Wednesday, January 25, 2023, from 12 PM to 1 PM EST – this event is exclusive for employees of our Proud Partners and Community Partners.
Live Captioning will be provided by 3 Play Media Canada.

Daily greetings, lunch outings, “watercooler” chats, after-work socials, personal acknowledgements and birthday celebrations. Informal social interactions between employees can contribute to a greater sense of community, belonging, and inclusion in the workplace. But what happens when all employees aren’t meaningfully included? The results are multifold and 2SLGBTQIA+ employees are often intimately familiar with the impacts. Do employers have a role to play in guiding inclusive social engagements between employees? And what responsibilities do employees have in contributing to the social culture at work?

Led by a research team from York University’s School of Human Resource Management, this webinar will guide attendees to a deeper understanding of the impacts of subtle forms of discrimination in the workplace and the unique role of social networks on the wellbeing of 2SLGBTQIA+ employees. Exploring the preliminary data from “Do you see what I see? The role of LGBTQ2+ employees’ network in shaping their experiences of workplace discrimination and wellbeing,”* and the project survey that Pride at Work Canada promoted to Proud and Community Partners, attendees will be provided with valuable insights that can inform best practices for the recruitment, retention, and engagement, of queer and trans employees.

Learning Objectives:

• Showcase preliminary results of ”Do you see what I see? The role of LGBTQ2+ employees’ network in shaping their experiences of workplace discrimination and wellbeing”
• Recognize examples of subtle forms of discrimination
• Review nuances between the experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans employees’ experiences of perceived discrimination and wellbeing
• Identify impacts of social networks on employee wellbeing

Audience:

• General employee population
• Human Resources professionals
• Pride employee resource group members
• Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Professionals

* “Do you see what I see? The role of LGBTQ2+ employees’ network in shaping their experiences of workplace discrimination and wellbeing” is a research project led by Dr. Jing Wang, School of Human Resource Management, York University. The project’s research team includes You-Ta Chuang and Chris Zhang with support from Pride at Work Canada/Fierté au travail Canada as a community partner.

Presenters:

You-Ta Chuang (he/him), Professor, York University

You-Ta Chuang is a Professor of Management in the School of Administrative Studies and the School of Human Resource Management at York University. He received his Ph.D. from Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. His research focuses on issues related to sexual minorities in organizations. He has written about how Fortune 500 corporations responded to the demand for equal treatment for LGBT employees in the United States. He also worked with scholars in Taiwan and a LGBT advocacy organization to examine LGBT workplace issues in Taiwan.

Jing Wang (she/her), Researcher

Jing Wang earned a Ph.D. in Industrial Relations and Human Resources from the University of Toronto. Her research interests include diversity management, strategic human resources management, work-life balance, and underemployment. She has also written about labor issues such as minimum wages and labor arbitration in China. Her work has received the Academy of Management Best Student Paper Award, and the Labor and Employment Relations Association Best Paper Award. Her study on minimum wages won the Outstanding Paper Award at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2013. Her research has been published in the field’s top journals such as Human Resource Management, International Journal of Human Resource Management, and British Journal of Industrial Relations. She was a faculty member of the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University and has also worked as a human resource professional for several multinational companies in China.

Guolei (Chris) Zhang (he/him), Researcher

After travelling the world for more than 10 years working in human resources for a number of multinational companies, such as Coca-Cola and Unilever, Guolei (Chris) Zhang went back to school to pursue a PhD in human resource management from York University. Zhang specialized in talent management, training and development, and diversity and inclusion as a human resources professional and continued this interest to his PhD. His primary research interest is diversity and inclusion. More specifically, his research explores how different stakeholders, such as management teams or employees, could together build a diversified and inclusive working environment.
Zhang studied at Brock University where he earned a Master of Business Administration with a specialization in Human Resource Management and graduated from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Wuhan, China, with a Bachelor of Business Administration. He holds a Certified Human Resource Leader designation in addition to a Certified Human Resources Professional designation.

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