{"id":52514,"date":"2018-12-13T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=52514"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:40","slug":"director-equity-services-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2018\/director-equity-services-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael F. Charles Appointed as Director of Equity Services at Carleton University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Michael F. Charles Appointed as Director of Equity Services at Carleton University\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton University is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael F. Charles as Director of the Department of Equity Services, effective March 1, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am so pleased that Michael is joining our team at Carleton,\u201d said President Benoit-Antoine Bacon. \u201cHis great expertise and experience will be invaluable to us, and his approach to equity issues will serve our community extremely well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reporting directly to the president, Charles will also carry the title of University Advisor on Equity, to reflect his strategic responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles joins Carleton from York University, where he served most recently as executive director for the Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion. His service at York includes progressive leadership roles including case resolution advisor and interim director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright wp-image-52516 size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_0001-final-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"On Dec. 13, 2018 Carleton announced the appointment of Michael F. Charles as Director of the Department of Equity Services, effective March 1, 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-52516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/DSC_0001-final-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/DSC_0001-final-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/DSC_0001-final-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/DSC_0001-final-700x1050.jpg 700w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/DSC_0001-final-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/DSC_0001-final.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Michael F. Charles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to assuming the executive director role at York, he was a principal at Change Dezign Consulting, providing services in the areas of organizational development, leadership development, diversity and inclusion to large organizations in the private, public and non-profit sectors in Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School with senior experience in private legal practice, he has also served as an education consultant to school boards in Toronto, North York and York Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His business and community affiliations include service with Universities Canada, Human Rights Watch (Canada), the Law Society of Upper Canada, Skills for Change, Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce and the Nelson Mandela Children\u2019s Fund (Canada).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael F. 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