Here’s how you can celebrate International Women’s Day this year
Every year International Women’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate women and their achievements.
This year International Women’s Day will be an opportunity to commemorate the achievements of women and reflect on the challenges they face on a daily basis.
Interested in celebrating this day and learning more about how women are breaking down barriers and challenging gender stereotypes? Check out the events below which include a conversation about women in academic leadership, a discussion from Trans women working in the gender-based violence sector and more.
#BreakTheBias with Women in Academic Leadership
March 8, 11 a.m. -1 p.m.
In line with the global theme of #BreakTheBias for IWD 2022, community members are invited to join a panel discussion with the Office of the Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion (OVPECI). Co-moderators Anver Saloojee (interim vice-president, equity and community inclusion) and Jennifer Simpson (provost and vice-president, academic) will lead the conversation with panellists about how they are breaking biases and removing barriers as women in academic leadership.
#DMZIWD: Dare to Disrupt (external link)
March 10, 12-1 p.m.
The DMZ is bringing together the disrupters of the tech community to honour those who have pushed the envelope. This event will celebrate those who didn't choose the path of least resistance, and officially reveal the inaugural winners of the new annual award: DMZ's Women of the Year.
The inaugural “Your Biases Become Everyone’s Problems” event will explore critical issues faced by the gender-based violence movement held by Consent Comes First and Simon Fraser University Sexual Violence Support and Prevention Office.
Your Bias Becomes Everyone’s Problem: Addressing Transmisogyny In the Movement to End Gender-Based Violence
March 10, 3-4 p.m.
This event is an opportunity to bring together the voices and insights of Trans women working in the gender-based violence sector across Canada. Together they will engage in a dialogue about complicity, accountability and the need for change in the gender-based violence movement on the issue of transmisogyny.
Girl Guides of Ontario Engineering Badge Day 2022
March 12, 9:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
On March 12, Ryerson Engineering Outreach will virtually host the annual Badge Day event in collaboration with the Ontario Network of Women in Engineering (ONWiE) (external link) . Young women in Girl Guides (ages 9-11) are invited to take part in hands-on activities, meet other like-minded students and hear from our undergraduates about what university life is like in engineering.
Butterfly, Asian and Migrant Sexworkers Network (external link) was formed by sex workers, social workers, legal and health professionals. It provides support to, and advocates for, the rights of Asian and migrant sex workers.
You Are Cherished: Care Workshop for East and Southeast Asian Communities to Honour Women Killed Due to Anti-Asian Violence
March 16, 4-5 p.m.
On March 16, 2021, seven women and one man were murdered in Atlanta, Ga. Six of the women whose lives were taken were East Asian, and the three places attacked were massage parlours run and staffed by East Asian women. They were targeted because they were sex workers and because they were East Asian.
One year after the mass killing, this event will be a space for communities to remember those women and all East and Southeast Asian women who have been harmed because of anti-Asian racism or whorephobia.
Join Butterfly, Asian Migrant Sex Workers Network and Consent Comes First to gather online to remember those lost to Anti-Asian violence and whorephobia. This is an opportunity to celebrate strengths, cherish the living, and remember those no longer with us.
This space is open solely to East and Southeast Asian community members.
Go Code Girl 2022
March 26, 9:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Ryerson's Go Code Girl 2022 is an exciting opportunity for girls in Grades 7-11 to explore coding virtually. Participants in this day-long event will learn the basics of coding and software development and discover opportunities in the computing and engineering fields. Participants will also have the opportunity to engage with current engineering students, like-minded peers and staff.
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