In conversation with Michael Woodford: 2SLGBTQ+ Thriving in Academic Spaces

The Laurier Teaching Podcast

Michael Woodford from Laurier’s Faculty of Social Work discusses creating supportive and inclusive classrooms and campuses that support 2SLGBTQ+ students and faculty. Michael’s research work on large studies like Thriving on Campus helps campus communities understand how to better support the needs of diverse 2SLGBTQ+ students in and beyond the classroom, and he shares strategies that listeners can use to build inclusive campus spaces and classrooms, along with ways to pre-empt and diffuse microaggressions. Hosted by Laurier undergraduate student Belle O’Neill. Resources discussed:

• Thriving on Campus
• Querying Higher Education
• The LGBQ Microaggressions on Campus Scale
• The NAME Steps for addressing microagressions
• SPECTRUM Centre in Waterloo
• OK2BME.ca
• Laurier’s Bystander Training program
• The Laurier Pride Guide for faculty and staff
• Learn more about Brantford’s Queersphere and Waterloo’s Rainbow Centre

Laurier faculty, staff and students can explore recorded programming and resources about microagressions in the classroom and inclusive teaching strategies on Connect.

Download the episode transcript