Discover how storytelling and inclusive hiring strategies can help create more welcoming, engaged, and resilient workplaces in this two-part workshop!
Inclusive Hiring:
Stats, strategies and strengths-based approaches Learn some important stats about persons with visible and invisible disabilities in the Canadian post secondary system and in Canada, bust some myths about what it means to hire individuals with disabilities, talk to your peers about their experiences as hiring managers, and walk away with some concrete strategies employers can use to make hiring practices more inclusive for everyone.
Leading With Stories: Building Community In The Workplace
Humanizing leadership through stories. Building a sense of care and community within your workplace sets your direction, enhances staff engagement, and inspires collegial goal setting. Being comfortable with being authentically you and providing invitations through your leadership philosophy story, your company story builds teams and reciprocity. Examples of local businesses/entrepreneurs sharing their stories set the stage for developing your own context to open the door to relationships and a sense of belonging amongst your staff.
Inclusive Hiring Presenter: Dr. Jessica Lovett
Dr. Jessica Lovett has served for more than 15 years in leadership roles within Canadian arts and education institutions. Her expertise spans strategic planning, marketing and communications, student recruitment and retention, and partnerships between industry and higher education. As Director of Career Services and Co-op for Lakehead University, Jessica is proud to lead a team dedicated to connecting students with meaningful employment. Jessica earned her PhD and MA from the University of Toronto, and also holds an Honours Bachelor of Music from Western. In all aspects of her life, Jessica values collaboration, empathy, creativity, accountability, and learning.
Leading With Stories Presenter: Nicky Locker
Nicky Locker is an experienced education leader with a passion for inclusive community initiatives. Currently serving as the Director of Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning, she brings years of expertise from her role as an elementary school principal for the Durham District School Board. Through her work, Nicky supports workforce development, strategic planning, Specialist High Skills Major programming, Third Age Lakehead Lecture curation and delivery, and community courses, workshops, and events.
Having grown up in Orillia, Nicky has strong ties to people and places and commits a lot of her time to volunteerism. She is the past Coordinator and current soccer coach of Special Olympics Orillia and is a member of the Executive Leadership Team for Inclusive Orillia. She sits on the County of Simcoe Local Immigration Partnership, and serves as a Board Member at Large for the Ontario Council for University Lifelong Learning. Nicky is a strong advocate for inclusion, access, centering humans in the workplace and community, and, of course, lifelong learning.
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