8. Dr. Sarah Gergel and Estefanía Milla-Moreno, UBC - A journey to creating a diverse, inclusive and intercultural community

Free to Grow in Forestry - A podcast working to move #ForestryForward Welcome to the eighth episode of the Free to Grow in Forestry Podcast series where our host Kelly Cooper, CEO and Founder of Centre for Social Intelligence is joined by Dr. Sarah Gergel, Professor and Former Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia; and, Estefanía Milla-Moreno, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia. As co-founders of the UBC Forestry Diversity Crew, Sarah and Estefanía discuss their journey and motivation towards creating a more diverse and inclusive space both on campus and in life. UBC Forestry is a culturally diverse community with many different languages, ethnicities and nationalities. Working at multiple levels, the UBC Forestry Diversity Crew (diversity.forestry.ubc.ca) aims to develop a suite of new diversity and inclusion initiatives across the Faculty. Dr. Sarah Gergel is a Professor of Landscape Ecology & Conservation at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. She was recently inducted as a Fellow of the AAAS, and in 2017 released a second edition of her co-edited book: Learning Landscape Ecology. Former Associate Dean of Diversity & Inclusion for the Faculty of Forestry for five years. Estefanía Milla-Moreno is a Latina-Mapuche mom and Scholar pursuing a PhD in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia, located in ʷməθkʷəy̓əm territory. Estefanía studies Chilean native plants with potential to restore ecosystems affected by mining. She co-founded the UBC Forestry Diversity Crew. She is the host of the Virtual Lunch in the Forest Webinars series and Tuning into the Forest Podcast (anchor.fm/jediinforestry). You can find Dr. Gergel and Estefanía on Twitter at @GergelSarah and @ea_mimo. Together, we can move #ForestryForward. Learn more at www.freetogrowinforestry.ca ---- This podcast series is brought to you by the Canadian Institute of Forestry and the Centre for Social Intelligence. The Canadian Institute of Forestry (www.cif-ifc.org) is the national voice of forest practitioners with an interdisciplinary membership across Canada working to ensure our forests are vibrant, healthy and sustainable. The Centre for Social Intelligence (www.centreforsocialintelligence.ca) empowers individuals and organizations to create inclusion and diversity in the workplace.