Toronto: 06.06.18 PD Dinner Event From Unconscious Bias to Inclusive Leadership

Date and Time:

Starts: 06/06/2018 5:30 PM

Ends: 06/06/2018 8:30 PM

Registration Closes:06/05/2018 12:00 PM

Event Type: Social or Networking Event

1 hour Hour(s)

Location:

Old Mill Toronto 21 Old Mill Rd Toronto, ON

Price:

Member $40 | Students $20 | Non-Members $50

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Toronto: 06.06.18 PD Dinner Event From Unconscious Bias to Inclusive Leadership

Research demonstrates that simply gaining awareness of unconscious bias is not enough. Individuals must not only learn about biases, they must also be equipped with tools to interrupt biases by behaving in an inclusive manner. Join Vandana Juneja, Senior Director, Canada & Asia-Pacific, Catalyst to explore unconscious bias through the following: awareness of unconscious bias and stereotypes, to acceptance of our own biases, to paying attention or monitoring the impact biases and stereotypes can have on individuals and the organization, and finally, to intentional action or inclusive leadership behaviours that can help to interrupt or mitigate bias and create an inclusive workplace where employees demonstrate greater innovation and team citizenship.

Building on Catalyst’s leading research on inclusive leadership, this interactive session guides you through lively discussion to:

Understand and reflect on the deeply embedded unconscious biases / stereotypes within all of us, and learn why these biases are problematic for individuals and the organization.
Learn how biases can be mitigated or interrupted through culture change, via intentional change in behavior. This includes an examination of the traits of an inclusive leader that lead to greater innovation and citizenship in employees.

Agenda

5:30pm-6:00pm – Registration

6:00pm-6:50pm – Dinner/Networking

6:50pm-8:00pm – Speaker(s) Presentation

Brûlé C Room

Speaker bio(s)

Vandana Juneja, Senior Director, Canada & Asia-Pacific

As Senior Director – Canada & Asia Pacific with Catalyst, Vandana leads relationships with many of Catalyst's supporting organizations. A trusted advisor, she coaches and counsels Fortune 500 companies with respect to their strategies to advance women into leadership and create inclusive work environments where women, men, and all diverse groups can thrive. She is a frequent speaker on a number of inclusion-related topics and has delivered engagements across the globe in locations including Canada, the US, Australia, Chile, and Switzerland.

Prior to joining Catalyst, Ms. Juneja practiced immigration law, following which she worked as a manager in the Global Diversity and Inclusion groups of two Canadian banks, where she focused on gender initiatives and advising Employee Resource Groups. In pursuing her passion for empowering women, she has also worked as a Research Associate for the Pay Equity Task Force in Ottawa (Status of Women Canada), and travelled to Vietnam with an NGO in partnership with the University of Toronto to evaluate and report back on a micro-finance project designed to help women living in poverty to understand and enter the mainstream banking system.

Ms. Juneja has earned a B.Comm. from McMaster University, an MBA from the University of Windsor, and an LL.B. from the University of Ottawa.