The LMS Good Practice Scheme aims to help mathematics departments take practical actions to improve diversity in higher education mathematics and to enable examples of good practice to be shared between departments.
The aim of the GPS Workshop on Allyship is to connect people with experience of making organisations and the mathematical sciences more inclusive, particularly to LGBTQIA+ folk, and who can share this for the wider benefit of the mathematical community.
The workshop will be held via Zoom on 30 June 2025, 1pm - 3pm.
Speakers and Talks
Tyler Kelly: 'Finding your initiative in LGBTQ+ inclusion in Mathematics'
Abstract: Mathematics communities have not always been accepting to out members of their community, with queer people suffering from both direct oppression and systemic bias. Fortunately, many professional bodies and departments across STEM have recently realised that LGBTQ+ people inclusion is crucial for the next generation of researchers and practitioners in their fields. Consequently, there has been recently a largescale increase in activity in LGBTQ+ inclusion in mathematics in recent years. But what type of activities are meaningful and what should we be prioritising? I will give an introduction on what type of inclusion work I have done or am doing, why I have done it, and then facilitate a discussion to help people start to generate what initiatives would be meaningful in their local environs or communities.
Simon Chandler-Wilde: 'Allyship: experiences on the gender and LGBTQIA+ fronts in the mathematical sciences and beyond'
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