We invite you to attend a panel discussion and conversation addressing the unique challenges faced by academic parents and caregivers in the post-pandemic world.

Here is an initial list of of topics, compiled by the WCC Team and collected from attendees at our previous AcaParenting events:

• Transitioning back to in-person events/teaching for self and kids

• The daily grind of trying to balance family and professional life

• Childcare challenges (i.e., why are there so many half days and vacation days at kids’ schools?)

• Self care and service

• Setting "smart boundaries" in life and work

• Mental health (self, family, students), burnout, and the utter exhaustion of caregiving

• Managing deadlines - the costs of pandemic delays and extensions (for promotion, publications, etc)

• What departments can do (and are doing) to support parents/caregivers

• Being part of a "sandwich generation": the challenges of caring for children and elderly parents at the same time

We welcome you to submit questions, tips, and advice in advance of this discussion in the following form: https://forms.gle/m9tZQ64D16qrgwJp9

We plan to gather notes from the discussion and information from the form to create a new resource page, so we welcome your submissions to the form, even if you cannot attend the event. Click here for a recent article from NCFDD about this topic.

Facilitators: Suzanne Lye, Erin Moodie