Women In Male-Dominated Industries - Art Gallery Lunch
This summer WIMDI’s taking it outside to enjoy our gorgeous Vancouver weather while we have it! We're meeting up for mid-workday picnic lunches downtown.
Bring your lunch and meet us on the North Stairs of Robson Square (the Art Gallery side). We'll eat together and network, talk, and share strategies with other women who understand what it's like to work in male-dominated industries.
Heck, we'll even do a round of our famous WIMDIasks to help connect you with resources that will help your career!
Here's the Plan:
Grab your homemade lunch from the fridge at work or your favorite food truck.
Meet by bird statue on the steps on the North side of Robson Square.
Meet some cool women and non-binary folks and chat about our work lives.
Exchange cards, phone numbers, emails, and LinkedIn connection requests with an amazing group of people who get what your work life is like.
We'll be there to share lunch with you rain or shine. If it's raining, you'll be able to find us a little further down the stairs in Robson Square so we can stay nice and dry.
Attendance Notes:
Gender: All WIMDI Art Gallery Lunches are restricted to those who do not currently identify as cisgender men. These events have limited attendance and often involve personal discussion, debate, and advice specific to dynamics underrepresented minorities in these industries experience. We are happy for cisgender men to learn and participate in WIMDI conversation at most of our other events, but we reserve the Art Gallery Lunch as a space for women* to connect with each other freely and openly.
*WIMDI uses an inclusive definition of women that means "people who are in a gender minority in their field". This includes trans individuals, genderqueer, agender, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary folks. If you are not sure if you are included, please err on the side of attending our events! Feel free to reach out to the Organizer, Holly Burton, with any questions and for an automatic welcoming face and first-friend at any WIMDI event. Children: WIMDI events are for parents too! We know childcare can occasionally be a challenge, but we don't think that should stop you from connecting and learning with us. WIMDI doesn't offer childcare at our events, but we'd love you to bring your little one along with some quiet activities to occupy them. Suitable for ages 0+.
Photography: This WIMDI event does not have photography.
Code of Conduct: By attending this event, you agree to adhere to WIMDI's code of conduct, which you can find at wimdi.com/code-of-conduct-and-policy.
Location, Getting To The Event & Accessibility:
Transit: The nearest mass transit hub is one block away at Vancouver City Centre Skytrain Station (on the Canada Line). Additional information about planning your trip via transit can be found here: Translink Trip Planner
Parking: The closest parking to our meeting place is located at in paid parking lots accessible via Hornby or Howe St. Additional information about accessible parking can be found here: Parking Near Vancouver Art Gallery
Accessibility: We'll be sitting on the steps of the North Stairs at Robson Square, so there is no dedicated seating.
Washrooms: There are public washroom at the Vancouver Art Gallery Plaza (SW corner of W Georgia & Howe).
Covid Precautions: This in-person event is being held outdoors to reduce risk for our covid-cautious, and immunocompromised members. Masking is encouraged for any WIMDI members who prefer to wear them for their own safety and/or comfort. Worried about being the only one in a mask? You won’t be alone! WIMDI’s founder Holly is committed to wearing a mask with any WIMDI member who wants to so you have an automatic friend and ally. Need anything else to make it as safe as possible for you to join us at Art Gallery Lunch? Drop Holly a note at [email protected] and we’ll make a plan so you can have a great (& safe) time with your fellow WIMDIs!