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Women in Cognitive Science Canada (WICSC) is delighted to announce its 2021 Annual Meeting at the 2021 Virtual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, & Cognitive Science!

June 18, 1:15 - 2:15 - hosted at the CSBBCS conference website, https://event.fourwaves.com/csbbcs2021/schedule

Meeting schedule:

1:15 - 1:20 --> Opening remarks

1:20 - 1:30 --> Award announcements (WICSC Mentorship Award; WICSC Small Research Grant for Junior Scientists)

1:30 - 2:00 --> Panel discussion on the topic of preparing effective equity/diversity/inclusion (EDI) statements

2:00 - 2:15 --> Audience questions/comments about the panel discussion

PANELISTS:
- Marie-Claude Caron (NSERC)
- Skyler Mooney (NSERC)
- Prof. Randall Jamieson (Univ of Manitoba)
- Prof. Lauren Sergio (York Univ)

MODERATORS:
Prof. Debra Titone (McGill) & Prof. Penny Pexman (U Calgary)

We hope that all members of our community will join us, and will also stay for the immediately following session where CSBBCS Exec will discuss the results of its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Report.

A Survey of Experiences and Frequency of Occurrence of Discrimination in a Canadian Academic Society for Research in Psychology

Executive Summary:

We invited members of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS) to complete an equity, diversity, and inclusion survey. We examined whether, and to what extent, any had experienced discrimination, racism, or limitations to equity, diversity and inclusivity at conferences or in Canadian academia. We analyzed responses coming from faculty and student members using content analysis. Though many respondents did not report discrimination, others reported various incidents within the society and at their academic institutions. These fell into six categories: explicit microagressions, denial of opportunity, dismissal of discrimination, underestimation of ability, tokenization, and perceived lack of representation. Responses also identified different targets for discrimination, based on race, language, and disability. Key suggestions for improvement were suggested by respondents, and by members of the society, to enhance access to resources designed to reduce microaggressions, and offer supports to address issues experienced at all levels within academia. By creating awareness of these issues, psychological research in Canada can be better positioned to promote ideas, talent and innovation that reflects academic contributions from our country’s diverse demographics.

Session schedule:

2:15-2:20 - Opening remarks

2:20pm-2:40 - Summary of findings from Survey

2:40-2:50 - Recommendations from the EDI Survey

2:50-3:15 - Open Discussion and Ideas from Audience