Building Inclusive Spaces Through Community Support and Restoration: March 2-6
Inclusion Week is your opportunity to help shape a more inclusive university community. This year鈥檚 theme, Building Inclusive Spaces Through Community Support and Restoration, invites us to reflect, learn, and share strategies for repairing relationships and strengthening collaboration across our campus. By restoration, we mean the practical work of rebuilding relationships and restoring psychological safety after challenges and creating space to imagine new ways of working together.
Why attend an event? Inclusion Week offers engaging experiences, (fireside chat, interactive workshops, small-group sessions, and creative activities) designed to help you build practical skills, connect with colleagues, and imagine new ways of working together. It鈥檚 for faculty, staff, and students who want to deepen their understanding of inclusion and contribute to building a culture of belonging.
During Inclusion Week 2026, we invite the community to reflect on what restoration means for inclusion and to engage in practices that foster connection, resilience, and collective care.
In-Person Events
- Managing Conflict as Peer Leaders: Navigating Courageous Conversations- March 2nd 1:30pm-3:00pm
Registration: - Keele Health Fair: Learn about supports and services offered by the Centre- March 3rd 10:30am-2:00pm (Vari Hall)
No registration required - Moving from Tension to Connection: Tools for Restorative Conversations- March 3rd 1:30pm-3:00pm (Markham Campus for Faculty & Staff)
Registration: - Zen Zones: Take a moment to unwind in The Zen Zone, designed to help you de-stress and recharge- March 3rd 10:00am-5:00pm (YorkU Libraries Keele and Markham Campus) In partnership with Well-Being Week
No registration required - Empowered Expressions: A gentle, community-centered art and journaling session designed to support survivors through creativity, empowerment, and connection- March 4th 12:30pm-2:30pm (Osgoode)
Registration: - Samuel J. Zacks Gallery: Well-Being Week and Inclusion Week Art Exhibition- Feb 23rd- March 7th (opening hours Monday 9:00am-4:00pm, Tuesday 9:00am-1:00pm, Wednesday 9:00am-10:30am and 11:00am-2:30pm, Thursday 9:00am-4:30pm, Friday 9:00am-11:00am and 12:30pm-4:30pm)
- Women Leading Technology for Society: Join us at our interactive table- March 5th 11:00am-1:30pm (Bergeron Centre Eatery)
Registration: - Restoring Our Fractured Communities: An Indigenous Restorative Session with Knowledge Keeper Greg Loft - March 5th 10:30am-12:00pm (York Lanes)
Registration: - Rising Beyond Gravity: Women in Aerospace- March 5th 5:00pm-9:00pm (Bergeron Centre)
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Hybrid/Virtual Events
- Mattering: Why "Being Seen" is the Heart of Inclusion, and Well-being-A Fireside Chat with World-Leading Expert Professor Gordon Flett & Vice-President, Equity, People & Culture, Professor Parissa Safai- March 2nd 11:30am-12:30pm
Registration: - Do the Work: Dialogue Across Differences (for Graduate Students)- March 2nd 2:30pm-4:00pm
Registration: - Leading with Purpose: DEDI and Allyship for Student Leaders- March 3rd 2:00pm-3:30pm
Registration: - Care, Conflict, and (in)Civility in Academic Life- March 4th 2:30pm-4:00pm
Registration: - Do the Work: Dialogue Across Differences (REDDI)- March 6th 11:30am-1:00pm
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For further event details, please see below:
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