Walk, Talk & Ice Cream – WIMDI x Tech2Step

WIMDI’s taking it outside to enjoy our gorgeous Vancouver weather while we have it!

This summer we’re teaming up with our friends at Tech2Step for Friday evening networking fun.

Join us for an evening of fresh air, movement, networking, chit-chat, and strategy sharing between women in male-dominated industries.

Here's the plan:
6:00 pm – Meet
We’ll meet up in front of The Drop at Coal Harbour (1055 Canada Pl, Vancouver, BC V6C 0C3).
6:15 pm – Walk/Roll
We’ll go for a 45-minute walk or roll along the beautiful Coal Harbour seawall, heading west towards the Westin Bayshore, chatting up a storm and meeting your new WIMDI besties.
7:00 pm – Ice Cream
We’ll head over to Uno Gelato Café (1055 Canada Pl #36, Vancouver, BC V6C 3T4) for summer-friendly frozen treats and more outdoor socializing
8:00 pm – The End of the Night!
We’ll exchange cards, phone numbers, facepages, myfriend accounts, tweetster, instapics, snaptexts, tictaks, or whatever it is that the kids are using these days to stay in touch – and then head home!
Hope to see you there!

Holly Burton
WIMDI Founder & CEO + Executive Coach for Women in Male-Dominated Industries
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Specific Mobility Accessibility Needs? Join us!

• If you use a mobility aid (wheelchair, scooter, cane, walker, etc), are bringing kids and a stroller, or have any specific needs around pacing, we are happy to have you join us – and we’ll happily meet you where you’re at in terms of route or pace.
• Route: We’ll be walking and/or rolling along the seawall starting at The Drop in Coal Harbour. We’ll be doing 45-minute there-and-back routes heading along seawall walking paths of Coal Harbour, heading West towards the Westin Bayshore. The path is fully paved and mostly flat in both directions.
• Accessible Washrooms: Canada Place, which is open until 11:00 pm on Friday nights, has accessible washrooms.
• Parking: The closest parking to our meeting place is located at Vancouver Convention Centre - Centre W Lot, and the nearest mass transit hub is one block away at Waterfront Station. Additional information about transit, accessible parking can be found here: https://www.vancouverconventioncentre.com/visiting/getting-here
• Transit: The nearest mass transit hub is one block away at Waterfront Skytrain Station (Expo & Canada Line). Additional information about transit, accessible parking can be found here: vancouverconventioncentre.com/visiting/getting-here

Additional information about planning your trip via transit can be found here: Translink Trip Planner

Covid Cautious? We’ve Got You!

• This in-person event is being held outdoors to reduce risk for our covid-cautious, and immunocompromised members.
• For anyone who wants to add outdoor masking and practice 6+ feet of social distancing, we’ll have a special covid cautious walking pod so you can socialize safely with other folks who are masking and distancing too.
• Worried about being the only one in a mask? You won’t be alone! WIMDI’s founder Holly is committed to wearing a mask with any WIMDI member who wants to so you have an automatic friend and ally.
• The Ice Cream portion of the event will be mask-off time (for obvious reasons), so you may or may not plan to participate in that part, depending on your personal risk tolerance. But we’ve planned that part of the event after the walk, so you can join us for only the first part of the event and still have a great time.
• Need anything else to make it as safe as possible for you to join us at Walk, Talk & Ice Cream? Drop Holly a note at hello@wimdi.com and we’ll make a plan so you can have a great (& safe) time with your fellow WIMDIs!

Attendance Notes:
1) Gender:
WIMDI Walk, Talk & Ice Cream networking events are restricted to those who do not currently identify as cisgender men. These events have limited attendance and often involve personal discussion, debate, and advice specific to dynamics underrepresented minorities in these industries experience. We are happy for cisgender men to learn and participate in WIMDI conversation at most of our other events, but we reserve the networking events as a space for women* to connect with each other freely and openly.
2) Code of Conduct:
By attending this event, you agree to adhere to WIMDI's code of conduct, which you can find at wimdi.com/code-of-conduct-and-policy.
3) No Selling, Pitching, or Finding Your Next Client:
Our networking events are different than most traditional networking events. They're not focused on entrepreneurs, and aren't a place to pitch your business or service. Our first priority is making sure our community gets to connect with each other and it's no fun when everyone is trying to meet their next client.
4) Privacy & Photography:
WIMDI will not be taking photos at this event, but individual participants may take photos during the event. We understand that some of our members may not be comfortable having their photo taken, and we don’t want this to stop anyone from attending. We will organize a group photo at the start of the event for anyone who wants to take one, so anyone who’s not keen to be photographed can opt-out. For the rest of the event, attendees may only take photos of people if they have explicit verbal consent of everyone in the photo frame.
5) Donations to PAFNW (Pacific Association of First Nations Women)
As part of this event we have the option of donation to the Pacific Association of First Nations Women for their scholarship fund for Indigenous women and girls. This is a concrete way - beyond land acknowledgement - to redistribute some of our collective financial privilege to support Indigenous women.
*WIMDI uses an inclusive definition of women that means "people who are in a gender minority in their field". This includes trans individuals, genderqueer, agender, intersex, two spirit, and non-binary folks. If you are not sure if you are included, please err on the side of attending our events! Feel free to reach out to the Organizer, Holly Burton, with any questions and for an automatic welcoming face and first-friend at any WIMDI event.