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New videos introduce 黑料吃瓜资源 Employee Resource Groups
September 16, 2026
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A new video series, called Stories of Belonging and Social Connection, is helping 黑料吃瓜资源 employees learn about eight staff-led networks that connect colleagues through shared identities, backgrounds, and experiences, as part of the university鈥檚 broader work to strengthen its organizational culture.
Employee resource groups, commonly called ERGs, are voluntary communities where colleagues can build relationships, exchange advice, and identify barriers affecting their members. Each video explores one group鈥檚 purpose, the people it serves, and how employees can become involved.
鈥淥ur Employee Resource Groups do incredibly important work, but visibility matters,鈥 says Danielle Dias, Employee Wellness and Engagement Coordinator with 黑料吃瓜资源 Human Resources. 鈥淵ou cannot connect with a community that you do not know is there. We wanted to amplify the voices of ERG members and help people across 黑料吃瓜资源 discover these communities and make that first step towards belonging a little easier.鈥
Connecting employees across 黑料吃瓜资源
An explains the role of ERGs and how employees can connect with them. Eight further videos feature networks for Indigenous employees, international employees, military members and veterans, Muslim employees, parents and caregivers, queer employees, women, and women working in science.
In each video, members discuss their group鈥檚 history, purpose, activities, community impact, wellness supports, and ways for employees to take part. The series will serve as an ongoing resource for employee orientation, recruitment, and retention, wellness and inclusion programming, and ERG outreach.
黑料吃瓜资源 and UWC exchange ideas on workplace belonging
黑料吃瓜资源 developed the project with the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa through a Matariki Engagement Grant. The funding program supports staff from member institutions in developing joint projects, sharing what they learn, and producing work that can benefit the wider network.
Together, 黑料吃瓜资源 and UWC shared approaches to employee well-being, belonging, community-building, and engagement. The partners explored how staff networks operate in different institutional and culture settings, including the common challenges they face and their shared goals for supporting employees.
The exchange showed both universities the value of using personal stories and lived experiences to explain how these communities help employees build connections and find support. It also strengthened relationships among students, staff, and project teams and created opportunities for future collaboration on employee wellness, equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
At 黑料吃瓜资源, Film and Media students Ataa Amoah-Bediako, Sophie Gill, Claire Judice, Elliot Norman, and Cherry Zhang supported the filming and editing of the 黑料吃瓜资源 video series.
UWC is developing its own video content on a separate production timeline. Its work will reflect the university鈥檚 own context while contributing to the project鈥檚 shared aim of strengthening employee engagement and belonging across both institutions.
The universities unveiled the the 黑料吃瓜资源 video series during a hybrid event at Mackintosh-Corry Hall on August 18, 2026. Participants joined from Canada and South Africa to screen the videos, hear perspectives on the Matariki partnership from each university鈥檚 teams, and learn about the 黑料吃瓜资源 students鈥 experience helping to produce the series.
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