Registration Begins for University Wide Inclusion Week
Carleton University’s fourth annual Inclusion Week is coming up the week of October 17.
Join the Department of Equity and Inclusive Communities (EIC) as they host a variety of sessions in collaboration with departments across campus pertaining to this year’s theme of Disrupting Cultures of Inequity: Engaging in Brave Actions and Making Meaningful Change.
The goal of Inclusion Week is to raise visibility and awareness of the value of human rights work and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), explore practical ways to integrate its principles into our organizational structures and culture and strengthen the potential for prosperity in the community.
The Department of Equity and Inclusive Communities fosters the development of an inclusive and transformational university culture where individual distinctiveness and a sense of belonging for every member drive excellence in research, teaching, learning and working at Carleton. Through the EDI Action Plan, such a culture facilitates cross-cultural and interdisciplinary collaboration, local and global engagement, as well as an environment of innovative intellectual inquiry where all can fulfil their potential.
All members of the Carleton community are invited to join. Events will be held in a variety of formats (in-person, hybrid and online). Please visit the EIC website for additional event details and to register for the events listed below.
https://carleton.ca/equity/events/inclusion-week-2022/
Upcoming Events:
Monday, Oct. 17
EIC Open House
Kick off Inclusion Week by meeting the Equity and Inclusive Communities team over tea and coffee. Students, faculty and staff are invited to ask questions and learn more about the services and supports provided by the department.
Carleton University Inclusive Workplace Forum
Presented by the Sprott School of Business & Co-operative Education and Career services, with support from the READ Initiative and Act to Employ, this gathering for students and employers includes a keynote speaker, panel discussions with employers and students and a networking session with select student clubs.
Tuesday, Oct. 18
Presentation by Tamar Myers
Tamar Myers, Director, Research Planning and Assessment, Toronto Metropolitan University, will deliver a presentation about the implementation and use of self-identification tools/initiatives and how they relate to the engagement of brave actions and making meaningful change for EDI within a university setting.
Student EDI Research Award Presentations
Learn about the innovative EDI-related research conducted by this year’s recipients of the Student Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Research Award . Award recipients will share key findings from the research projects they conducted this summer through funding provided by the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic). This funding was provided in response to a specific recommendation in Carleton’s EDI Action Plan and represents a landmark for EDI scholarship in Ontario higher education.
Alternative Grading as an Anticolonial and Anti-Racist Praxis
After last year’s roundtable about how to de-westernize curricula, panelists agreed that we must also come to terms with how standard methods of evaluation often reproduce colonial and white supremacist logics. This year, the Racialized and Indigenous Faculty Alliance (RIFA) roundtable will focus on alternative approaches to grading and methods of assessment grounded in anticolonial and anti-racist approaches to pedagogy.
Wednesday, Oct. 19
Building Inclusive Excellence in Science
Many of us are aware of a lack of diversity in science. And issues go beyond representation, with persistent barriers to inclusion. Join the Faculty of Science for lively conversations and new ideas as we gather to celebrate the growing momentum to advance equity, diversity and inclusion in science.
Thursday, Oct. 20
Engagement and Inclusion Officer Program Open House
Come learn about the Campus Safety Services (CSS) Engagement and Inclusion Officer Program, which aims to help CSS engage and interact with the campus community while building mutual respect and trust between community members and CSS staff.