Dana Marsh is an instructor and learning designer currently contracted with NAIT. They hold an MBA and a B.Sc in Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta, and also studied at Thompson Rivers University (then the University College of the Cariboo) and Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (the Vienna University of Economics and Business).

Currently located in Edmonton, Alberta, they are available for both virtual and in-person speaking engagements.

Topics

As a feminine-presenting, nonbinary, and neurodivergent person, Dana is dedicated to improving inclusion within technical spaces. Dana’s areas of expertise include:

“Lunch and learn” sessions for learning gender terminology, understanding the importance of pronouns, and adjusting language to be inclusive of trans and nonbinary identities.
Facilitating or participating in conversations around gender and inclusion in the workplace.
Technical talks on inclusive design practices for software developers, database designers, data analysts, and business intelligence professionals.
“Lunch and learn” sessions for educators seeking to improve accessibility and inclusion within their classrooms, with a focus on language & accommodations.

Experience

Previous Guest Lectures

Panelist at LGBTQ+ Awareness & Panel Discussion held by the ABU LGBTQ+ Affinity Group at CGI (February 2023)
Facilitated *Gender Equality: Recognizing Gender Barriers *****as part of the Inclusion Talks series at SAIT (November 2022)
Co-delivered Hiding in the Binary, a talk on describing nonbinary beings through binary means, during NAIT Pride (March 2022)
Delivered a mini-lecture on engaging with inclusive practices, a talk on improving accessibility and inclusion in the classroom, to the School of Information and Communications Technologies at SAIT (November 2021)
Delivered a mini-lecture on Diversity in Analytics to business students at the University of Alberta (March 2020)
Delivered a mini-lecture on Machine Learning to capstone students in the DMIT program at NAIT (January 2020)
Delivered a lunch-and-learn entitled Data Viz 101 at Jobber (2019)
Delivered a lunch-and-learn entitled Gender 101 at Jobber (2019)
Delivered a lecture entitled Data Wrangling & R to business students at the University of Alberta (February 2018)
Delivered a lecture entitled Data Analytics & Visualization to MBA students at the University of Alberta (June 2017)
Created and delivered a lesson on Excel for Statistics to Executive MBA students at the University of Alberta (Fall 2015)

Curriculum Development

Author of PERS 143: Queer Inclusion and Belonging at SAIT
Author of the “Queer Essentials” module of PERS 020: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Starter Pack

Fees

Dana Marsh proposes an honorarium of $200 for commercial audiences, or a donation to a queer-serving organization, such as the Pride Centre of Edmonton or Skipping Stone:

Make a Donation to the Pride Centre of Edmonton

Donate — Skipping Stone

Dana waives speaking fees for non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and businesses owned by equity-deserving individuals.

For more information or to propose a speaking engagement, please contact Dana at [email protected].