Alumni Speaker Event - Difficult Conversations

Join Queen's Student Alumni Association (QSAA) for their event Difficult Conversations. With a panel of alumni speakers, the QSAA will explore how to engage in conversations in the workplace surrounding Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigeneity (EDII). 

Alumni Panel

Asha Gordon, Artsci'18, is a third-year law student at the University of Toronto. She volunteers extensively with the Black Law Students Association (University of Toronto Chapter) and the Black Future Lawyers program. Asha's main interests are in privacy and technology law. While at Queen's, Asha engaged in various student leadership positions, serving among other things, as president of the Queen's Black Academic Society, board of directors at the Levana Gender Advocacy Centre, and co-founder of the Queen's Black Alumni Chapter. Outside of her academic and volunteer engagements, Asha is passionate about diversity and inclusion. 

Jarret Leaman, MIR'10, is Anishinaabe (Ojibway) and a members of Magnetawan First Nation. Jarret was awarded The Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers for his work in the Indigenous and LGBT2S communities. Jarret is currently the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer for Akawe Technologies and the co-founder of the Centre for Indigenous Innovation and Technology. He specializes in diversity and inclusion, labour market readiness, entrepreneurship, non-profit management, Indigenous engagement and policy development, and has worked with several large organizations in the energy, resource, and educational sectors. 

Chu Wang, Com'15, is committed to bringing the voices of marginalized communities to the highest levels of business and government. He is currently a diversity, equity, and inclusion researcher at Harvard University, where he advises the Provost's Office on inclusion and equity practices in higher education. Prior to Harvard, Chu worked at the United Nations, Executive Office of the Secretary-General, where he led strategic projects and at Boston Consulting Group where he advised federal and municipal governments on developing inclusive socio-economic policies. His recent research on diversity and inclusion in the Canadian foreign service was awarded the Harvard Jane Mansbridge Research Award.