Podcasts about equity studies

The future of DEI is murky. So the purpose of this panel discussion was to reflect on the recent developments in DEI and consider how we might evolve our effort to become more effective. We collectively dove into DEI around the murder of George Floyd - often with little to no experience. And it was a great discussion! The following were just a few of the ideas I took away: - We HAVE made progress. - And this problem is 400 years (or more) in the making. While we want to see change now, this is the work of generations i.e. a marathon not a sprint. - Much of our effort has been spent on diversity where the real work should focus on inclusion and equity. - To be effective we need to meet people where they are at. - If you are on the extreme right or extreme left, you may be contributing to the polarization. Overall, I'm left with a sense of hope and a reframed perspective. Thank you to the panelists: Amy E. Hull M. Ed. Amy is the Head of DEI for Paycor. She is a consultant and Former School Administrator. She recently won bronze from Brandon Hull for her DEI strategy. She is working on authoring her first book on the relationship between power and empathy.   / amyehull6   Toby Mildon. Toby is the author of 'Inclusive Growth' and Host of a podcast by the same name. This year, he also released another book 'Building Inclusivity'. He runs Mildon consultancy and previously worked for Deloitte, Accenture and the BBC. https://www.mildon.co.uk/ Dr. Leeno Karumanchery has PhD in Sociology and Equity Studies from the University of Toronto. He is an author of a number of books including an upcoming book called 'The Old Black Lesbian Elephant in the Room: Why the Woke Need to Wake Up'. He is the head of Mesh diversity which takes a numbers and data science approach to helping organizations with DEI. https://meshdiversity.com/ Sara Taylor. Sara is the author of recent book called Thinking at the Speed of Bias, and another bestselling book called 'Filter Shift'. She is a consultant, owner of deepSEE consulting and has 35 years of experience in the field. https://www.deepseeconsulting.com/ You can find me andrea@thehrhub.ca

In the online survey of a representative national sample, 45% of Canadians agree that the justice system in Canada treats every person fairly, while 43% disagree and 12% are undecided, according to the Research Company.  “I specialize in philosophy of religion and am currently working in philosophy of race. Strong professional background in the hospitality industry. Experience in Operations, Operations Management, Training, Problem Analysis and Sales.” Combining his academic research with his years of experience in the hospitality and nightlife industries, Leland's perspective is a valuable one for any venue. Having served in a number of roles at venues across Canada and the UK and having received numerous awards and funding for his research, Leland understands the hospitality industry and the climate in which it operates. For more information: https://www.lharperconsulting.com/ Instagram: @lharperconsulting LinkedIn: @Dr.LelandHarper   Dr. Leland Harper is an Associate Professor of Philosophy. Associate Professor of Race, Justice, and Equity Studies. Award-winning author, speaker, and educator

This episode features the GS Brar Law Professional Corporation team! Gurjiwan Singh, the founder and lawyer, is a graduate from York University's Human Rights and Equity Studies program and Queen's University's Faculty of Law. Jasroop Singh is a lawyer at the firm, before which he graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University's Criminal Justice program and received his JD from the University of Windsor's Faculty of Law. Karanjit Singh is a paralegal at the firm and completed his undergraduate studies through York University's Political Science and Human Rights program before pursuing his paralegal studies at Durham College. Together, they operate GS Brar Law, a firm that was started just before the COVID-19 pandemic and served the Peel region. The firm focuses on estate planning, real estate, and civil litigation, and in this episode we will hear about their unique journeys to law and about the ups and downs of running your very own business.

This episode features the GS Brar Law Professional Corporation team! Gurjiwan Singh, the founder and lawyer, is a graduate from York University's Human Rights and Equity Studies program and Queen's University's Faculty of Law. Jasroop Singh is a lawyer at the firm, before which he graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University's Criminal Justice program and received his JD from the University of Windsor's Faculty of Law. Karanjit Singh is a paralegal at the firm and completed his undergraduate studies through York University's Political Science and Human Rights program before pursuing his paralegal studies at Durham College. Together, they operate GS Brar Law, a firm that was started just before the COVID-19 pandemic and served the Peel region. The firm focuses on estate planning, real estate, and civil litigation, and in this episode we will hear about their unique journeys to law and about the ups and downs of running your very own business.

