Intercultural Workshop #4 – Challenging Cultural Assumptions and Bias

Classrooms, workplaces, and communities are made up of people with diverse and complex cultural backgrounds. To navigate these intercultural environments, Intercultural Competence is the ability that helps us to interact effectively and appropriately with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. By developing our intercultural competence, we foster our ability to recognize, acknowledge, respect, and incorporate an understanding of worldviews and their impact on relationships. 

This final workshop in the Intercultural Competence series will continue to build the skills of intercultural competence by focusing on the concepts of bias and blind spots, microaggressions, and privilege. Additionally, participants will develop strategies for intercultural sensitivity to be able to experience and appreciate cultural differences.

All on-campus participants will be provided snacks and beverages, along with a chance to win a door prize! Register today for your chance to win!

Date: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Central Time – US & Canada
Location: Connected Classroom, Emerging Media and Production Studios – access Mall level, heading toward North Gym
Campus: Notre Dame Campus + Online access

Click here to register for the workshop

This on-campus workshop is offered in the Connected Classroom at the Notre Dame Campus. Students and faculty can register in advance for a seat in the Connected Classroom, but space is limited to 50 participants. To increase access to these workshops, Emerging Media and Production is live-streaming each workshop through Webex for any registered online participants. A content recording will also be available after the event for students and instructors to access, and audience discussions will be edited out of the recording to respect the brave conversations of participants.

RRC Polytech recently launched the Diversity Self-Identification Survey, where all employees and students are invited to voluntarily self-declare as part of one or more of the following equity groups:

• Women
• Indigenous peoples
• People with disabilities
• Racialized persons
• Persons of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community

Participation in the survey will help give the College an accurate picture of who is on our campuses, supporting future inclusive initiatives.

See why RRC Polytech employees and students are self-identifying, and share your story on social media by using the hashtag #CountMeINcluded.

Melanie Barton
Supervisor, Campus Store

Dyan Nicole Uy
Student, Business Management CE and Member of the RRCSA Board

Make your voice heard and representation know. Complete the Diversity Self-Identification Survey today.

Words are powerful, shaping the way we think and experience day-to-day life. At RRC Polytech, part of our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is evolving our knowledge and the language we use.

You may have noticed the shift from the term “equity-seeking” to “equity-deserving.” This change was informed through consultations with internal EDI working groups, and aligns with language used by other post-secondary institutions and the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion.

When we talk about equity-seeking, it sets a framework for people needing to ask for their humanity to be recognized. Historically, these groups have been denied fair and equitable access to resources. To be “seeking” as opposed to “deserving” puts people in a difficult place – asking for equitable treatment.

Because words matter and are fundamental to how we think and see the world, changing the words we use creates a more inclusive culture where everyone is empowered. By moving to the term equity-deserving, we are recognizing everyone’s right to equitable treatment.

RRC Polytech recognizes the following equity-deserving groups:

• Women
• Indigenous Peoples
• Persons with disabilities
• Racialized persons
• Persons of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community

As part of our commitment to an inclusive and diverse community, we are asking all employees and students to self-identify as belonging to one or more of the equity-deserving groups.

Everyone is encouraged to complete the survey, even if you do not identify with the five equity-deserving groups or have previously self-identified. In order to get the most accurate picture of our College community and inform future EDI initiatives, programs and policies, it’s beneficial for everyone to make their voices heard and representation know by self-identifying.

RRC Polytech recently launched the Diversity Self-Identification Survey, where all employees and students are invited to voluntarily self-declare as part of one or more of the following equity groups:

• Women
• Indigenous peoples
• People with disabilities
• Racialized persons
• Persons of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community

Participation in the survey will help give the College an accurate picture of who is on our campuses, supporting future inclusive initiatives.

See why RRC Polytech employees and students are self-identifying, and share your story on social media by using the hashtag #CountMeINcluded.

Ebony Novakowski
Copyright Officer, Library and Academic Services

Jemma Ignacio
Student Life Director, RRC Polytech Students’ Association

Make your voice heard and representation know. Complete the Diversity Self-Identification Survey today.

Classrooms, workplaces, and communities are made up of people with diverse and complex cultural backgrounds. To navigate these intercultural environments, Intercultural Competence is the ability that helps us to interact effectively and appropriately with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. By developing our intercultural competence, we foster our ability to recognize, acknowledge, respect, and incorporate an understanding of worldviews and their impact on relationships.

