Article from University Affairs: U Sports to Include Trans Athletes
A recent article talking about the adoption of a new policy to allow Trans Athletes to participate in U Sports.
U Sports Adopts Policy to Include Trans Athletes
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Unconscious Bias: When Good Intentions Aren’t Enough
Unconscious Bias: When Good Intentions Aren’t Enough, by Sarah E. Fiarman. Educational Leadership, November 2016 | Volume 74 | Number 3.
“Deep-rooted biases hinder our best intentions. Learn how to recognize and address them.” A longer (5 pages) article that goes through a number of unconscious ways in which inequities can be perpetuated, and that challenges us all to hold each other accountable to make change.
Is there space for Indigenous knowledge in academia?
“Is there space for Indigenous knowledge in academia?” Unreserved episode, CBC, Feb. 2018 (46 min).
A 46 min episode of the CBC show Unreserved. Feel free to comment on all of it if you like–but our focus here is especially on the first interview.
A really good resource; several short interviews addressing different aspects of this question. Especially interesting for many profs is probably the first interview with a student talking about being singled out in classes and the behaviours and practices of other students and professors
Politicising ‘Diversity’ inside the White Male Academic Powerhouse
“Politicising ‘Diversity’ inside the White Male Academic Powerhouse.” DIS/CONTENT. 2015.
A short piece that is about the Netherlands but applicable to Canada too; it thinks about how addressing the lack of diversity in academia requires looking at both representation and knowledge.
Top Ten Ways to Foster an Inclusive Classroom
Jennifer McWeeny, “Top Ten Ways to Foster an Inclusive Classroom.” (John Carroll University, 2012)
A list of ways to think through behaviour and how assumptions work in the classroom; especially useful for many faculty are 2, 5, 7. Includes a short 10 min video specific to LGBTQ students
Decolonize the University
University of Color, “Decolonize the University”
A (now closed) petition that calls for democratizing and decolonizing the university. It’s a very comprehensive list–something here to provoke pretty well everyone on campus. Much of it addresses curriculum, but it also deals with other practices.
Universities Canada Principles on Indigenous Education
Universities Canada, “Universities Canada Principles on Indigenous Education”
A statement from Universities Canada that addresses, in point form, everything from governance structures to content and curriculum–all as responses to both indigenous presence on campus and “social and cultural imperatives” to think about indigenous inclusion.
Bathrooms, gender identity protection policies most important to transgender students
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Study: Bathrooms, gender identity protection policies most important to transgender students (Inside Higher Ed, 2018)
Sample Inclusion Policy from Ireland
Sample Inclusion Policy from Early Childhood Ireland
Universities Canada information page
Universities Canada information page
This website provides a lot of information and resources.