In this course, we recognize the significance of gender diversity training but go beyond it to become gender-inclusive. First, we distinguish between the biological-driven aspects of our behavior from the socially and culturally entrenched ones, likening it to an iceberg. Next, using organizational studies and through interactive learning activities, we examine the interplay in how gender shapes the workplace and its organizational culture, from our communication patterns, perceptions of hierarchy and power, to our networking, collaboration and leadership styles. Then, we use various insights from researchers, organizational development experts and thought leaders to showcase workplaces that are more gender-diverse and gender-inclusive in their culture and decision-making. As a key learning outcome and takeaway, learners will be given a diagnostic tool that can help assess the relative gender inclusion at their workplace and learn strategies to help create more gender-inclusive workplaces.
Wednesday & Thursday, June 10 - June 11: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Virtual)
Location:
ONLINE
Instructor:
Cole Gately
Notes:
This is an online course with two 3-Hour sessions.
Instructors
Cole Gately
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Cole Gately, MA (he/they) is a part-time instructor at McMaster University both at MCE and the BHSc. (Hons) Program. He has worked in social services, focusing on people experiencing homelessness, both as a frontline street outreach worker, and as an adult educator. Between 2019 and 2022, he was Diversity & Inclusion Facilitation Lead at the City of Hamilton, where he ran workshops for the City’s workforce. During the pandemic he volunteered to serve Hamilton’s homeless population once again as a street outreach worker focusing on encampments. In 2022, Cole and a friend instituted their own consulting firm, Intersecting: Anti-Racism & Anti-Oppression Consultant which offers facilitation, online learning, organizational development, and research services to organizations and businesses in Ontario and beyond. In 2010, he graduated from Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at University of Toronto with an MA in Adult Education and Community Development.
