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Connect with other Community Of Practice Members
A list of contact information for all Community of Practice members is available to support networking and collaboration. Use this opportunity to extend on the insights from the sessions and begin implementing effective IDEA* strategies in your organizations!
Community of Practice Learning Outcomes
After completing this program, participants will:
1. Understand the concept of social location and how it affects leadership style
2. Understand intersectionality and how to apply an intersectional framework to meet DEI goals
3. Understand how the intersection of race and disability oppression shapes the experiences of Indigenous, Black and racialized people with disabilities (IBRpD)
4. Understand how the history of colonization has shaped the construction of race and disability to create structural inequities
5. Understand how this history impacts organizational policies today
6. Understand cultural accountability
And be able to apply this to:
1. Analyze and improve organizational policies
2. Build an inclusive environment using promising practices
3. Apply inclusive internal and external communication strategies
4. Communicate effectively with diverse communities
5. Engage and build trust with Indigenous, Black and racialized communities
6. Navigate conflict resolution and repair harm or distrust
7. Create feedback and evaluation processes to improve the outcomes of Indigenous, Black and racialized people with disabilities