Episode 63 is out today with guest Emily Reiman! Emily is an Aerospace Control Operator in the RCAF, the Director of DEI on the Senior Leadership Team for Elevate Aviation and Project Coordinator for Allies in the Workplace. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Sociology and a Master's Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in Equity Studies. Emily is currently working in the Combat Operations Center in Cold Lake AB and has deployed operationally on Operation Reassurance in Romania and Operation Impact in Kuwait. She has participated in numerous exercises throughout North America and has had the opportunity to travel throughout her military career. Emily is a member of the Defence Women's Advisory Organization (DWAO) that seeks to address and overcome barriers that women face in the workplace, and a member of the Transforming Military Cultures (TMC) Network - a collaboration that seeks to challenge, reimagine, and transform the Canadian Armed Forces culture into one that embraces inclusivity and difference. Emily was recently published in the Canadian Military Journal for an ethnographic article on culture change as a wicked problem with the CAF through her lens as a Jr NCM. Through academia and personal passion, she has committed to bettering the workplace through the implementation of DEI practices. She believes deeply in allyship as a way to lighten the burden on others to create a more inclusive world. Emily was born and raised in Niagara Falls, ON and is the youngest of three. She loves to golf, cross country ski, weight train and stare up at the stars - she loves astronomy and all things space!  If you'd like to know more about Emily, and her work, she can be found on instagram @rammyreiman, Twitter @rammyreiman, and Linkedin under the name Emily Reiman.

Join us on this episode of Don't Call Me Resilient as we speak with researcher and migration expert Yvonne Su about climate-induced migration and the burden of care that is owed to displaced people.Recently, there have been some troubling images coming out of Pakistan, where devastating floods have taken the lives of more than 1,500 people and displaced close to 8 million. The floods have also submerged farmlands and spread waterborne illnesses. In total, it is estimated that the floods have so far impacted over 33 million people.So the picture is bleak.And a lot of this suffering can be linked to human-induced climate change.In other words, the global climate crisis has been driven by the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation by western states. Meanwhile, some populations continue to bear the brunt of the impact. Given this, do the United Nations and those states who have contributed most to the problem have the moral responsibility to protect and compensate those most harmed by climate change?This month, leaders from over 190 countries gather in Egypt for COP27, the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Previous UN climate change summits have been criticized by Indigenous and environmental activists who say the so-called solutions coming out of them have done more harm than good.Will this year be different? Will leaders be paying attention to real solutions for people in Pakistan that are being displaced right now?Join us as we speak with Yvonne Su, Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity Studies at York University. Yvonne specializes in migration, including climate change-induced displacement both globally and in Canada. She has a PhD in Political Science and International Development from the University of Guelph and a Masters in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford.Listen and FollowYou can listen to or follow Don't Call Me Resilient on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to your favourite podcasts. We'd love to hear from you, including any ideas for future episodes. Join The Conversation on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok and use #DontCallMeResilient.Also in The ConversationRead more: Pakistan floods: will rich nations ever pay for climate loss and damage?Read more: Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms the world's poorest countries?Read more: COP27: Which countries will push to end fossil fuel production? And which won't?Read more: Wildfire and flood disasters are causing 'climate migration' within CanadaRead more: UN ruling could be a game-changer for climate refugees and climate actionRead more: A Canadian senator aims to end the widespread financial backing of fossil fuelsSourcesThe unbearable heaviness of climate coloniality by Farhana SultanaShould we bring back climate refugees? By Yvonne SuClimate change communication and Indigenous publics by Candis CallisonDon't Call Me Resilient was produced in partnership with the Journalism Innovation Lab at UBC and with a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Revadi culture seems to be the buzzword in politics today. It started with a speech made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and now has been responded to by many leaders including Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister, P Thiagarajan among others.  Suno India's Suryatapa Mukherjee spoke to Dipa Sinha who teaches economics in Ambedkar University to understand the politics behind these debates. Dipa is actively involved in the Right to Food campaign and has worked with the Centre for Equity Studies and Public Health Research Network. She regularly writes on issues related to social justice.  References Election freebies: Supreme Court refers matter to three-judge benchRevisiting the S. Subramaniam Balaji vs Tamil Nadu judgmentSee sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.

