Faculty Association (WUFA).

This is the second part of two workshops, and these workshops are part of a series of actions in response to and as proactive measures regarding anti-Black institutionalized racism both in the University and throughout society. Attendees will gain a better understanding of how anti-Black racism is different from other forms of racism, with a focus on institutionalized racism, and how academic institutions play a key role in a variety of ways. This workshop builds on the content from February 9 examining possible next steps.

The Anti-Black Racism Teaching and Learning Series is co-sponsored by the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), the Office of Human Rights, Equity & Accessibility (OHREA), and the Windsor University Faculty Association (WUFA).

This full-day workshop is divided into three 1.5-hour segments with two 1-hour breaks (10:00-11:30, 12:30-2:00, and 3:00-4:30) to facilitate participation.

This interactive seminar will enable participants to gain a working understanding of racial equity, diversity and inclusion as well as explore the basic elements of The Courageous Conversations Protocol. Participants will also consider how to engage the Courageous Conversation® in their personal and professional lives.

Designed to guide employees to consider race, its construction and impact in their lives, work spaces, and the market place, this professional learning exercise teaches the three components of the Courageous Conversation™ Protocol. Participants explore how to engage, sustain and deepen intra- and interracial dialogues in personal and professional contexts. Through small, whole, and racial affinity group settings, colleagues are guided toward a working understanding of racial equity, diversity and inclusion.

Our previous one-day workshop, Courageous Conversations: The Exploration, was such an overwhelming success that we decided to bring in Courageous Conversations: The Experience, which will take place over two days and is divided into three 2.5-hour segments with 1 hours breaks between segments to facilitate participation. The Courageous Conversations workshops are stand-alone and as such don’t require previous participation.

This interactive seminar will provide organizations with a set of tools to talk about race, intentionally and effectively. The Courageous Conversations Protocol, as it is referred to, includes three components - The Compass, Four Agreements, and Six Conditions™ - designed specifically to help engage, sustain and deepen intra- and interracial dialogues. Together, these tools help to create a space that is authentic, safe, and generative for conversations that are insightful and compassionate.

This customized, three-segment, 7.5 hour seminar guides an examination of the impact of race in our lives and fosters the development of an essential literacy and competence through which to experience our personal, professional, and organizational ways of being. Courageous Conversation: The Experience™ delivers a foundation for the pursuit of systemic change through a lens of racial equity.

For previous participants of one of the Courageous Conversation workshops: we are inviting you to engage in a book study of Courageous Conversations about Race by Glenn E. Singleton. This is an opportunity for a small group to come together to read the book in more detail, and have ongoing conversations with colleagues to explore the meaning and application in our various contexts.

The meetings will take place for one hour during 6 Fridays over the summer. Copies of the books will be provided. Space is limited.

During this foundational interactive session, participants will engage discussions and materials that will highlight the following areas through an intersectional lens:

• The foundational principles of Antiracist Pedagogy
• The common challenges and pitfalls that faculty members and TAs experience in the learning environment and tools to deepen one’s preparation and response to difficult moments as they arise
• Proactive strategies to integrating inclusive practices into one’s teaching practice

During this foundational interactive session, participants will engage discussions and application exercises that will highlight the following areas through an intersectional lens:

• Antiracist and decolonial approaches to course design
• The multifaceted factors to be taken into consideration in course and syllabus development across disciplines
• The interconnectedness between one’s antiracist lens, inclusive teaching practice and course design

Beyond Diversity is a compassionate curriculum to build community, launch innovation, and navigate the predictable pitfalls in interracial, multi-cultural conversations about race. Powerful and personally transforming, this in-person, two-day seminar helps leaders, employees, and organizations understand the impact of race on their lives, their work, and their overall growth. Interactive and stirring exercises strengthen participants’ critical consciousness of race and lead them to investigate the role that racism plays in institutionalizing disparities. Most importantly, it models and teaches a protocol for discussing race in ways that are productive, insightful, and generative.

Duration: This is a full two days of consecutive in-person training, including breaks. Lunch and refreshments will provided. The fee for UWindsor faculty and staff is free, cost to externals is $850.

In this workshop, participants will have an opportunity to look back in order to move forward in more impactful ways in the academy. We will explore issues and tensions in higher education as well as examples of reparations in action with an emphasis on ways to repair past harms caused by colonial practices. This interactive session will conclude with discussion of pedagogical approaches that create braver spaces for teaching, learning, healing, and hopeful action in the academy.

For previous participants of one of the Courageous Conversation workshops (including the more recent Beyond Diversity), we are inviting you to engage in a book study of Courageous Conversations about Race by Glenn E. Singleton. This is an opportunity for a small group to come together to read the book in more detail, and have ongoing conversations with colleagues to explore the meaning and application in our various contexts.

The meetings will take place for one hour during 5 Fridays over the course of the Fall semester, with an option to add a 6th session. Copies of the books will be provided by OHREA (please contact ohrea@uwindsor.ca once registered). Space is limited.

Beyond Diversity is a compassionate curriculum to build community, launch innovation, and navigate the predictable pitfalls in interracial, multi-cultural conversations about race. Powerful and personally transforming, this in-person, two-day seminar helps leaders, employees, and organizations understand the impact of race on their lives, their work, and their overall growth. Interactive and stirring exercises strengthen participants’ critical consciousness of race and lead them to investigate the role that racism plays in institutionalizing disparities. Most importantly, it models and teaches a protocol for discussing race in ways that are productive, insightful, and generative.

Duration: This is a full two days of consecutive in-person training, including breaks. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. The fee for UWindsor faculty and staff is free, cost to externals is $850.

To work towards decolonization in teaching and learning, we are required to find pathways of action. Through discussions with various champions of equity, inclusion, diversity and decolonization work across campus, we have started the development of an actionable framework to begin these first steps through teacher-student relationships. During the first half of this workshop, we will share our working definitions and application of the framework. During the second half, we will invite critical discourse to obtain your evaluative feedback about the applicability of the framework. Through your feedback, our goal is to identify gaps, strengths, and challenges within the framework, as well as consider its applicability within the University.

To work towards decolonization in teaching and learning, we are required to find pathways of action. Through discussions with various champions of equity, inclusion, diversity and decolonization work across campus, we have started the development of an actionable framework to begin these first steps through teacher-student relationships. During the first half of this workshop, we will share our working definitions and application of the framework. During the second half, we will invite critical discourse to obtain your evaluative feedback about the applicability of the framework. Through your feedback, our goal is to identify gaps, strengths, and challenges within the framework, as well as consider its applicability within the University.