What does it mean to create spaces and practices that are inclusive for people of various gender identities?
Nolan Pike, a writer and community educator whom many Dal staff, faculty and leaders have benefitted from his training in the past, created an online learning program that looks specifically at what it means to be inclusive of gender diversity, and what each one of us can do to be more inclusive of the transgender community. As much as we are becoming more informed about transgender identities, there is a lot of misinformation that we are likely to have come across in our lives. This online program takes us through a journey starting with the basics of what is meant when words like transgender, gender identity, and gender expression are said, then will address some of the common misconceptions about different issues before diving deeper into the subject to explore practical actions we can take to make our workplace and our communities more inclusive for people with diverse range of gender identities and expressions.
Dalhousie HR has purchased this program to be available to our community. We encourage you to take this program and cascade it internally to your faculties/departments.
This course should take 2 – 3 hours to complete depending on your pace and your engagement with bonus content. We recommend you take 2 – 3 breaks while completing the course, and you can also take it on multiple occasions as your progress will be saved when you return. To access the course, please follow these steps:
1. Click on this link: https://nolan-s-school-805b.thinkific.com/courses/DAL-rethinking-gender-trans-inclusive-spaces-and-practices-0401
2. Create an account using your Dalhousie email address.
3. Click on Enroll Now
4. Access the course through "My Courses" in the menu items on the top of the page.