Ask Me Anything: International Day of Pink

March 19, 2024 - Defence Stories

Caption

Ask Me Anything International Day of Pink

Host

Alfonso Ralph Mendoza Manalo
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Emilie Plows
Canadian Cross Guard

Panelists

Katherine Ip
Public Services and Procurement Canada

Mark Mindel
Employment and Social Development Canada, Service Canada

Andrea Monrad
Environment and Climate Change Canada

Featuring: Katherine Ip, Mark Mindel and Andrea Monrad

Co-hosted by: Alfonso Ralph Mendoza Manalo and Emilie Plows

Date and time: Wednesday, April 10, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM EST

Audience: Open to all Government of Canada employees

Link to join: Join the webinar

Submit a question: Submit a question to our panellists

Event description

Join us for April’s Ask Me Anything event, coinciding with the International Day of Pink (you are now leaving the Government of Canada website), an annual day that reaffirms our commitment to combatting all forms of bullying, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and transmisogyny. Our panellists for this month are public servants and inclusive leaders from diverse backgrounds, departments, and stages of life who will have real and raw conversations celebrating visibility in the public service.

This year’s theme for the International Day of Pink is visibility, which encompasses being seen, acknowledged, respected, and heard. It's a call to stand tall and embrace our true selves.

Join us as our speakers share their sincere stories and candid reflections on the Ask Me Anything stage!

About the Ask Me Anything series

This session is part of a series of Ask Me Anything discussions that give us a platform to share stories, listen, ask respectful questions and continue on our journey towards more inclusive organizations.

As an individual, you can’t necessarily change where you live. You certainly can’t change your past, but you can adjust who influences you—through the authors you read, the music you listen to, the movies you watch, and the interactions with your community. The ‘Ask Me Anything’ series provides you with an opportunity to increase your perspective — to learn from the lived experiences of individuals who are bravely sharing their stories to help educate and move the public service towards a culture where equity is embedded.

The series also provides an opportunity for you to know that you aren’t alone. These experiences, especially the negative ones, are systemic and can happen all too frequently throughout the public service. The objective of shining this light is to continually increase the network of public servants ready to take action and move forward toward a culture of inclusivity and belonging.

Visit our wiki page (accessible only on the Government of Canada network) to learn more about the speakers.