EDI Demographic Data Collection: Myths, Challenges, & Strategies

Event Speaker: Dr. Nicole Kaniki

Event Date and Time: Thursday, November 30 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST

Event Format: Zoom webinar (Zoom link will be sent upon registering below); this session will include a 45-minute talk followed by a moderated 45-minute Q&A session with the audience. ASL interpretation and live captioning will be provided.

Event description: The collection and use of EDI demographic data is a newer concept and practice to the Canadian academic and post-secondary environment. While the collection of this data as requirements for labour mandates have been in effect, the analysis and use of the information have at times done more harm, especially to equity-denied groups, than good. In this session, Dr. Kaniki will define what EDI demographic data is, how it can/should be collected and analyzed, and what administrators can do with this information to support EDI at the institution more broadly.  Dr Kaniki will also cover some better practices and strategic use of EDI demographic data for administration and research purposes that are specific to the context of Canada.

Speaker Bio: Dr. Nicole Kaniki is the Director of Senomi Solutions Inc., an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Consulting company based in London, Ontario where she supports institutions and organizations in the development and implementation of EDI strategies. Dr. Kaniki has held several EDI leadership roles in post-secondary education in Canada including the Director of EDI in Research and Innovation at University of Toronto where in her role she examined, advocated and advanced EDI in all aspects of U of T research, innovation and entrepreneurship. She is also the former Special Advisor on Anti-racism to the President at Western University where she supported the establishment of the inaugural office of the Associate Vice-President EDI and contributed to the implementation of significant EDI considerations for the institutional strategic plan.  She holds a MSc in Kinesiology, PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences with an emphasis in Measurement and Methods, and a MA in Women’s Studies and Feminist Research. Dr. Kaniki has a passion for social justice and uses an anti-racism and decolonization framework in her EDI work.

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