Speakers: Dr. Bojana Stefanovic (Sunnybrook) and Dr. Steffany Bennett (UOttawa, VAST EDI Champion)

This workshop will discuss various individual actions aimed at creating a more meritocratic academia. We will review communication strategies for responding to common tropes, interrupting bias and being an effective ally. We will practice these strategies based on scenarios inspired by past interactions in academic research.

Learning objectives:

• Practice responding to common tropes.

• Learn effective bias interruptors.

• Become a better ally.

Who we are:
Stef is a Professor of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology at the University of Ottawa. Her lab works on ways to block the pathological changes in brain lipid metabolism in pediatric and geriatric neurodegenerative diseases.
Bojana is a Professor of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto and a Senior Scientist and Director of the Physical Sciences at Sunnybrook. Her lab studies neurovascular deficits via in situ neuroimaging in experimental models of ischemic stroke, Alzheimer’s Disease, and brain trauma.