Supplement: Guideline for Engineers and Engineering Firms on Workplace Equity for Women

She knows that what she has achieved is rare and against the odds and she feels a tremendous sense of responsibility to be a shining example to her younger siblings, her parents, grandparents, her community, and by extension all Indigenous people in Canada. [...] While she has spoken to some of the other women at her workplace about the sexism they all encounter on the job, there are limits to how much she feels she can share, because she is not sure they understand her Indigenous identity and her neurodivergent status. [...] The first time she smudged at work she could hear a co-worker marching up and down outside her office shouting “WHAT IS THAT SMELL?!” Her director then told her she would have to smudge in a different location and led her to a custodial closet full of mops and cleaning supplies. [...] Supplement: Guideline for Engineers and Engineering Firms on Workplace Equity or Women Engineers Canada | Ingénieurs Canada 8 She has had to work with HR and her manager to get the accommodations she needs as a neurodivergent employee, and the firm has held several EDI and anti-oppression workshops on disability so that her co-workers are more aware of her needs. [...] She is hoping that both HR and her union will be more supportive in her quest to take parental leave and get more flex time to be able to work from home, but she is nervous and stressed about what is actually going to happen, given the lack of accountability leaving her feeling alone and isolated.