ABOUT THIS EVENT
Everyone’s mind works differently. By creating adaptable, flexible, and supportive environments, neurodivergent individuals can trust that they can be their authentic selves, do their best work, and feel valued – benefiting the entire BCIT community. This panel will equip educators and administrators with strengths-based strategies to foster neuroinclusive spaces.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Define neurodiversity and its influence on learning and working environments.
- Provide examples of proactive approaches to creating a supportive, inclusive, and trauma-informed campus for neurodiverse individuals.
- Identify 1 to 3 strategies for fostering neurodivergent friendly and trauma-informed environments.
Panel
Moderator: Mark Williams (he/him), BCIT Learning Commons Strategist
Panelists:
- Zenith Bose (she/her), Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Training Specialist for Researchers, Mount Royal University
- Heather McCain (they/them), Founder & Executive Director, Live Educate Transform Society (LET’S)
- Bryan Tran (he/him), 3rd year Applied Computer Science (Database Option) student
- Claudine Warburton (she/her), Instructional Development Consultant, BCIT Learning & Teaching Centre
Register Now!
This session is open to all members of the BCIT student, staff, faculty, and internal partner (e.g. student association, alumni association) community. Register below for this virtual event and a calendar invite with a Teams link will be sent to you.
Please let us know if have any additional needs to participate fully in this event.
Expectations for Behaviour
Diversity Circles, as part of the BCIT Respect, Diversity, and Inclusion (RDI) Office, has outlined the Expectations for Behaviour for our events and initiatives.
Diversity Circles has always benefitted from the empathy, sincerity, and respectful curiosity of our community, and this has helped create events and initiatives where we hold productive and authentic discussions, advancing our knowledge and utilization of equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
As our events and initiatives continue to reach out to diverse audiences which include BCIT employees, students, and partners (BCIT Student Association, BCIT Alumni Association, and industry guests), and as we have moved towards presenting events both in person and via teleconferencing platforms, we realize that having a set of expectations for behaviour will help maintain the accountable, respectful spaces our community has come to expect from Diversity Circles events and initiatives.
Please take the time to review our Expectations for Behaviour prior to your upcoming participation
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