Leigh is the founder and CEO of Tall Poppy, where she helps companies protect their employees from online harassment. She was previously a Technology Fellow at the ACLU's Project on Speech, Privacy, and Technology, and also worked at Slack, Salesforce.com, Microsoft, and Symantec. She has co-founded two hackerspaces - HackLabTO in the Kensington Market area in Toronto, and a feminist space called the Seattle Attic Community Workshop in Pioneer Square, Seattle. She is now a member and Chief Security Officer of Double Union, a feminist hackerspace in San Francisco, and she advises several nonprofits and startups. Leigh has a degrees from the University of Toronto where she majored in Computer Science and Equity Studies. Leigh points out that the latter major is about equity as in equality, not as in finance.  To learn more about Tall Poppy, visit the Tall Poppy website and connect on Twitter and you can follow and learn more about Leigh on Twitter: @HYPATIADOTCA and LinkedIn.  “tall poppy syndrome is a cultural phenomenon in which people hold back, criticize, or sabotage those who have or are believed to have achieved notable success in one or more aspects of life, particularly intellectual or cultural wealth-‘cutting down the tall poppy.' It describes a draw towards mediocrity and conformity. Commonly in Australia and New Zealand, ‘cutting down the tall poppy' is used to describe those who deliberately put down another for their success and achievements.“-via Wikipedia  In the discussion we address:  Leigh's background and the personal and professional progression that led her to found Tall Poppy  What Tall Poppy is doing to help protect individuals through personal digital safety  Hackerspaces, equity, diversity and women in cybersecurity  Leadership  Emerging issues in information security  Leigh's ever-colorful hair, CanRock, KiwiCon, and much more!  A few references mentioned in or relevant to our discussion include:  Tall Poppy website - https://www.tallpoppy.com Leigh mentioned KYC for crypto. For more on that see What Is KYC and Why Does It Matter For Crypto? (25 Mar 22) - https://www.coindesk.com/learn/what-is-kyc-and-why-does-it-matter-for-crypto/ Leigh spoke about device security and the threat of SIM swapping. Read more from this FBI IC3 Public Service Announcement, Criminals Increasing SIM Swap Schemes to Steal Millions of Dollars from US Public (08 Feb 22) - https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2022/PSA220208 CISA: Walk This Way to Enable MFA (05 May 22) - https://www.cisa.gov/blog/2022/05/05/walk-way-enable-mfa CISA Director Jen Easterly tweeting about #MFAMay and #MoreThanAPassword (05 May 22)  The Kelihos botnet campaign aimed at Apple iCloud accounts was mentioned. Here's a 2014 blog post from Symantec and a summary from the BBC - https://community.broadcom.com/symantecenterprise/communities/community-home/librarydocuments/viewdocument?DocumentKey=7273883f-edd4-46c6-a723-ab83ea0b8264&CommunityKey=1ecf5f55-9545-44d6-b0f4-4e4a7f5f5e68&tab=librarydocuments Andy mentioned another advocate for people and communities he's a fan of. Learn more about Matt Mitchell in The Gate 15 Interview: Matt Mitchell, a Champion for Security and Privacy (26 Apr 21)  Andy took the opportunity to put in a plug for the upcoming InfraGardNCR Cyber Camp (scheduled for 18-22 July!)  And Leigh and Andy gave some unsolicited promotions for 1Password, and Leigh also offered BitWarden as great options for password managers. Leigh also suggested reviewing the Consumer Reports and New York Times' Wirecutter for reliable reviews

We talk about Turning Red, the newest Pixar film, directed by Toronto filmmaker Domee Shi, about a thirteen year old Chinese Canadian girl, Meilin Lee, who finds out that when she gets emotional, she turns into a big, red panda. Meilin also has to navigate life as a middle schooler and all that this entails, which includes learning how to manage her crushes, bullies and strict parents. Turning Red is also a movie that is about fitting in and about the vital importance of friendships. Which makes it a perfect topic for Academic Aunties! So today, we're unpacking this film, and be warned: there are spoilers. Joining us is Dr. Yvonne Su (https://www.twitter.com/suyvonne (@suyvonne)), an Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity Studies at York University. Related Links https://torontolife.com/culture/how-domee-shi-turning-red-became-new-pixar-superstar/ (The Animated Life of Domee Shi) Thanks for listening! Get more information and read all the show notes at https://www.academicaunties.com (academicaunties.com). Get in touch with Academic Aunties on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/academicauntie (@AcademicAuntie) or by e-mail at podcast@academicaunties.com. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Podsights - https://podsights.com/privacy

The Right To Food Campaign, the Centre for Equity Studies and other organisations conducted a survey of food insecurity across 14 Indian states, called the Hunger Watch survey. This is the second such survey since the onset of the pandemic. It was carried out in the months of December 2021 and January 2022.  In this episode of The Suno India Show, host Suryatapa Mukherjee speaks to Anjali Bhardwaj, founder of Satark Nagrik Sangathan and a leading member of the Right To Food Campaign. Anjali explains the stark findings of the survey and what the government can do right now.  See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.

