Honouring and celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+ people: Week 2
June is Pride Month in Canada and each week we are sharing content to honour and celebrate 2SLGBTQIA+ people and teach about the issues this community continues to face.
For the second installment in this series, we are encouraging everyone to learn and engage with the following resources.
Get Educated
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The experiences of LGBTQ2S+ professionals working in STEM based on the report from Science Advances: LGBTQ+ professionals working in STEM face systemic inequalities: report (CTV video on the report from the Science Advances report).
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The work of Elizabeth Saewyc in UBC’s School of Nursing, whose research focuses on LGBTQ2S+ and marginalized youth: Elizabeth Saewyc, PhD, RN, FSAHM, FCAHS, FAAN | School of Nursing (ubc.ca)
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The perspectives of LGBTQ2S+ scientists and how to create inclusive STEM workplaces: How LGBT+ scientists would like to be included and welcomed in STEM workplaces
Get Engaged
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Stories about the contributions of LGBTQ2S+ STEM professionals:
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Alan Turing's contributions to theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
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Elena Rodriguez-Falcon's keynote speech at the LGBT STEMinar event.
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Sally Ride's contributions as an astronaut and physicist, and the first American woman in space.
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Stories of Two Spirit identities within the Indigenous population: Two Spirit - Queer California Untold Stories
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Stories about LGBTQ2S+ scientists from a variety of different fields in this Podcast - LGBTQ+ Stem Cast.
