Wednesday, November 27, 2024, from 12 PM to 1 PM EST – this event is exclusive for employees and board members of our Community Partners.
Live Captioning will be provided by 3 Play Media Canada.

While non-profit board members take diverse and essential roles towards their organizations, one important one is as an employer. How can you ensure that you are engaging in hiring and employment practices as inclusive employers, from your volunteer role? Do you know what kind of board you are, and how that might impact your role as an employer? What strategies can you use to engage in good governance and ensure a positive workplace culture? Answering these questions and more this roundtable discussion will bring to the fore board best practices in employment.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop an understanding of the role of an employer
• Explore your roles and responsibilities as board members
• Learn strategies to support more inclusive and effective workplaces from a board perspective

Target Audience:

• Non-profit board members
• Non-profit executives and managers
• HR professionals in non-profits

Presentation:

Templeton Sawyer (he/him), Leadership Programs Coordinator, Pride at Work Canada

Templeton Sawyer was an Employment Support Practitioner with Teamwork Cooperative, the host of Tweet the Leader in You podcast, and co-facilitator of the CEI and Teamwork’s Youth-Focused Community of Practice in Halifax Nova Scotia. He brings a great deal of lived experience to the table and is a passionate Youth Advocate who seeks to help youth in both Nova Scotia, Ontario and the Bahamas believe in themselves and increase their self-confidence through leadership and skill development programs. When Templeton thinks about the word inclusion, he has a passion to place action into including everyone. Templeton continues his inclusion advocacies through a Youth Focused Community of Practice which he Co-Author, this space provides service providers to grow and develop new strategies to serve youth and people in general.

Accessibility:

• Spoken language: English
• Automatic translation: English to French
• Close captioning provided: English and French
• Format: Virtual (Zoom in webinar mode)
• Engagement type: participants invited to engage via chat (no audio or video)
• Please register below additional accessibility requests. Any questions may be sent to quinn.blue@prideatwork.ca.

This event is exclusive for employees and board members of our Community Partners. If you would like to register after the deadline, please send an email to events@prideatwork.ca.