Diversity and Institutional Change: Confronting Challenges - A workshop
Join us for an interdisciplinary dialogue about current challenges, ideas and research!
The Interdisciplinary Network on Discrimination and Inclusion will host a workshop and lunch on June 8th, on the topic of Diversity, Inclusion and Institutional Change, with a focus on higher education and the professions. Our special guest will be Professor Pushkala Prasad, the聽Zankel Chair Professor of Management & Liberal Arts at Skidmore College.聽Professor Prasad will be presenting findings from her recent research examining diversity processes and outcomes in US liberal arts colleges, emerging forms of backlash and prospects for diversity. Special thanks to Suzanne Gagnon for inviting Professor Prasad.
The workshop will begin at 10:00 a.m. with a presentation by Professor Prasad, followed by questions and discussion. After lunch, we will have short presentations by discussants from different disciplinary perspectives and further discussion with Professor聽Prasad. The workshop will end at 15h00. (Please note that the Scholars-at-Risk conference co-sponsored by the Centre for Human Rights and Legal聽Pluralism formally begins at 15h30.)
RSVP: aliah.el-houni [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email Ms. Aliah El-Houni) to confirm your attendance by Friday, June 3.
(Coffee & Tea) (9h45)
10丑00-10丑15听听 Introduction
10h15-11h15聽聽 Professor Pushkala Prasad,聽Zankel Chair Professor of Management & Liberal Arts,聽Skidmore College
11h15-12h00 聽 Discussion
12丑00-13丑00听听 Lunch (provided)
13h00-15h00聽聽 Discussants:
- Chahrazad Abdallah, D茅p. de management et technologie, UQAM;
- Colleen Sheppard,聽Faculty of Law, McGill
- Suzanne Gagnon, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill
- Brian Rubineau, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill
A Interdisciplinary Network on Discrimination and Inclusion Workshop hosted by the Desautels Faculty of聽Management & Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, McGill Faculty of Law. Organized with the financial support of: SSHRC (Insight Grant on Systemic Discrimination: Challenges and Complexities), and FQRSC (Revitalisation de la diversit茅 en milieu聽de travail: 茅tude des pratique organisationnelles favorisant l鈥檌nclusion).
RSVP by aliah.el-houni [at] mail.mcgill.ca (writing to Ms. Aliah El-Houni.)
