Join us to recognise IDAHOBIT, our panel will discuss the lived experience of being an LGBTIQA+ employee or patient, the importance of being an ally at work, and how some managers have fostered an LGBTIQA+ inclusive environment. in a conversation with our Monash Heath colleagues about what it means to be an ally at work.

Agenda 

Welcome  – Chris McLoughlin, Executive Director, People and Culture  

Panel Discussion – What does it mean to be an ally and what does support at work look like?– Denise Owen, Director, Chair, LGBTIQA+ Committee

• Denise Owen, Chair LGBTIQA+ subcommittee, Director Digital Health Training and Adoption, Acti1ng Director Digital Pathology and Contact Centre  
• Mathew Jetmar, People and Culture Business Partner 
• Michelle O’Rourke, Director Clinical Operations, Public Health, Infection Prevention and Immunisation 
• David Colon Cabrera, Project Implementation Officer and Research Officer, Monash Health Gender Clinic 
• Ely Everill, Consumer Advisor, Gender Clinic Community Advisory Panel 
• Sondra Watson, Registered Mental Health Nurse, East Bentleigh Community Care  
• Dr Steph Jones, Service Director, General Medicine 
• Jessica Elwood, Clinical Midwife Specialist, Adolescent, Drug and Psychological Pregnancy Team (ADaPPT) – Adolescents   

As part of Monash Health’s Equity and Inclusion Plan, we aim to create a safe and supportive environment that embraces everyone’s skills, perspectives, and experiences. We all have a role to play in contributing to a culture of inclusiveness. 

Questions via Slido 

To ask a question during the event, log on to slido.com using your web browser or smartphone and enter the code #MHIDAHOBIT 

Join the Webex Event

• Event address: https://monashhealth-events.webex.com/monashhealth-events/j.php?MTID=mff90ba1ea8dc4279e2936c60c0693ab7
• Password: monashhealth 
• Event Number: 2652 353 5758