Celebrating 25 years of the Gender & Education Association

Virtual Seminar Series 2022

Intersectionality—The Framework for Change

Online Event: Zoom link and password provided to registered attendees just before the event

Featured speakers:

Dr Cate Thomas, Associate Professor, Charles Stuart University

Dr Colleen Macmillan, Agriculture and Food Inclusion and Diversity Initiative Lead, CRIRO

About the event: What is Intersectionality? How does Intersectionality enable us to identify and address institutional barriers to meaningful Equity Diversity and Inclusion?

How do we plan for inclusion in an increasingly complex world where diversity and inclusion are at the forefront of best practice as both a workplace and educational environment?

Join Dr Cate Thomas and Dr Colleen Macmillan to develop an understanding of intersectionality. Learn how to use an Intersectional lens in planning frameworks for recognition of strengths and challenges in diversity and community engagement to enhance equity and develop skills enable greater inclusion of diversity in practice.

Speaker Bios

Dr Cate Thomas

Dr Cate Thomas has a diverse working and academic career in health, human services, leadership and management which is reflected in her qualifications in the human services, education and business/management areas. Cate is a dynamic leader and strategic thinker. She has demonstrated leadership and influence in the academic, government, and non-government arenas holding key positions such as Manager Research to Practice in NSW government, has worked as a private social policy consultant, and delivers keynote addresses. Cate is passionate about education, lifelong learning and quality curricula, and with industry and academic experience delivers authentic and evidenced-informed curricula and education to students. Cate is currently focussed on the new Graduate Certificate in Intersectionality, Diversity and Inclusion commencing 2023. Co-designed with industry, this innovative graduate certificate will be the first course of its kind in Australia.

Dr Colleen MacMillan

Dr Colleen MacMillan is the inaugural CSIRO Agriculture and Food Inclusion and Diversity (I&D) Initiative Lead. The I&D initiative was launched in 2016, with a specific focus of inclusion of diversity for science, impact, and people. She has led the creation and implementation of an I&D strategy, and underpinning actions, together with an I&D leadership team. She is also an inaugural and a long-standing member of CSIRO’s SAGE Self-Assessment Team, and the SAGE ACT Regional Network. Colleen completed a PhD in crop molecular biology and physiology through the University of Melbourne (2004). Since then she has researched agricultural crop secondary cell walls and their uses for biodegradable renewable plant-based industries and commodities. She is a Senior Research Scientist in the CSIRO Cotton Biotechnology Group, based in Canberra.

Recording: The event will be recorded and shared online after it is transcribed and closed captioning is added.

Access: Automatic transcription will be available

About the Gender & Education Association Virtual Seminar Series 2022: The series is organised and chaired by the GEA Executive Members, the volunteers who lead GEA. The series is funded in part by Taylor and Francis.

About GEA: Celebrating 25 years, the Gender and Education Association (GEA) is a volunteer-led international intersectional feminist charity. Our inclusive community of educators, researchers, activists, leaders, artists, and more have been working together since 1997 to challenge and eradicate gender stereotyping, sexism, and gender inequality within and through education.

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Intersectionality—The Framework for Change