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This interactive workshop is tailored to students in the Bachelor of Kinesiology (BKin) program and will explore various introductory concepts in anti-oppression, including intersectionality, social positionality, privilege, and complicity as they relate to a health and physical activity context. Students of all backgrounds are welcome!
Participants will:
- Explore definitions of EDI and anti-oppression, including challenges to EDI
- Identify ways in which one is embedded and complicit in systems of oppression
- Understand intersectionality and the ways it can be applied in equity initiatives and research
- Link key concepts of anti-oppression and social justice to kinesiology/physical activity community-based movements and research
- Relate EDI and anti-oppression concepts to student curricular and co-curricular activities
- Learn more about the Faculty’s commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and anti-oppression