D&I Events

IDAHOBIT 2023 United in Diversity: Bringing Communities Together

17 May 2023

Marking the 18th International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersex Discrimination and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), this special cross-Faculty event celebrated diversity, inclusiveness, and the wide range of work researchers at the University are doing to raise awareness of LGBTQIA+ discrimination, in solidarity with LGBTQIA+ communities. Held at The Science Gallery, the event included talks by a curator and artist from the BREAK THE BINARIES exhibition, David Imber (Deputy Chair, Victorian Pride Centre), staff from the Safer Community program, and a representative from the Queer Political Action Collective (UMSU).

As part of this event, a video featuring University of Melbourne staff and students who work on LGBTQIA+ related research was created. The video on this page features Faculty of Arts' staff and students. The full video is available to view here.

Queering the Curriculum

8 September 2022

How does your classroom welcome in the 13.7% of Arts students identifying as LGBTIQA+? How can you equip their peers to become good allies? How might you confidently navigate sensitive discussions - and intervene if discrimination arises?

In this workshop, Kay Are and Michael Ewing from the Queering the Curriculum working group share a resource developed to provide guidance on precisely these questions: the lauded Teaching with Respect for Gender and Sexuality Padlet.

Facilitators: Associate Professor Michael Ewing (Asia Institute) and Dr Kay Are (Arts Teaching Innovation).

What's wrong with diversity?

6 October 2022

This panel discussion opens up space to reflect on the varied challenges that diversity & inclusion agendas present within the University, and how these challenges are navigated by students, professional and academic staff and communities that engage with us. The question provokes both a consideration of the people and processes within the institution that resist diversity work, and also questions the limits and possibilities of diversity as an effective framework for Indigenous justice.

Panelists: Associate Professor Sana Nakata (Associate Dean Indigenous, Faculty of Arts), Inala Cooper (Director, Murrup Barak), and Siobhan Vivian (Manager, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Science).

Disability Inclusion at the University: Where are we now & what needs to be done?

3 November 2022

In this panel discussion, Dr George Taleporos, an expert and public policy professional in the field of disability rights, policy advocacy and management, leads a conversation on disability inclusion at the university. Where are we now? What needs to be done to move things forward? How might we understand the University of Melbourne's pursuit of progress in disability inclusion in the context of broader social and political developments in the disability field?

Panelists:  
Dr George Taleporos, Mr David Staples (University Business Services, Platform Operations), Mr Orhan Karagoz (School of Social and Political Sciences), Associate Professor Judith Marychurch (Melbourne Law School), and Professor Keith McVilly (School of Social and Political Sciences).