Let’s Do Better: Sofa Sessions

Sofa Sessions is a series of conversations we had with our First Nations, POC and LGBTQIA+ communities to better understand what may be needed to create safe, intersectional spaces.

Being First Nations IN THE WORKPLACE

Guest artists: Amber Giles, Belinda McKeown, and Kyron Weetra
Facilitators: Nathan May and Manal Younus

In this instalment of the Sofa Sessions, First Nations artists share what makes them personally feel comfortable in a space and what’s important for people to know when working with their communities.

Listen up for some new insights!

Being a person of colour in the workplace

Guest artists: Chela Bett, Chris Best, Mabruka Obsa, Divya Jacob, and Nicky Tsz Tung Li
Facilitators: Valerie Berry and Manal Younus

In this instalment of the Sofa Sessions, POC artists share what it’s like combating racial perceptions and stereotypes in the workplace. They discuss what they wish people knew when working together.

Let’s hear what they have to say!

being Queer in the workplace

Guest artists: Frankie Frick, Steph Mylan, Roisin Murphy, and Theo James
Facilitators: Lauren Fraser and Manal Younus

In this instalment of the Sofa Sessions, LGBTQIA+ artists discuss how we can check our biases and if it is appropriate to label identities. We hear what makes them feel comfortable in a space and how we can create safe workplaces.

Let’s hear their perspective!

intersectional cultural Safety in the workplace

Guest artists: Amber Giles and Belinda McKeown, and Nicky Tsz Tung Li and Steph Mylan
Facilitators: Valerie Berry and Manal Younus

In this instalment of the Sofa Sessions, we spoke to two groups of intersectional artists about respect for privacy, relationships with religion and spirituality, and different experiences in different community spaces.