{"id":27742,"date":"2023-10-23T08:17:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T12:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ojen.ca\/?post_type=program&#038;p=27742"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:39:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:39:26","slug":"braiding-diversity-durham","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/ojen.ca\/en\/program\/braiding-diversity-durham\/","title":{"rendered":"Braiding Diversity into Justice \u2013 Durham Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many young people, women and gender diverse youth in particular, a career in law may feel out of their reach. Braiding Diversity into Justice and other OJEN career modelling programs help young people of all backgrounds \u201csee themselves in law\u201d by introducing them to legal professionals with whom they share similar experiences. The goal of these programs is to show that there is a place for everyone in the legal profession regardless of socio-economic status, disability, migration, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, or religion.<\/p>\n<p>In the Durham region, OJEN&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/ojen.ca\/en\/committee\/durham\">Durham Committee<\/a> presents this program, which showcases a variety of legal professionals, emphasizing the different careers in justice and the non-linear pathways to reach them.<\/p>\n<h2>2025 Braiding Diversity into Justice in Durham Region<\/h2>\n<p>The Durham region is able to offer two targeted program days to ensure all interested youth are able to participate in Braiding Diversity into Justice. The first event will take place on <strong>Wednesday, October 29th<\/strong>, for <strong>young women<\/strong>, and the second event will be on <strong>Thursday, October 30th<\/strong> and be for <strong>young men<\/strong>. Non-binary and gender fluid youth are welcome to attend on either day. Please ensure you click on the appropriate registration link!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Wednesday, October 29th<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This event on October 29th is open to young women in the Durham Region. Gender fluid and non-binary youth are also welcome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Registration link:<\/strong> https:\/\/forms.gle\/jzqjx3BcrjnB9qRp8<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-34537\" src=\"https:\/\/ojen.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Braiding-Diversity-Durham-Oct-29_Page_1-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ojen.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Braiding-Diversity-Durham-Oct-29_Page_1-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/ojen.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Braiding-Diversity-Durham-Oct-29_Page_1-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/ojen.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Braiding-Diversity-Durham-Oct-29_Page_1-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/ojen.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Braiding-Diversity-Durham-Oct-29_Page_1-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/ojen.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Braiding-Diversity-Durham-Oct-29_Page_1.png 1275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Thursday, October 30th<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This event on October 30th is open to young men in the Durham Region. Gender fluid and non-binary youth are also welcome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Registration link:<\/strong> https:\/\/forms.gle\/318mtM8EBEs3nrZXA<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-34539\" src=\"https:\/\/ojen.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Braiding-Diversity-Durham-2025-oct-30-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ojen.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Braiding-Diversity-Durham-2025-oct-30-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/ojen.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Braiding-Diversity-Durham-2025-oct-30-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/ojen.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Braiding-Diversity-Durham-2025-oct-30-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/ojen.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Braiding-Diversity-Durham-2025-oct-30-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/ojen.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Braiding-Diversity-Durham-2025-oct-30.png 1275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program Agenda and Speaker Bios<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Please find the event&#8217;s 2025 program agenda and speaker biographies <a href=\"https:\/\/ojen.ca\/en\/download\/braiding-diversity-durham-2025-program-agenda\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","area-of-law":[435],"audience":[32],"program_type":[415],"class_list":["post-27742","program","type-program","status-publish","hentry","area-of-law-about-the-justice-system","audience-youth","program_type-committee-programs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Braiding Diversity into Justice \u2013 Durham Region - OJEN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ojen.ca\/en\/program\/braiding-diversity-durham\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Braiding Diversity into Justice \u2013 Durham Region - OJEN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For many young people, women and gender diverse youth in particular, a career in law may feel out of their reach. 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