Hey GAPS Community,

Happy New Year!!

We have our first announcement of 2025!

There will be an EDI colloquium on Wednesday, January 8th at 4:30 pm in the MOB Auditorium hosted by the TRIUMF PIONEER research group as part of their collaboration meeting.(but the colloquium is open to the whole TRIUMF community)

Please see the more detailed information below. Light refreshments will be provided. We hope to see you there!

Your GAPS, on behalf of ECS-EDI

Speaker: Dr. Jess McIver (UBC)

Title: Building equity, diversity, and inclusion for a global physics collaboration

Abstract: Global physics collaborations that span different cultures and perspectives (and time zones!) present unique challenges to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). We’ll explore methods for defining diversity and building inclusive strategies that meet the complex needs of a physics collaboration that spans multiple countries. We’ll discuss lessons learned and best practices from the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and weave interactive exercises into our exploration of EDI approaches.