Lunch Meeting
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This is a place where faculty, staff, and students interested in gender equality activities can meet once a month for lunch and casual conversation. We share opinions and information about work-life balance, the activities of the Equal Opportunity Office, etc., and have casual conversations. Students are also welcome. Please bring your own lunch.
| Date and time | Irregular 12:30〜13:30 |
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| Location | Announce on the mailing list as it is finalized. |
Wednesday, December 25, 2019 We have rented the lab again for this meeting. Continuing from the previous meeting, the main topics of discussion were the university's regulations and labor-management agreements related to the childcare leave system. The outcome of the discussion this time was that we were able to discuss how the university can support the management of the lab during the staff's leave, in terms of maintaining a research environment that allows staff to take childcare leave at any time, from the perspective of the host professor or associate professor of the lab. A suggestion was made to assign a researcher who could take over until the staff member goes on maternity leave, but there is a gap in the number of staff assigned to the lab in the first place. We hope to continue the discussion. December 2019 Lunch Meeting |
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 We held our first lunch meeting in almost a year and a half. The Gender Equality Office has been sharing a floor with other sections since April 2018, and since we lost our meeting space, we have not been able to hold lunch meetings for a long time. However, thanks to Professor Michiko Inoue of the Information Area, who kindly provided us with her seminar room, we were able to hold this meeting after a long absence.This time, Professor Ai Muto of the Center for the Creation of Data-Driven Science gave a talk entitled "Proposals for Young Faculty Members' Life Plans," in which she discussed issues related to the childcare system and university regulations. As junior faculty move into the tenure system, the current system does not allow researchers of childbearing age to take parental leave. It was a productive time discussing medium and long-term issues, and "what our university can do now." |
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 The last lunch meeting of the academic year was held. This time, we had several members who are retiring at the end of March, so we also had a farewell party, and so many people showed up that we could not fill all the chairs. We had a friendly time looking back on the efforts of the Gender Equality Office since its inception, and enjoyed a cake brought by the office manager. |
Thursday, July 6, 2017 The third lunch meeting of the year took place. As in the previous meeting, a member of the Kansai Gakkentoshi Organization joined us for an interview with the PR magazine, and we had a friendly and sometimes somber discussion with the teachers who attended the meeting about the support system of our university and the difficulties of balancing work and school during the time between entrance exams. The date of the next meeting has not yet been set. |
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 The second lunch meeting of the academic year was held. Although it was a little sad that no professors from the graduate schools attended this time, each group talked about the situation of lactation rooms in overseas universities, etc. The next meeting will not be on the usual Tuesday. The next meeting will be on Thursday, July 6, 12:30-13:30 instead of the usual Tuesday. Feel free to come and go as you please. |
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 The first lunch meeting of the year was held. Many people from different graduate schools and departments came together to share their parenting experiences, as well as talk about creating a work environment that allows people to bring their children to the university when it is unavoidable due to temporary school closures, etc. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, June 6. Please join us. |
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 We held our 11th Lunch Meeting of the year. We were happy to see so many people at this meeting. Two of our teachers had given birth last year, so our members who had finished raising their babies talked about the difficulties they faced and the need to establish a childcare center on campus. We also heard from the office manager who took time off on the children's visitation days and was very busy visiting classrooms for several grades. Please join us for our next meeting on Tuesday, March 7th. |
Tuesday, January 10, 2017 We had our 10th lunch meeting of the year. This time we talked about milking on campus. Since last year, the university has set up a temporary lounge in the Graduate School building for pregnant and parenting teachers, but there are some challenges, such as the lack of a clean refrigerator. We have discussed with the teachers concerned what can be done to address these issues. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 7th. We look forward to your attendance. |
Tuesday, December 6, 2016 We held our 9th Lunch Meeting this year. Once again, we had many participants from different departments and graduate schools. We talked about the recent marriage of a professor, a comparison of wedding budgets with the bubble era, wedding parties in Indonesia, formal wear and dresses, etc. We also reported and reviewed the Gender Equality Symposium held at TUFS last week. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 10th. We look forward to your attendance. |
Tuesday, November 2, 2016 The 8th Lunch Meeting of the year was held. This time we also served as a needs assessment for the use of babysitters, and we discussed how the university can support individuals who are burdened with continuing to work not only for childcare but also for caregiving, and how we can utilize social resources outside of the university. The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, December 6. We look forward to seeing you there. |
Tuesday, October 4, 2016 The 7th lunch meeting of the year was held. This time, perhaps because the application for the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research is about to be submitted, it was a small meeting with only a few professors present. We talked about the admission of international students, the status of English and Japanese teaching in the lab, alumni activities, and so on. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 1. We look forward to your participation. |
