Understanding and Implementing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in the ECE Workplace

In this workshop, educators will explore various strategies to create a workplace that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive and foster a comprehensive DEI approach that involves everyone in the organization. Educators will also think about different examples of biases and their impacts in the ECE workplace based on real-life experiences and scenarios that promote equal opportunities for all employees regardless of their backgrounds or identities. This session will support educators with different strategies, action plans, steps to promote DEI, and self-tests to address bias in the workplace.

Living Inquiries:  

• Well-being and belonging.
• Others, Materials and the World.
• Identities, social responsibility, and diversity.

Pathways:  

• Joy in relationships with people, place, materials and ideas.
• Culture and World views.
• Diversity and difference.
• Safety and respect.
• Family origins, cultural background, place of origin, allegiance and affiliation.
• Knowledge and theories.
• Interrelationship of humans and their common worlds.

Suitable for adult instructors/ECE Administrators, parents/guardians, intermediate and experienced early care and learning professionals working with children of all ages from infants/toddlers to school age children, including children with extra support needs.

Facilitator(s): Lobna Ajaini

Lobna is the founder of Childhood Empowerment, where she is focusing on workshop facilitation. Also, she is an ECE College Instructor teaching in Ontario. Lobna is a multiple-award-winning childhood leader and was recently featured in the Hoinser Global Book as a global leader. She changed her career from Engineering to Early Childhood Education as she strives to impact this field by empowering children, families, and their communities. Lobna is a RECE with HBECL and currently completing her Master’s degree of Education in ECE from Western University.

Register here: Understanding and Implementing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in the ECE Workplace (4810-8100) :: Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre