Professionalism is deeply rooted in the workplace. However, there are many systemic issues that discriminate against people from the historical non-majority with this social concept. In this interactive workshop, we will think about how we each learned about professionalism and about some of the deep-rooted biases that still lead to discrimination of workers today. We will work to answer the questions:
Who made the norms/rules?
Why do we still follow some of the norms/rules?
How can we reimagine what professionalism norms are for our polar science community?
Please note this workshop will touch on the topics of race, racism, gender, sex, sexual orientation, and white supremacy. We hope everyone can come to this workshop with a growth mindset.
See COLDEX Slack Workspace, COLDEX Google Calendar, or email invitation for Zoom link, or email whittdan@oregonstate.edu