Human Rights & Equity Services
6300 Coburg Road, 4th Floor Halifax, NS, Canada

For International Women’s Week DSU and HRES are offering virtual Self-Care and Wellness workshops from Monday, March 8 until Friday, March 12, 2021. Tickets available at Eventbrite, please visit our linktree https://linktr.ee/dalhres. #love #learning #intentions #meditation #mind #confidence #meditating #stretching #connecting #movement #breath #health #well-being #energy #chakras #reiki #holistic #healing #awareness #education #introspection #selfAwareness #bodyworker #yoga #TraumaInformed #disability #justice #ease #breathe #care #selfRecovery #skills #resilience

The CAPSAP project at MSVU is seeking participants of all gender from West African, Chinese, Indian European ancestry, and African Nova Scotians to join the Workshop at the end of March. If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected].

Join Dal AC Global Ed, the Dalhousie International Centre, and Human Rights & Equity Services next week for a Graphic Art event on building a global community!

Join members of the Dalhousie community in kicking off African Heritage Month on campus through the annual African Heritage Month Launch and Flag Raising on Monday, February 1st from 12:00 -1:00 p.m. The event will be streamed on Dalhousie’s YouTube channel. youtube.com/DalhousieU African Heritage Month is an opportunity for reflection, action, and celebration. Through this year’s theme, Black Health Matters: Listen, Learn, Share, and Act, we are urged to not only recogniz...e barriers but to actively work to remove them. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend the Dalhousie and community events happening during African Heritage Month. WWW.DAL.CA/AFRICANHERITAGE

Dalhousie Black Student Advising Centre Dalhousie Black Faculty and Staff Caucus PLANS - Promoting Leadership in Health for African Nova Scotians Dalhousie International Centre Dalhousie Student Union Dalhousie Agricultural Campus Dalhousie Bissett Student Success Centre Dalhousie University

The School of Health and Human Performance at Dalhousie is conducting this study on Masculinity and Wellbeing in Competitive Men’s University Sport. If you are interested in participating, please contact Brent Martindale at [email protected].

We recognize that it is all of our collective responsibilities to establish a culture grounded in respect, equity, and inclusivity. Check out this resource we created on tips for a #RespectfulWorkplaceCulture.

2019 marked 10 years of #RespectWeek on our #DalhousieU campuses. This year, we are holding space to re-imagine Respect Week for the next decade. What does respect mean to you? How and when can we commemorate this time? What language is reflective and meaningful? How can we engage with these topics in an intersectional way? How can we build on the current energy and commit to further action? We look forward to engaging in these conversations with you!

This year, we are commemorating Respect Week November 2 - 9! Respect Week provides an opportunity to remind our University community that all forms of discrimination, assault, harassment, and bullying are always unacceptable, whether they be on campus, online, or at home. It is our hope that the Dalhousie community will be inspired to think critically and act with intent to create a safer, more inclusive environment that we can all be proud of. For more information on the origins of Respect Week as well as a listing of some programming during Respect Week, visit our website at https://www.dal.ca//educa/events---campaigns/Pink-Day.html

October marks Mi’kmaq History Month with Treaty Day on October 1st. HRES is calling on the Dalhousie community to commemorate this time by reflecting on our collective responsibility in understanding our duties under the Peace and Friendship Treaties. #HRES, with the direction of Cathy Martin, our Indigenous Community Engagement Director, will be producing a short video highlighting what Treaty Day means to our campus community. To participate, please send us a short video (1-3 minutes long) answering the following question: what does Treaty Day mean to you? Please send your video to [email protected] or upload it to https://bit.ly/3kOtZJ5 by Tuesday, September 29th. We will be releasing the video through our social media channels and on our website. #MikmaqHistoryMonth #HRES #DalhousieU

The DSU Survivor Support Centre is hosting wellness workshops for survivors facilitated by Jungle Flower from Reclaim Your Voice. This is an opportunity to connect with other survivors and break the isolation that often follows trauma. You will not be pressured to share at any time, but you will have opportunities to do so if you wish. Create a comfy space for yourself, have something ready to write with and we'll see you Wednesday evening! A few years after escaping an abu...sive relationship, Jungle Flower (she/her) founded Reclaim Your Voice, hosting events where people who'd experienced abuse and sexual violence could share their stories. Since 2012 she has organized over 50 events in support of the survivor community. From 2018 to 2020 she took a break to focus on her own healing and restoration, travelling solo through Costa Rica, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam while exploring various healing modalities. In these workshops, she shares exercises based on her work with survivors and her training as a trauma-informed writing guide. Faces Over Boxes: Video participation is encouraged as it helps everyone feel connected. We also enthusiastically support your boundaries and ability to choose whether having your video on or off is best for you. You have the option of having video on, off, or switching throughout . Our DSU Survivor Support Manager, Shannon, will be present to offer support to anyone who might need it. WEDNESDAYS 7:00PM-8:30PM AST September: 16th. 23rd, 30th October: 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th November: 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th You may attend all the workshops, or as many as you like. These workshops are open to people of all genders. Please register with a Dalhousie or King's email at [email protected].

