On December 6, 2025, the Society held its annual Empowerment! conference. Empowerment! is an opportunity for the Society’s Equity Committees to showcase their important work, as well as highlight important themes and issues related to each committee’s purview.
This year’s theme was Leadership Interventions. Members in attendance we treated to fascinating talks by some tremendous speakers, including:
Grounding Leadership in Indigenous Knowledge
Speaker: Dawn Maracle, Dawn T Maracle Consulting
Presented by the Indigenous Relations Circle
Be Bold: Principled Leadership in Precarious Times
Speaker: Michael Bow, D&D Inclusion Consulting
Presented by the Black and Racialized Professionals Committee
World Leaders in the Wild Workshop
Presented by the Young Professionals Network Steering Committee
Workplace Intervention: Tools for Building 2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusive Spaces
Speaker: Victor Zhang, the 519
Presented by the Pride & Solidarity Committee
Leading as a Bystander
Speaker: Ali Brokaw, Right to Be
Presented by the Professionals with Disabilities Committee
Creating Safe (Brave) Spaces by Leaders
Speaker: Attasha Jordan, Nsoromma Design & Culture Group
Presented by United Sisters