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SUMMARY:Inclusive Environments: Taking Individual Action to Drive Change
DESCRIPTION:Join ACEC-BC’s Young Professionals Group for to learn about actions individuals can take to create more inclusive environments.\n\n\n\n\nEVENT POSTPONED\nWe regret to inform you that due to the increasing urgency of the wild fires in and around the Kamloops region\, we have taken the decision to postpone Inclusive Environments: Taking Individual Action to Drive Change.\n \nDo I need to request a refund?\n \nNo. All attendees will automatically receive a refund following this notice. The refund will be issued to your original form of payment and may take up to 7 business days to appear in your account statement.\n \nWhen will the event be re-scheduled?\n \nOur event organizers are working to host this event in the coming months. Please make sure to subscribe to the ACEC-BC YPG mailing list to stay up to date with our events and other happenings.\n \nQuestions? Contact us at events@acec-bc.ca.\n \n\n\n\nDiverse experience and perspective are key to innovation.  As leaders in innovation\, diversity and inclusion are critical within our industry.  In order for professionals and teams to do their best work\, they need to feel a sense of belonging\, emphasizing the necessity of inclusive environments. \nThis presentation will provide young professionals with actions that individuals can take to create more inclusive environments.  Within the presentation diversity data within the profession of engineering will be reviewed\, providing attendees with a better understanding of where we are today and highlighting the importance of equity\, diversity\, and inclusion within our industry. Building upon the understanding of where we are currently\, the presentation will focus on inclusive leadership actions that young professionals can take to create more inclusive workplaces and environments. The goal of this presentation is to empower young professionals to enact positive change within their present sphere of influence and as future leaders in the industry. \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker \nMarcie Cochrane is an accomplished Professional Engineer with over 15 years of experience in leadership and project delivery. Marcie is ACEC-BC’s Project Leader as well as the President of Advance Principle Consulting. In 2019\, Marcie received the Chancellor’s Award for highest academic excellence from the Royal Roads School of Business and was nominated for the Governor General’s Gold Medal for Top Masters Level Student Thesis (2018) for her research on the retention of women in engineering. Her research\, in combination with her technical and leadership experience\, has led her to now work in roles that support engineering section organizations with equity\, diversity\, and inclusion initiatives. Marcie is passionate about leading others to take action and catalyzing change to improve diversity\, equity\, and inclusion.
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