Find out how Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) affect caregiving work. Share experiences and learn how our identities affect caregivers’ and patients’ experiences in healthcare settings. How can we make our services more accessible to diverse populations? How does social identity affect aging? What simple things can we do to improve our workplace for clients and workers?
Learning Outcomes:
- Gain insights into how Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) principles influence caregiving practices and interactions.
- Share and learn from personal and collective experiences related to EDI in caregiving.
- Discover strategies to make healthcare services more inclusive and accessible to diverse populations.
- Understand how social identities impact the aging process and elderly patient experiences.
- Identify actionable changes to create a supportive and inclusive workplace environment
Our presenter
Dr. Amanda Dale has over 40 years of experience working in non-profit and healthcare settings, designing and delivering services to marginalized populations and creating trauma-informed and intersectional anti-racist workplaces. She is a Research Fellow at the Human Rights Research and Education Centre HRREC) at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, and an international human rights scholar and activist specializing in gender-based violence, access to justice and women’s international human rights.
