Human Library – Human Rights Office

Event description

Are you interested in working in the field of human rights and EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion)? If yes, welcome to our human library! Learn more about accessibility, prevention of sexual violence, prevention of harassment, discrimination, equity, diversity and more.

Spend time asking anything you’d like to ask of Human Rights and EDI professionals here at uOttawa. You can sign up to speak to as many professionals as you’d like, in group settings. This human library is a collaboration between the Library and the Human Rights Office.

Biography of Tiffany Ticky

Tiffany provides leadership related to EDI, the prevention of harassment, discrimination, and sexual violence. She joined uOttawa in 2022 in the role of human rights officer, sexual violence prevention and dispute resolution. Prior to that, she worked as legal counsel in the Department of Justice from 2020 to 2022, where her responsibilities included drafting regulations and acting as special adviser to an assistant deputy minister. She began her career as a member of the Canadian Forces, serving first as an administration and finance officer from 2001 to 2015, and then transitioning to the role of military lawyer from 2015 to 2022. Through her 21 years in the federal government, Tiffany gained extensive experience in the field of human rights by conducting harassment, discrimination, and sexual violence investigations, developing, and reviewing workplace harassment and sexual violence policies and regulations, preparing, and reviewing investigation reports and facilitating informal resolution of workplace conflicts. Tiffany holds a Bachelor of Arts and a master’s in public administration from the Royal Military College of Canada, a law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Master of Laws from the University of Ottawa.

BILINGUAL: March 10, 2023, 11 am - 12 am. Virtual meeting, bilingual. A MS Teams link will be sent to you the day before the event.