Anti-Oppressive Practice Christina Meredith and Sarah Hunter 9:00am Welcome, music playing, participants seated in small groups of 4-6 people

Introduction and community building Who are we? Who are you? What brought you to this session? What do you hope to take away? 1. Introduce ourselves 2. Have participants in groups of 4: Who are you, What brought you to this session, and what do you hope to take away? Share within their tables.

Starting the conversation…planting a seed! Today we will… Learn about power, oppression and privilege as they relate to AOP Explore definitions and principles of Anti-Oppressive Practice (AOP) Consider how these concepts relate to our practice as student advocates, teachers and supporters Explore strategies to disrupt oppressive behaviours in our practice with students, colleagues and the institution

activity Experiential activity – privilege paper toss OR privilege walk

Power, Privilege and Oppression Power: the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events Privilege: a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people Oppression: the state of being subject to unjust treatment or control

Defining anti-oppressive practice Using the informational pieces provided begin to explore your own definition of AOP Next… As a group share your definition Create ONE definition that is reflective of the common elements and strengths Placemat activity – provide each person the space to explore the definitions and craft their own definition Share within their tables and create one inclusive definition as a table Each table group shares back

What does AOP mean to you? Group Share back of definitions

What might it look like in practice Looks like, sounds like, feels like? Graffiti brainstorm – each table records what this might look like, sound like, feel like – whole group share back of three highlights

What challenges do you foresee in implementing AOP in your work with… Students The institution Colleagues Open Space Technology for Slides 9-10

Forward momentum How do we disrupt this? How do we manage change through this? How do we move forward?

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