The Union budget 2021 claimed a 137 percent increase in health and well being. However, the Union health budget still remains at about 0.34% of GDP – a slight increase from 0.31% last year’s budget estimate. The biggest scheme introduced in the past few years is the Ayushman Bharat scheme. In February 2020, the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman slashed the budget from Rs 6,400 crore to Rs 3,314 crore for the Ayushman Bharat Scheme. Also known as Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PMJAY), this scheme was rolled out to cover a population of about 50 crores. However, this scheme though has been underutilised and has not made health more accessible to people. With the unprecedented COVID-19 situation globally, India is also struggling with the health-related human resources of doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers. And, it’s important to understand the economic approach to handling the inequalities in the healthcare sector in the country. To know more about the role of health economics in the country and health budgeting, Kunika Balhotra, Suno India’s Research and communications Officer spoke to Dipa Sinha. Dipa is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the School of Liberal Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD). Before joining AUD, she worked with the Office of Commissioners to the Supreme Court, Centre for Equity Studies and Public Health Research Network, and is actively involved with the Right to Food Campaign.See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.

The grand old party of Indian politics is in shambles. With a weak presence in Parliament of only 44 seats, the Congress has lost much of its voice and influence. Its state governments are racked by internal dissent and the leadership cannot seem to makeup its mind.Much of the blame is laid at the door of the Gandhi family - Sonia Gandhi and her two children Rahul and Priyanka - and their grip on the party. But is that the only reason?On this episode, host Sidharth Bhatia is joined by Prof. Neera Chandhoke. She has been studying Indian politics for a long time. She was Professor of Political Science at Delhi University, and is now a Distinguished Fellow at Centre for Equity Studies. She has authors several books on politics and civil society, and contributes regularly to newspapers and online news portals.Sidharth and Prof. Chandhoke talk about the Indian National Congress' loss in seats, popularity and even relevance, the BJP's systematic attacks and trolls on Rahul Gandhi having stuck, the problems with the Congress Party currently, whether the Congress is in crisis, how the top leadership can't stand each other, why they need to hold internal elections as to the leadership of the party itself, the Gandhi family's hold on the party, and lots more. Tune in for an eye opening conversation.Follow Prof. Chandhoke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChandhokeNeeraFollow Sidharth Bhatia on Twitter and Instagram @bombaywallahbombaywallah and https://instagram.com/bombaywallahYou can listen to this show on The Wire's website, the IVM Podcasts website, app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.

Dr. Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, Professor Emerita of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, University of Toronto See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest on the Faculty Factory Podcast this week is Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH. Dr. Fuentes-Afflick is a leading contributor in identifying compensation inequities in academic medicine. She joins us to discuss her work on today's podcast. Dr. Elena Fuentes-Afflick serves as Professor and Vice Chair of Pediatrics and Chief of Pediatrics at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs in the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Dr. Elena Fuentes-Afflick shared feedback for early career faculty members looking to be involved with faculty salary equity studies, and other critical information about resources and developments related to this topic. Learn more about today's episode: https://facultyfactory.org/salary-equity/

The Union budget 2021 claimed a 137 percent increase in health and well being. However, the Union health budget still remains at about 0.34% of GDP – a slight increase from 0.31% last year's budget estimate.  The biggest scheme introduced in the past few years is the Ayushman Bharat scheme. In February 2020, the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman slashed the budget from Rs 6,400 crore to Rs 3,314 crore for the Ayushman Bharat Scheme. Also known as Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PMJAY), this scheme was rolled out to cover a population of about 50 crores. However, this scheme though has been underutilised and has not made health more accessible to people.  With the unprecedented COVID-19 situation globally, India is also struggling with health care workers like doctors, nurses and other staff. And, it's important to understand the economic approach to handling the inequalities in the healthcare sector in the country. To know more about the role of health economics in the country and health budgeting, Kunika Balhotra, Suno India's Research and communications Officer spoke to Dipa Sinha.  Dipa is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the School of Liberal Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD). Before joining AUD, she worked with the Office of Commissioners to the Supreme Court, Centre for Equity Studies and Public Health Research Network, and is actively involved with the Right to Food Campaign. See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.

