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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hey GAPS Community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Happy New Year!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We have our first announcement of 2025!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">There will be an EDI colloquium on Wednesday, January 8<sup>th</sup> at 4:30 pm in the MOB Auditorium and on Zoom. The colloquium is hosted by the TRIUMF PIONEER research group as part of their collaboration
meeting, but the colloquium is open to the whole lab. Please see the more detailed information below. Light refreshments will be provided. We hope to see you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Your GAPS, on behalf of ECS-EDI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Speaker:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Dr. Jess McIver (UBC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Title:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Building equity, diversity, and inclusion for a global physics collaboration<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<b>Abstract:</b> Global physics collaborations that span different cultures and perspectives (and time zones!) present unique challenges to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). We’ll explore methods for defining diversity and building inclusive
strategies that meet the complex needs of a physics collaboration that spans multiple countries. We’ll discuss lessons learned and best practices from the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and weave interactive exercises into our exploration of EDI approaches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Connection Information:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black"><a href="https://ubc.zoom.us/j/69416385522?pwd=06xdropVqAY9J3a0eylDJBIOXzq5RH.1"><span style="color:#0099CC">https://ubc.zoom.us/j/69416385522?pwd=06xdropVqAY9J3a0eylDJBIOXzq5RH.1</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Meeting ID: 694 1638 5522<br>
Passcode: 804879</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Roboto"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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