Let's all choose to challenge
#ChooseToChallenge
A challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and actions - all day, every day.
We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to seek out and celebrate women's achievements. Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world.
From challenge comes change, so let's all choose to challenge
This year, Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) will be celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) via an online event on Monday, March 8, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m (Pacific Time) with ZOOM virtual presentations by accomplished women in public safety and social justice.
Click on the link below to watch the recorded event.
OUR AGENDA
9:00AM-9:15AM
Welcome – President Michel Tarko
Territorial Welcome
Choose to Challenge Student Award
9:15AM-9:45AM
The Honourable Judge Marion Buller
9:45AM-10:00AM
Question & Answer (Q&A) for Judge Buller
10:00AM-10:25AM
KAHOOT & Break
10:30AM-10:45AM
Natasha Tabatabaei- JIBC’s Press for Progress Award Recipient
10:45AM-11:15AM
Chief Karen Fry- Vancouver Fire Rescue Services
10:15AM:11:25AM
Question & Answer (Q&A) for Chief Fry
11:25AM
Closing Remarks
Choose to Challenge Award
Take up the challenge of establishing a new student award at JIBC to reflect this year’s IWD theme – Choose to Challenge.
Change starts small, so gifts of all sizes will be matched up to a total of $2,500 by The JIBC Foundation until March 11, 2021.
Your gifts will support students like Natasha (pictured below), the most recent recipient of JIBC’s Press for Progress Award (established in recognition of IWD’s 2018 theme).
The Virtual Escape Room
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OUR SPEAKERS
The Honourable Judge Marion Buller
The Honourable Judge Marion Buller, from the Mistawasis First Nation, was the first female First Nations judge appointed in British Columbia in 1994. Prior to serving on the Provincial Court bench, Judge Buller worked as a civil and criminal lawyer (1988-1994).
During “Covid times”, we have been given a special opportunity to see social inequalities and inequities especially with respect to the well-being of women. So, now what? First, we have to challenge ourselves, our assumptions and values. How will I apply what I have learned to how I do my work? Next, we have to look outside of ourselves and start asking questions like – who wrote this curriculum? Whose research did we use? Whose definition of “control” do we use? Will you challenge your workplace to be a place of equality ? Let’s talk about these challenges and find new ways to move forward.
Thank you to the Office of Indigenization for sponsorship of Judge Buller’s speaking engagement.
Chief Karen Fry- VANCOUVER FIRE RESCUE SERVICES
Karen Fry has spent over 20 years in the fire service as a firefighter, deputy chief, fire chief in Nanaimo and now the new chief for Vancouver Fire Rescue Services. She is also the 1st vice president for the Fire Chief’s Association of British Columbia and the recent recipient of a Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal. Fry shares the story of her career, the changing nature of women in the fire service, the challenges in her new role, protecting vulnerable populations and prioritizing the health and wellness of the department.
Natasha Tabatabaei- JIBC STUDENT
Natasha Tabatabaei is an Iranian-Canadian student in the Law Enforcement Studies Diploma program (LESD) at the Justice Institute of British Columbia. Her passion for law enforcement stems from interests surrounding the relationship between the justice system and minorities in Canada. Natasha’s community is very important to her, before working for the City of Richmond she took on various roles at community centres leading programs with children and youth and has taught workshops on leadership skills and gender inclusive language. Natasha enjoys spending her time being active, she is a kickboxing trainer at a women's only gym and takes pride in empowering women to stay fit and healthy.
Natasha was the 2020 recipient of the JIBC Press For Progress Award.