Why are there so many in academia? Does the institution attract them or does the institution make them? What is institutional gaslighting? And how do we care for each other in this often toxic space? In this episode, we chat with academic aunties, Dr. Nisha Nath, an Assistant Professor of Equity Studies at Athabasca University, and Dr. Mariam Georgis, a SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Manitoba about coping with exclusionary academic norms, the messages that the neoliberal academy sends that breeds toxic behaviour, and the value of checking in. Mentioned in this Episode: - https://moontimewarrior.com/2016/02/05/im-concerned-about-your-academic-career-if-you-talk-about-this-publicly/ ("I'm concerned for your academic career if you talk about this publicly") by Erica Violet Lee - https://wellcome.org/reports/what-researchers-think-about-research-culture ("What researchers think about the culture they work in") by Wellcome Foundation - https://www.criticalauntystudies.com/ (Critical Aunty Studies) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Podsights - https://podsights.com/privacy

Perhaps never before have majoritarian forces been on the ascendant in this manner. One of the results of this is the systematic expansion and normalisation of communal violence. There is an urgent need to restore positive inter-faith relations but is that even possible when the government prides itself as a champion of majoritarian politics? Anirban Bhattacharya and Misbah Rashid, research scholars on communal violence and Constitutional values at Centre for Equity Studies, pull no punches when discussing this on the latest episode of .All Indians Matter

On July 10 2020, Karim Kanji sat down with Jesse Thistle . Thistle is Métis-Cree, an author, assistant professor in the Department of Equity Studies at York University in Toronto. He is also the author of the best-selling memoir, From the Ashes. Thistle is an advocate for the homeless.

Harsh Mander is an Indian author, columnist, researcher, teacher, and social activist who works with survivors of mass violence and hunger, as well as homeless persons and street children. He is the Director of the Centre for Equity Studies, a research organisation based in New Delhi.1.How does an activist spend his day during lockdown?2.What are Human Rights and why do we need it?3.Accountability structure of Human Rights4.Why Human Rights are only limited to Liberal Democracies?5.Is Human Rights considered a Liberal ideological agenda?6.How do you rate India in championing Human Rights?7.Why is Human Rights not an acceptable discussion in Indian Society?8.Human Rights and Terrorists9.Discussion on Centre for Equity Studies and India exclusion report10.Questions from listenersहर्ष मंदर एक भारतीय लेखक, स्तंभकार, शोधकर्ता, शिक्षक और सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता हैं जो सामूहिक हिंसा और भूख से बचे, साथ ही बेघर व्यक्तियों और सड़क पर रहने वाले बच्चों के साथ काम करते हैं। वह नई दिल्ली स्थित एक अनुसंधान संगठन सेंटर फॉर इक्विटी स्टडीज के निदेशक हैं।1. तालाबंदी के दौरान एक कार्यकर्ता अपना दिन कैसे व्यतीत करता है?2. मानव अधिकार क्या हैं और हमें इसकी आवश्यकता क्यों है?3. मानवाधिकार की जवाबदेही संरचना4. मानवाधिकार केवल लिबरल डेमोक्रेसी तक ही सीमित क्यों हैं?5. क्या मानव अधिकारों को एक उदार वैचारिक एजेंडा माना जाता है?6. मानवाधिकार की प्रतिस्पर्धा में आप भारत को किस तरह से दर करते हैं?7. भारतीय समाज में मानवाधिकार एक स्वीकार्य चर्चा क्यों नहीं है?8. मानवाधिकार और आतंकवादी9. सेंटर फॉर इक्विटी स्टडीज और भारत बहिष्करण रिपोर्ट पर चर्चा10. श्रोताओं से प्रश्न

Information empowers and its role in a democracy is especially critical and definitive. In this important session, social activist Aruna Roy, the power behind the RTI Movement and Harsh Mander, fearless activist, who works with survivors of mass violence and hunger, the homeless and street children, and also the Director of the Centre for Equity Studies, make a passionate plea for the ‘Right to Know’ in order to challenge the convenient obscurantism of those in power. In conversation with Indian feminist and publisher Urvashi Butalia, a session rich in anecdote and readings from The RTI Story: Power to the People, authored by Roy, and for those who ask questions to seek answers. This episode is a live session from day 2 of #ZEEJLF2019.

