BEAT (Building Equality in Architecture Toronto) would like to extend our appreciation to all the attendees of our Saturday, November 21st Zoom event for the 2020 Beat Forum on Empowering Architectural Practices to Address Emotional/Identity Tax.
Regrettably, this important conversation on equity within our profession was ‘Zoom-bombed’ with disturbing content shared with about 70 people who were participating in the event. The video was shut down as soon as possible and the incident is being referred to the proper authorities. We are angered and upset that this significant discussion was the target of hateful and disturbing content. We are very grateful to the panel and participants for continuing the dialogue on how to advance anti-racism within the profession, despite the disruption.
BEAT has started a full review of Saturday's event and will improve our security measures across our platforms in order to prevent any further incidents of this nature. We will continue to support and engage with our community during this time in isolation.
BEAT will continue to advocate for equity, inclusion and diversity and ensure our voices are not silenced.
Thank you for your continued support.
- BEAT