EDI Lab for White Leaders – A Community of Practice (2026)

Description

For our systems to thrive in the twenty-first century, we need educated, racially literate leaders who have the tools to cultivate equitable environments and professional standards. This community of practice is designed to help a small cohort of up to twenty-five white leaders develop fluency in equity, diversity, and inclusion. Through monthly sessions, you will learn to move from  “I don’t see colour” to “I understand how racism has impacted my own leadership and organization, and I have strategies to assist in its undoing”.

You will explore:

• How whiteness norms are unconsciously perpetuated in organizational contexts;
• How to explore and decode whiteness as a racial category versus white cultural norms;
• What it takes to develop equity literacy and develop your fluency in a community of like-minded peers;
• To move beyond enacting traditional racial scripts to authentic relationship-building;
• How to access equity in your team/program area/organization and how to take steps forward from diversity to inclusion to belonging.

Session Dates/Topics:

• Tuesday, January 27th – Introduction: Anti-Racism as a Practice
• Tuesday, February 24th – Reframing our Stories Outside of White Supremacy
• Tuesday, March 31st – Rumbling with What we’ve Inherited as White Leaders
• Tuesday, April 28th – Going Beyond the Land Acknowledgement
• Tuesday, May 26th – Rupture/Repair: Engaging in Authentic Relationships Across Racial Difference
• Tuesday, June 30th – What Professionalism Looks Like in White-Led Institutions
• Tuesday, September 29th – Getting it Right: The Perfectionism-Whiteness Relationship
• Tuesday, October 27th – Cultivating Safer/Brave Spaces as a Leader
• Tuesday, November 24th – Breaking the Ice: Handling White Fragility.