Free online event
Black History Month: Reflecting on progress and looking to the future
Exclusive for public servants and policymakers
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2022
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You'll hear about:
- Why conversations like these matter
- The role of intersectionality in shaping different people’s experiences
- What allyship looks like, and how it can help in the push for racial equity
Speakers
You can watch the rest of the video that Denley shared during the workshop here.
Apolitical resources:
- Equity and fairness: anti-racism in digital government, boot camp available to take at any time
- Racial equity: a systematic solution to a systemic problem, 7 min article
- Tackling unconscious bias in the public service, 1 hour workshop recording
- If you have a question that wasn't answered during the workshop, you can ask the Apolitical community on our Q&A page
Black History Month is a time to celebrate the contributions of Black people in their communities, and reflect on progress toward racial equity.
But it’s important to do more than just look to the past. It’s vital that this Black History Month, we ask: What comes next?
Join this free online roundtable discussion of experienced public servants, where we’ll reflect on progress made toward racial equity in the public service, and look to the future for what comes next.
Who should watch:
This workshop is for any public servant or policymaker who wants to be part of a conversation about what public servants can do to build a more equitable future.
Interested in how Apolitical can support you and your organisation? Learn about collaborating with us.
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Speakers
Denley McIntosh
I&IT Resource Manager for IT Source in the Treasury Board Secretariat
Canada
Joy Schwartz
Senior Marketing Planner
Canada
Michael Kehinde
Special Advisor/Executive Assistant
Canada
Denley McIntosh, I&IT Resource Manager for IT Source in the Treasury Board Secretariat within the Ontario Government. Denley is known as an organisational change agent who brings over 15 years experience in the space of people development and inclusive workplace. This includes over 10 years of experience of building workplace communities in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Connect Ontario Professional Development Group, a workplace community for public sector professionals in Canada who are looking to grow both professionally and personally in a safe space of belonging, care and empathy. Denley recently won an Amethyst Award from the Ontario Government for individual service excellence. This is their government’s highest honour for excellent public service. As an author and speaker, he shares his wealth of knowledge and experience by producing content on leadership and culture via his podcast, The Coach’s Corner on Apple and Spotify.
Joy Schwartz, Senior Marketing Planner with the provincial government’s Ministry of Transportation. She sits on the Executive Team of Connect Ontario, 2020 Winner of Apolitical’s Global Public Service Team of the Year for Championing Equality Award. Up until recently, Joy was Lead of the Ministry’s Anti-Racism Team which sought to address specific types of systemic racism and create an inclusive workplace for all employees. As a woman and person of colour, Joy has always engaged in the important work of equity, equality, anti-racism and inclusion, which remains a constant in her life. Joy holds a Masters of Public Policy, Administration and Law.
Michael Kehinde, Special Advisor/Executive Assistant at the Ontario Anti-Racism Directorate where he supports the anti-racism, equity and Indigenization agenda of the Ontario government. Prior to this role, Michael was Digital Training Lead at Ontario Digital Service where he was part of the development of the Simpler, Faster, Better Services Act and co-led the development of a pan-Canadian Digital Bootcamp in association with Apolitical and other Canadian public services. In an earlier role, Michael was Diversity and Accessibility Lead at the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services where he led equity strategic planning, equity learning programs and the diversity career champions program. Michael holds a doctorate in Political Science and teaches race, ethnicity and social policy at York University in Toronto. He is also a member of the leadership team of Connect Ontario Professional Development group and a founding lead of Naija OPS, an informal employee group of Nigerians in the Ontario Public Service.
