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Erasure, Denial and Ignorance
Congress 2021 blog edition The “Hedging, Erasing, Absolving, and Other “EDI” Pitfalls: Recreating Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Policies, and Praxis” webcast at Congress 2021 was an open event hosted by the ReCreation Collective and University of...
Northern projects you should know about: young people lead change
Congress 2021 blog edition “Northern Inspirations: A New Generation of Voices for Change” began by showcasing a variety of northern initiatives led by young voices. Here are some highlights: The Yukon First Nations Climate Action Fellowship is a...
Rebuilding the Institution: Concrete Steps to Support BIPoC Scholars in the Academy
Congress 2021 blog edition Congress 2021 is ending the way it began, with an intentional focus on engagement with justice and equity in academia. In “Beyond Equity Policy: Searching for Institutional Procedures and Practices that Support Black...
Deconstructing the EDI Acronym with Dr. Malinda Smith
Congress 2021 blog edition Malinda Smith, Vice Provost Equity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and Professor at the University of Calgary, invites us to think about racial diversity in leadership positions in Canadian higher education, barriers to...
Combating Unconscious Bias and Systemic Racism
Congress 2021 blog edition Although – hopefully – most of us do not consciously or intentionally work to perpetuate inequality in the world, odds are that most of us at least sometimes say or do things that preclude diversity and exclude the ‘other.’...
Rethinking the contemporary university: possibilities for decolonization
Congress 2021 blog edition Today’s session “Examining Anti-Racist and Decolonial Possibilities in the Contemporary University” delivered a variety of perspectives from academics around the globe, on whether possibilities to decolonize contemporary...
Bridging the gaps in employability for social science and humanities academics
Congress 2021 blog edition “We have an underutilization of talent in Canada; we produce exceptional [social science and humanities] graduates, but don’t do a great job hiring them,” said Gail Bowkett, member of The/La Collaborative and panellist in...
Let’s Imagine What’s Possible and Transform Our Universities from Within to Enable Indigenous Scholarship
Congress 2021 blog edition Universities are human-made, so with willpower and a commitment from administration and faculty, universities can be transformed from within to reflect and support Indigenous knowledge, consciousness and tradition. As...
Building Antiracist Capacity in Universities - What we learned from Ibram X. Kendi’s Big Thinking Discussion
Congress 2021 blog edition Being “not-racist” is not enough to eradicate racism, social inequities and injustices. As Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s Big Thinking discussion pressed upon attendees: for radical change we must be antiracist...in our thoughts...