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 We held our 6th lunch meeting this year. We were joined by a number of assistant professors, associate professors, and professors from various graduate schools. While receiving gifts from Kyushu University and Kyushu Institute of Technology, who visited our university last week, we discussed such topics as whether one's partner or oneself should take parental leave when one has a child, the ideal and reality of "planned childbirth," the kindergarten situation in neighboring areas, and so on. The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 4. We look forward to seeing you there. |
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 The fifth lunch meeting of the year was held on August 2, 2016, and we talked about the results of the June health checkup, the difference in dietary habits and nutrition education between Japan and other countries, school lunches in elementary schools overseas, and whether extended day care or babysitting at home is easier for children... etc. etc. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, September 6th. We have several men at each meeting, so please come and join us. |
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 We had our fourth lunch meeting of the year. Although attendance was low at the beginning of the meeting, we had a good turnout from all departments in the Graduate School. Topics of discussion ranged from the new car-sharing system for student and faculty welfare, to global education, to gut bacteria for health maintenance, and so on. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 2. We look forward to seeing you there. |
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 The third lunch meeting of the year was held. We were pleased to have a good turnout from all departments of the Graduate School, and the topics ranged from how the students who entered the school in April are doing, to homeschooling, to the transition in the relationship between seniors and juniors in club activities. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 5, and we look forward to seeing you all there. |
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 The second lunch meeting of the year was held. This time we talked about the travel situation in Europe and the U.S., focusing on a souvenir story from a teacher who went to Scandinavia during Golden Week. The teacher gave us delicious cookies and chocolates from Scandinavia as a real souvenir, so everyone could enjoy tea time together. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 7th. We look forward to seeing you there. |
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 The first lunch meeting of the school year was held. With many new professors joining us, we opened the meeting with introductions. The meeting was enlivened by a comment from a newly appointed professor who said that she applied to the university because of its efforts to support female researchers, and we exchanged opinions on what kind of facilities need to be improved to actively welcome international students and female researchers. The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 10. We are looking forward to your participation. |
Thursday, January 7, 2016 We held our ninth lunch meeting of the year. Many professors and young staff from the three graduate schools attended (the only male attendee was the director of the office...). Since the use of childcare subsidies was mentioned last month, we talked with faculty who have used them in the past and exchanged information on various topics ranging from childcare taxis, childcare for sick children, and kindergarten issues for international students with children. The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 2. And if you'd like to talk to our office manager, we'd love to see you there! |
Thursday, June 4, 2015 We had our third lunch meeting of the year. This time we were joined not only by faculty, but also by staff from several departments and the office manager. We had a lively discussion about the age distribution of men and women by position and differences in the concept of work-life balance. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, July 2, in the Gender Equality Room on the first floor of the Administration Building. Everyone is welcome to attend! |
Thursday, April 9, 2015 We had our first lunch meeting of the year. For the first time, two graduate students joined us and had a great time with faculty and staff who joined the Office of Engagement in April. We enjoyed discussing a variety of topics, including lunch information in the neighborhood and how to make the most of paid time off. Lunch meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month and are open to faculty and graduate students, men and women. They are held in the International Relations Department's International Salon on the first floor of the Administration Building, to the left of the entrance. Everyone is welcome to attend! |
Thursday, March 5, 2015 We had a great time with Dr. Hong, who joined the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology in January. The time flew by as we had a lively discussion about parenting, research, and a variety of other topics. Both men and women are welcome to attend. Please join us! |
Thursday, August 7, 2014 Six people attended this meeting. We had a lively discussion about the Childcare Assistance for Business Travel program, which helps with the cost of childcare for children on business trips, and about balancing nutrition and health. The luncheon is also an opportunity for networking. We hope you will join us. |
Thursday, April 10, 2014 This time, we gathered faculty and researchers from the Center for the Advancement of Advanced Science and Technology and the Career Support Office, as well as from three graduate schools. As we talked, we actually connected with each other. We were surprised and laughed about various topics ranging from research to daily life. There are many things we don't know about each other, such as what kind of research each other is doing and what the situation is like, so we hope to continue to have horizontal connections with each other in the future. Lunch meetings are a great way to get started. We hope you will join us. |
