Wednesday, May 24, 2023, from 12 PM to 1 PM EDT – this event is exclusive for employees of our Proud Partners and Community Partners.
Live Captioning will be provided by 3 Play Media Canada.

Research suggests that openly queer blue-collar workers are among the most marginalized in the labour market. To understand the role of anti-queer hiring discrimination in Canada’s blue-collar sector, economist Dr. Maryam Dilmaghani (Saint Mary’s University) and queer health scholar Dr. Margaret Robinson (Dalhousie University) conducted an experiment. Creating four fictitious job candidates with welding skills, they applied for 2000 entry-level jobs across Canada. Dr. Robinson will discuss their experiment, explain the findings, and consider what those results tell us about hiring discrimination in blue-collar Canada.

Learning Objectives:

• Examine the nuances of anti-queer hiring discrimination in the sector
• Explore the concept of orientation-related occupational segregation
• Review the results of the study

Audience:

• Proud Partners within the Blue-Collar Industry
• Human Resource professionals
• Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Professionals

Accessibility:

• We will have an automated captioning translation in French
• Live Captioning will be provided by 3 Play Media Canada.
• Slidedeck available before the session for those with access needs.
• Please register below additional accessibility requests. Any questions may be sent to info@prideatwork.ca

Presenter:

Margaret Robinson (she/her), PhD, Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Reconciliation, Gender, & Identity, Coordinator, Indigenous Studies, & Associate Professor at Dalhousie University

Margaret Robinson, PhD, is a two-spirit Mi’kmaw scholar and member of Lennox Island First Nation. Margaret works as an Associate Professor at Dalhousie University, where she holds the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Reconciliation, Gender, and Identity. Her research examines how issues such as poverty, discrimination, and microaggressions affect sexual and gender minority people, and how culture supports wellness.

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.