Date: March 4, 1-2 PM, ET

Cost: Free (Zoom Webinar)

*Please note, all registrants will be provided with a link to the recording and presentation slides following the sessions. The recording will be available for 60 days.

VIDEO
Advancing Equity for 2SLGBTQIA+ Workers in Canada with the Employment Equity Act - Policy Brief
Promouvoir l’équité pour le personnel 2ELGBTQI+ au Canada grâce à la Loi sur l’équité en matière d’emploi
Letter to Minister Hajdu regarding the Employment Equity Act

2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion efforts are growing in the ENGO sector, but we are still in the early stages.

If your organization is ready to go beyond holding a "queer hike" in June and explore the history and current issues impacting your 2SLGBTQIA+ staff, this is the webinar for you!

Join Misha Goforth (Pride at Work Canada's Manager of Programs) and Anna-Liza Badaloo (Sustainability Network JEDI Program Associate) for this fireside chat to discuss how recently proposed changes to the Employment Equity Act could improve 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion, why data scarcity matters, and where ENGOs can start to foster more welcoming and affirming workplaces for 2SLGBTQIA+ staff.

Our Presenters

Misha Goforth (She/her) is Manager of Programs at Pride at Work Canada and an international policy professional and gender equity consultant. She works with Canada’s leading employers to advance 2SLGBTQIA+ rights in the workplace and leads impactful programs which promote 2SLGBTQIA+ voices and community knowledge in creating change. Prior to this, Misha built her career in the international policy field working with Global Affairs Canada, USAID, UNDP Cambodia, and with governments in Mongolia and Ethiopia to advance gender equity in the mining and environment sectors. Throughout her career, Misha continues to centre gender justice, anti-racism, accessibility, and 2SLGBTQIA+ rights in all the work that she does.

Anna-Liza Badaloo (she/her) of Anemochory Consulting is a facilitator, un-learner, and inclusive communicator. Viewing JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) through the lens of empathy, her decolonized, intersectional approach helps organizations build capacity by implementing communities of practice, training, and empathy-driven frameworks designed to foster organizational justice. By centering equity-deserving communities, she helps organizations understand how colonial structures impact organizational health.

Presentation Slides