We’re looking for community feedback! If you have participated, considered participating, or are interested in participating in PEGaSUS this year, we’d love to hear from you. Your feedback will be used to inform and improve the PEGaSUS program. PEGaSUS is a Psycho-Educational Group for Survivors of Adult Sexual Assault offered by Human Rights and Equity Services. Our program will be facilitated online during the Fall 2020 semester and run for 6-weeks starting Wednesday, Octob...er 14 at 3:00 pm ADT. All genders are welcome. PEGaSUS believes strongly in creating safer spaces and building communities of support for survivors. Given the current context, we are keen to receive feedback on how we can better support your participation in an online setting. Please send your feedback via email at [email protected] by Thursday, October 1, 2020. Visit our website dal.ca/hres to learn more about the PEGaSUS program.

It's the last day to apply for the Sexualized Violence Policy Student Liaisons position! Learn more and apply by midnight tonight via myCareer.dal.ca.

The asynchronous Anti-Racism Module provides a foundational overview of the ways in which Anti-Racism manifests within us, on our campuses, and in our communities. Through the exploration of concepts such as microaggressions, unconscious bias, Anti-Black and Anti-Indigenous racism, accountability and more, this workshop provides avenues of learning but most importantly implores as all to commit to changing our behaviours, attitudes and actions today. REGISTER NOW: [email protected]

Calling all #DalhousieU students! HRES is seeking to hire a Sexualized Violence Policy Student Liaison for the 20/21 academic year! Interested? Please, apply via myCareer.dal.ca by Sunday, September 13, 2020!

Open Call for Speakers & Presenters: HRES is looking for #speakers and workshop #presenters for our first day-long #conference on topics related to Human Rights, Social Justice, and Anti-Discrimination. The theme of the conference is Learning from the Past to Build for the Future: Challenging Discrimination from the Global to Local. The conference will be held on Friday, October 23, 2020. We are looking for #Speakers from a broad range of disciplines and backgrounds. We un...derstand the importance of representation within certain topics and encourage applicants to include a self-identification in their application. Why should I present? The goal of this #Conference is to encourage and generate educational discussions within the Dalhousie community so that we can keep the conversation going and carry forward the momentum of the global civil rights movement that is happening around us. We want to have speakers from various backgrounds and identities which is why we need you! What format will the sessions be? The format will be 1 hour; or 1.5-hour long sessions conducted online via #Zoom. Presenters can choose how they want to format their session and what tools and visuals they would like to provide (PowerPoint, PDF, images, etc.). We encourage presenters to provide opportunities for dialogue and engagement within the session whenever possible. How do I submit my proposal? If you are interested in presenting, please email us at [email protected] with title and brief description of your session by September 25, 2020. Feel free to also reach out if you have any questions. For more information visit following link http://bit.ly/dalhres or email us at [email protected]. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Join Environmental Defence and The ENRICH Project for a virtual fundraiser with online conversations from women at the frontlines of Canada’s eco-justice struggles. Our special evening-in is with author and keynote speaker Dr. Ingrid Waldron and real-life heroes, many featured in the documentary film There's Something in the Water by celebrity director Ellen Page. Dr. Waldron will share her research on the hidden truth of environmental racism in rural Canada and how industrial catastrophes have been precisely placed - all in remote, low income, and very often Indigenous or Black communities - proving that your postal code can determine your health. https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/65842/petition/1

Please find the recordings of our Speak Truth to Power Series here:

STAND UNITED AGAINST INJUSTICE: STATEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICEPROVOST EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN RESPONSE TO UNJUST RACIAL TRAGEDIES To our Dalhousie University community, Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness are part of Dalhousie’s core values. It is within this context that we acknowledge the anger, pain, fear, frustration and anxiety that so many are experiencing in response to the unjust racial tragedies experienced by Black people in North America and beyond. We ...Continue reading

Thank you to everyone who joined our virtual Iftar! We had the pleasure of watching this video highlighting experiences of Ramadan past and present and wanted to share it with you all! For those of you celebrating, have a wonderful Eid on Sunday!

Today, Sunday, May 17 is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. This day aims to raise awareness and coordinate international actions... for 2SLGBTQ+ rights around the world. This day by 2016 has been observed in 132 countries across the globe. The date was chosen to commemorate the decision to remove homosexuality from the International Classification of diseases of the World Health Organization. Today we would normally raise flags, listen to speeches, and recognize those who are working to make a difference to our community. However, on this day that where we would normally come together - for our own safety we have to be apart. While we may have to be physically distant it does not mean that we cannot share community. We encourage folks to share their pride today, whatever that means for you. This year’s theme in Canada for International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia are ‘family support is essential.’ We encourage you to reach out to love ones who are apart of the 2SLGBTQ+ community and let them know that you love and support them because we know this support can save lives. Covid -19 has affected many in our community who have had to return to unsafe households and who may have lost contact with their support networks. Pride festivals which many of us rely on for not only community but employment have been canceled - all of this can feel like an extra weight added to the struggles we are all going through as Canadians. Our community, however, is resilient and always has been. There are many amazing organizations in Halifax working to create an online community and keep us all connected. DalOut is working on ways to be more active online - and we are still available both by messenger and email. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or if you are looking for support. We are proud to serve this community and will continue to advocate for the 2SLGBTQ+ community of Dalhousie. Stay strong and stay safe. Sincerely the DalOut executive of 2020-2021

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Join Open Dialogue Live to learn more about the impacts COVID-19 has on vulnerable communities.

Honoured to work with and learn from Cathy Martin! Welcome to the team Cathy.