Accelerate Action: Shattering the Glass Ceiling for All Women at Justice (Inc-013)

Overview

Delivery method

Hybrid

Duration

5.25 hours

Audience

Employees

Description

Hosted by the Advisory Committee for Women at Justice, this catered and hybrid (in person and virtual/TEAMS) event includes presentations, panel discussions, and break-out groups that will focus on the barriers, norms and systems that continue to undermine substantive equality for women in the Department of Justice. Attendees will explore policy solutions that could be proposed to help shatter the glass ceiling for women. Networking, active participation by attendees, and cross-pollination of ideas with be emphasized. 

By the end of this learning activity, participants will be able to:

• Articulate and understand the systemic barriers to substantive equality for women at Justice and the need for continued action
• Understand the occupational, geographical and demographic factors that are associated with lower promotion rates for women specifically
• Understand how systems, policies and practices can be leveraged or changed to help remove barriers for women
• Identify opportunities to actively participate in removing barriers that prevent substantive equality for women and contribute meaningfully to policy change

Presented by: The Anti-Racism and Anti-Discrimination Secretariat (ARADS) team in collaboration with the Centre of Expertise for Learning and Professional Development(CoELPD)

Presenters include:

• Associate Deputy Minister Samantha Maislin Dickson

• Laurie Sargent, Champion of Champions

• Claire Farid, the Champion for Women at Justice

• Burcu Gurkan, Investigator, Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada and Chair of the Public Service Alliance of Canada’s Ottawa Regional Women’s Committee

• Amy Smeltzer, Legal Counsel and Chair of the Advisory Committee for Women at Justice

Registration deadline: 2 working days prior to course date.

Cost: Free (subject to Training Cancellation Policy)

Accommodation measures:

The Department of Justice is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free learning environment. If you have any accessibility needs in order to fully participate in the training activity, please contact your manager to discuss your needs. You may also call upon the services of the Centre for Workplace Access-Ability, Health and Wellness to help identify what type of accommodation measures you require.

For more information: Contact the Centre of Expertise for Learning and Professional Development.

Participants are responsible for adding their training activities to their Outlook calendars.

Accreditation by Law Socities: 

This activity has not been assessed for CPD eligibility.

The link to the accreditation summary will be provided here, once available.

If you have questions concerning the accreditation process, please contact our accreditation team by email (Accreditations@justice.gc.ca).