Courageous Conversations about Race for Supervisors

Course description

'Courageous Conversations about Race' represents a departure from conventional 'trait based' ('Muslims are like this; Chinese are like that') cross-cultural training approaches that have sometimes undermined the development of meaningful cultural competence.  'Courageous conversations' are competency based, and challenge members of the University community to think through the various ways race affects their life and professional practice.

This workshop draws from the longer 3-hour session (open to all staff) to focus on issues that senior staff and supervisors might encounter.  Participants are provided with a unique opportunity to unpack their own unique racial story, better understand the concept of race 'privilege' and utilise the insights gained to develop a more nuanced understanding of the issues.

Presented by Malcolm Fialho, Senior Diversity Officer, University of Western Australia

Malcolm has 20 years experience in the diversity and human rights sector in Western Australia.  Prior to taking on his current role at University of Western Australia in 2000, Malcolm held leadership positions in the diversity area across the Commonwealth and community-based sectors.  Malcolm holds postgraduate qualifications in cross-cultural psychology and is passionate about further developing and deepening an informed understanding of 'race' through enquiry, dialogue and debate.

Type of course

Workshop

Who should attend

Supervisors and senior staff

What you will learn

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• unpack their own unique racial story, linking it to the local, national and global context
• understand the concept of race privilege, and how to examine its influence
• utilise the insights gained to develop a more meaningful and targeted response around race and culture in a University context

Prerequisites / assumed knowledge

Nil