This week on AnthroDish, I am interviewing freelancer writer and journalist, Shailee Koranne. Based out of Toronto, ON, she writes about pop culture, bodies, cultural production, politics, and identity, and has written for major news outlets like VICE, Huffington Post Canada, Bitch Media, GUTS, and the Aerogram. On top of all the amazing writing she does, she also studies Equity Studies at the University of Toronto.  I was introduced to Shailee through a mutual friend and read a piece she wrote for Bitch Media called “The Fried Chicken Dilemma: Ugly Delicious wants us to love our foods and ourselves" where she explores the negative role that food-related stereotypes have on the relationships between people of colour and their cultural foods. She has a writing style that expertly intertwines her personal experiences of racism and food stigma with broader themes of racial stereotypes and identity. On today’s episode we discuss how food stereotypes inform and maintain historically racist attitudes and biases, particularly for Asians in North America, as well as the role that food plays in everyday racial microaggressions. We also talk about how cultural foods are sterilized and removed from their contexts in order to present them to white and Western diners, and the implications of "trend" culture (i.e. charcoal ice cream, superfoods, and any restaurant with a line up around the corner in Toronto) on cultural foods. Shailee discusses how she learned to unpack and unlearn some of the harmful attitudes through her writing on the topic as well. I’m so excited for you to check this interview out, as Shailee has some really amazing insights and powerful reflections on the ways in which food shapes and changes personal and cultural identities. Check out the episode above, or download on iTunes, Spotify, or Castbox.  Love Shailee and want to read more of her work? Check her out on social! Website: www.shaileekoranne.com Instagram: @shailee.jpg Twitter: @shaileekoranne

Firoz Alam is the founder and president of We Foundation Bangladesh (www.wefoundationbd.org) that provides education to 400 under privileged children of Bangladesh. He is currently at Brock University studying Social Justice and Equity Studies for his Master's.

Ingrid Waldron holds a PhD from the Sociology & Equity Studies in Education Department at the University of Toronto, a MA in Intercultural Education: Race, Ethnicity and Culture from the University of London (England) and a BA in Psychology from McGill University. Her scholarship focuses specifically on the impact of inequality and discrimination on the health and mental health of African Nova Scotian, African Canadian, Mi’kmaw, immigrant and refugee communities in Canada. Dr. Waldron is the director of the ENRICH project (which stands for Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities and Community Health) and an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at Dal. Dr. Waldron was recently named the Advocate of the Year at the Better Politics Awards for her work fighting environmental racism in Nova Scotia. We were excited to be able to ask Dr. Waldron a bit more about how she got started working on environmental justice issues, how the ENRICH project is making a difference, and some of the challenges in defining and working on environmental justice issues in Nova Scotia.

Leigh Honeywell And Ari Rubenstein are Senior Staff Security Engineers at Slack. I saw Leigh on Wendy Nather's panel during RSA Conference 2016 and was interested in getting some insight into what's going on at Slack when it comes to DevOps. As luck would have it, Ari was in the audience, so we were able to step outside into the hallway and talk about how DevOps, security and engineering work together at Slack. About Leigh Honeywell Leigh reboots computers and makes hackerspaces. Leigh is a Security Engineer at Slack. Prior to Slack, she worked at Salesforce.com, Microsoft, Symantec, and Bell Canada. Her career has included everything from stringing cable and building phone systems to responding to some of the most serious computer security incidents in industry history, shipping software to a billion people, and protecting infrastructure running companies’ critical business communications. Her community work includes founding the HackLabTO hackerspace in Toronto, Canada, and the first feminist hackerspace, the Seattle Attic Community Workshop, as well as advising countless others and speaking about hackerspace cultures, collaboration, and open source software. She is Chief Security Officer of Double Union, a women’s hackerspace in San Francisco. She is a former administrator of the Geek Feminism wiki and blog, and current adviser to the Ada Initiative, the SECTor security conference, and the Magic Vibes Corporation. Leigh has a Bachelors of Science from the University of Toronto where she majored in Computer Science and Equity Studies. About Ari Rubenstein Senior Staff Security Engineer - Developed tooling for Security Automation, Detection, and Response - Implemented multiple open-source technologies to gain visibility on a company-wide level - Led feature reviews and architecture critiques - Discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Open Source Software, and committed fixes upstream - Performed code audits and static analysis - Collaborated cross-organization on Security topics with Sales, Accounts, Engineering, and Executive teams - Managed public-facing bug bounty program for product security issues - Provided guidance for customer questions and support tickets

Dr. Sherene Razack is a Professor at Department of Sociology and Equity Studies and the Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT) as a 2007 Chancellor Dunning Trust visitor.