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BY JOY MIGHTY | March 10 2008

Nurturing an inclusive classroom is a matter of shaping content, altering conduct and widening context

diversity in several ways in our daily lives as we interact with individuals from very different backgrounds. We are increasingly aware of the myriad identities and experiences our students bring to the classroom. Differences in age, learning styles, gender, levels of preparedness, pre-existing skil...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/diversity-rules/
Features
BY DIANA DUONG | October 16 2019

The conversation about race in the profession is heating up. Here’s why.

diversity in staffing is the next frontier on campus. But it’s taken a while to even get to this point, she notes. After all, the history of student affairs is steeped in traditions made by and for white men. (It was only a century ago that women were widely accepted into spaces of higher learning...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/does-student-affairs-have-a-diversity-problem/
In my opinion
BY MELANIE JANZEN AND JEROME CRANSTON | June 27 2016

The push-back was strong when we sought to increase the diversity of teachers through a modified admissions policy in our education degree program.

diversity, the teaching profession is not. To address this lack of diversity, we need to examine the admissions policies in Bachelor of Education programs. Deans, associate deans and directors in faculties and colleges of education must be willing to consider revising or rewriting these policies ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/challenges-implementing-diversity-admissions-policy/
Ask Dr. Editor
BY LETITIA HENVILLE | May 17 2022

Be sure to define your terms, detail your experience and outline your future plans.

diversity statements as a part of my job applications. While I can find good examples of teaching and research statements, my department doesn’t have many models of diversity statements. How do I write this document? Do you have any examples you can share?  

– Anonymous...

https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/ask-dr-editor/how-to-structure-your-diversity-statement-for-your-academic-job-search/
Global Campus
BY EMMANUEL DOUGLAS | December 29 2021

Acting as models to society, the higher education community should attempt to be ahead of the curve and act accordingly.

diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives in Canadian higher education institutions have been structured around and underpinned by laws such as the Canadian EDI Charter, the Canadian Multiculturalism Act, the Charter of Rights and Freedom, the Employment Equity Act and the Canadian Human Rights Act....
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/global-campus/more-curated-programming-is-needed-for-diverse-and-underrepresented-groups-on-canadian-campuses/
In my opinion
BY SAMAN RAZAVI | December 04 2020

Diversity is easy to define and measure, and thus manage, but equity and inclusion are not and require much greater effort.

diversity and inclusion (EDI) principles. These challenges, sadly but not surprisingly, afflict academia and professional environments as well, which typically champion change for a better future. It appears there is goodwill to unearth and address the root causes of inequality, as EDI has now be...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/celebrate-diversity-embrace-equity-and-cultivate-inclusion/
Ask Dr. Editor
BY LETITIA HENVILLE | August 17 2023

All researchers should consider how to integrate sex, gender, and diversity into their day-to-day work.

diversity in my research. NSERC is now evaluating Discovery grants on their “consideration of equity, diversity and inclusion in past and planned training of HQP” – but because of my field, I don’t have much experience writing about diversity. My mentors haven’t been able to provide much a...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/ask-dr-editor/how-to-incorporate-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-in-your-grant-applications/
News
BY ANQI SHEN | October 26 2017

Universities Canada members voted to uphold seven “inclusive excellence” principles and to undertake an action plan from 2017 to 2022.

diversity-inclusion-adopting-new-principles/">advance diversity, equity and inclusion on their campuses, and committed to a five-year action plan to measure their progress and outcomes. “It’s the coming together of a number of things that have led us on this path,” said Mike Mahon, the ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/canadian-universities-commit-progress-equity-diversity-inclusion/
From the admin chair
BY SHEILA COTE-MEEK | June 24 2019

A new federal charter, with funds to match, will help institutions to identify systemic barriers.

diversity and inclusion (EDI) capacity-building fund. These grants are designed to help institutions to identify and eliminate, within the research enterprise, “systemic barriers that impede the career advancement, recruitment and retention of under-represented groups.” These groups include wome...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/from-the-admin-chair/exciting-times-for-equity-diversity-and-inclusion/
News
BY MOIRA MACDONALD | November 13 2019

The survey, which closes December 6, aims to address the lack of data on equity, diversity and inclusion in the postsecondary sector.

diversity and inclusion (EDI) at Canada’s colleges and universities so that policies for addressing EDI can be improved. The survey stems from a federal government commitment in Budget 2018 to collect better data on postsecondary faculty and researchers in support of greater diversity among tho...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/statistics-canada-wants-you-for-a-new-survey-on-faculty-diversity/
News
BY LAURA BEAULNE-STUEBING | March 11 2020

