This training provides educational institutions and organizations the opportunity to explore the inclusive culture of their community and the barriers that are preventing them from forward-moving practices. My role is to invite folks into conversations about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) through a trauma-informed lens, my DEIJ education and from my lived experience as a queer-identifying educator raising a child of colour.

Participants will:

• Develop an understanding of unconscious bias and privilege

• Explore opportunities for positive community relationships and experiences

• Learn inclusive and shared language that supports belonging

• Learn strategies for creating environments of belonging that acknowledge intersectionality

• Identify barriers to DEIJ practices in your community - be invited to broaden thinking, engage in curiosity, and bring questions about DEIJ in a non-judgmental space that honours the TRY!