This 3rd workshop in the Intercultural Competence series will continue to build the skills of intercultural competence, such as understanding culture in communication, verbal and non-verbal communication, communication styles and cultural misperceptions, and calibrating communication styles.

This on-campus workshop is offered in the Connected Classroom at the Notre Dame Campus. Students and faculty can register in advance for a seat in the Connected Classroom, but space is limited to 50 participants. To increase access to these workshops, Emerging Media and Production is live-streaming each workshop through Webex for any registered online participants. A content recording will also be available after the event for students and instructors to access, and audience discussions will be edited out of the recording to respect the brave conversations of participants.

All on-campus participants will be provided snacks and beverages, along with a chance to win a door prize! Register today for your chance to win!

Date: Wednesday, November 9th, 2022
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Central Time – US & Canada
Location: Connected Classroom, G139, NDC, 2055 Notre Dame Ave.
Campus: Notre Dame Campus + Online access

Click here to register for the workshop

RRC Polytech recently launched the Diversity Self-Identification Survey, where all employees and students are invited to voluntarily self-declare as part of one or more of the following equity groups:

• Women
• Indigenous peoples
• People with disabilities
• Racialized persons
• Persons of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community

Participation in the survey will help give the College an accurate picture of who is on our campuses, supporting future inclusive initiatives.

See why RRC Polytech employees and students are self-identifying, and share your story on social media by using the hashtag #CountMeINcluded.

Teddy Lands
Student, Creative Communications

Genelyn Navarro
Student, Business Administration

Make your voice heard and representation know. Complete the Diversity Self-Identification Survey today.

RRC Polytech recently launched the Diversity Self-Identification Survey, where all employees and students are invited to voluntarily self-declare as part of one or more of the following equity groups:

• Women
• Indigenous peoples
• People with disabilities
• Racialized persons
• Persons of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community

Participation in the survey will help give the College an accurate picture of who is on our campuses, supporting future inclusive initiatives.

See why RRC Polytech employees and students are self-identifying, and share your story on social media by using the hashtag #CountMeINcluded.

Krista Lawson
Program Coordinator, Graphic Design

Jose Manuel Castellon Alvarez
Instructor, Applied Computer Education

Make your voice heard and representation know. Complete the Diversity Self-Identification Survey today.

Intercultural Competence Workshop #2: Navigating Cultural Differences

Our classrooms, workplaces, and communities are made up of people with diverse and complex cultural backgrounds. To navigate these intercultural environments, Intercultural Competence is the ability that helps us to interact effectively and appropriately with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. By developing our intercultural competence, we foster our ability to recognize, acknowledge, respect, and incorporate an understanding of worldviews and their impact on relationships.

This 2nd workshop in the Intercultural Competence series will introduce the key concepts related to intercultural competence, such as intention and perception, objective and subjective culture, cultural frameworks and misperceptions, and finally some strategies for navigating cultural differences. 

This on-campus workshop is offered in the Connected Classroom at the Notre Dame Campus. Students and faculty can register in advance for a seat in the Connected Classroom, but space is limited to 50 participants. To increase access to these workshops, Emerging Media and Production is live-streaming each workshop through Webex for any registered online participants. A content recording will also be available after the event for students and instructors to access, and audience discussions will be edited out of the recording to respect the brave conversations of participants.

All on-campus participants will be provided snacks and beverages, along with a chance to win a door prize! Register today for your chance to win!

Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Central Time – US & Canada
Location: Connected Classroom, G139, NDC, 2055 Notre Dame Ave.
Campus: Notre Dame Campus + Online access

Click here to register for the workshop

RRC Polytech recently launched the Diversity Self-Identification Survey, where all employees and students are invited to voluntarily self-declare as part of one or more of the following equity groups:

• Women
• Indigenous peoples
• People with disabilities
• Racialized persons
• Persons of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community

Participation in the survey will help give the College an accurate picture of who is on our campuses, supporting future inclusive initiatives.

Over the next several weeks, employees and students will be sharing why they are self-identifying. Share your story on social media by using the hashtag #CountMeINcluded.

Celeste Doan
Student, Community Development

Jeff Herkimer
Instructor, Teacher Education

Make your voice heard and representation know. Complete the Diversity Self-Identification Survey today.

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