An analysis of institutions’ strategic policy documents suggests U15 institutions are actively addressing equity, diversity and inclusion, though most struggle to define the issues.

diversity and inclusion issues may be well-intentioned but in practice reinforce status quo, Continue reading from researchers at the University of Manitoba suggests EDI has become a policy priority for institutions. The...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/study-finds-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-policies-off-to-a-strong-start-at-research-intensive-universities/
In my opinion
BY BRIAN MCILROY | January 20 2016

My department has been successful at striving for equal overall gender representation, but we remain primarily Caucasian.

diversity effect.” If we were genuinely concerned about socio-economic diversity, spousal appointments without an open competition would not be encouraged. Unfortunately, it seems highly utopian these days to expect universities to increase its diversity by attempting to give preference to work...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/faculty-diversity-a-quarter-century-hiring-report-card/
Global Campus
BY T. MACKENZIE | October 12 2021

Universities must strongly object to the misalignment of federal policy in these areas as it relates to international students.

diversity. Many students are also looking for pre-graduation work experience to help them succeed as permanent residents; this is one of the drivers of international students’ interest in co-operative education programs. What these students don’t know is that, despite the encouraging rhetori...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/global-campus/aligning-immigration-diversity-and-employment-policies-to-benefit-international-co-op-students/
Features
BY JOEL BELLIVEAU | December 02 2021

A personal take on the added value a francophone university outside Quebec brings to its community.

diversity distinct from the one that prevails in its host city. For me, the Université de Moncton was synonymous with cultural discoveries. We, the many Chiacs of the southeast, were able to rub shoulders with the "majority" Acadians of northern New Brunswick and with Quebecers, as well as with Afr...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/french-language-universities-in-minority-settings-a-litmus-test-for-canadian-diversity/
Features
BY SAMUEL SAUVAGEAU-AUDET | August 24 2022

Christian Messier is on a crusade to increase biodiversity in urban and natural forests.

diversity that a more resilient system can emerge,” he explains. The book quickly became a bestseller and continues to be used in more than 50 forestry faculties around the world. The book was based on a range of research projects initiated by Dr. Messier. These launched him on a crusade to con...
https://universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/quebec-prof-believes-more-diverse-trees-lead-to-better-forest-resilience/
News
BY ROSANNA TAMBURRI | July 07 2015

New digital planning tool will be made available to other universities.

diversity within their units. It plans to make the tool available to other universities soon. The Diversity and Equity Assessment and Planning tool, or DEAP as it’s known, is a self-audit exercise that helps departments and other academic units understand the demographic profile of their studen...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/queens-tool-can-assess-diversity-equity-by-department/
In my opinion
BY MICHEL BOUCHARD, SÉBASTIEN MALETTE, GUILLAUME MARCOTTE & SIOMONN PULLA | May 04 2020

A group of scholars offer a rebuttal to a recent article exploring the notions of “self-Indigenization” and “race-shifting.”

diversity and the cultural renaissance underway in Canada. The work of Maximilian C. Forte (Who is an Indian? Race, Place, and the Politics of Indigeneity in the Americas, University of Toronto Press, 2013) shows that the resurgence of Indigenous identities is a phenomenon that can be obser...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/we-need-a-wider-more-nuanced-view-of-metis-diversity/
In my opinion
BY MIRJAM FINES-NEUSCHILD & BIBIANA PULIDO | January 12 2021

The decisions that professors make around evaluation and review – as well as in teaching and scholarly inquiry – are a product of their own interpretation of “excellence.”

diversity and inclusion (EDI), how can we reconcile these new institutional values with the notion of academic excellence in the evaluation of scholarship applications? How can we define a conception of excellence that is inclusive for everyone? How can we put these intentions into practice? As memb...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/in-my-opinion/rethinking-university-scholarships-to-improve-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-among-winners/
From PhD to Life
BY MAREN WOOD | August 27 2019

Engaging students in community partnerships is one way for them to get an authentic experience in a non-academic context.

diversity of careers they may pursue. It is now well documented that only a portion of PhD graduates will secure tenure track positions (e.g., The University of Toronto’s 10,000 PhDs project), and that many PhD graduates will pursue careers outside of the postsecondary education sector. ...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/from-phd-to-life/how-graduate-supervisors-can-prepare-graduate-students-for-diverse-careers/
Careers Café
BY NICOLA KOPER | October 22 2012
diversity of students in our universities. In the interdisciplinary institute of which I am a part, students come not just from a range of universities from across the globe, but also from a broad spectrum of academic backgrounds and paradigms. In my Ecology for Natural Resources Management...
https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/careers-cafe/lectures-for-diverse-students/
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