PPAL
6130.30 Equity, Policy, Law and Planning
Syllabus
Dr. Lorne Foster
Class: Tuesday/Wednesday 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Office: 123 McLaughlin
College
Office Hours: By Appointment.
Equity, Policy, Law and Planning
Purpose of Course:
The purpose of the course is to familiarize students
with government responses to social changes in general and policy,
legislative and planning issues related to human rights, employment equity,
disabilities, immigration and diversity management in particular. The course focuses on various strategic
and operational issues as well as planning processes surrounding the
development of public policies, public consultation, legislative
development and enforcement.
Required Textbooks:
Yasmeen Abu-Laban and Christina Gabriel, Selling Diversity:
Immigration, Multiculturalism, Employment Equity and Globalization. Toronto:
University of Toronto
Press, 2002.
Sherrie A. Tromp and Brent D. Ruben, Strategic Planning in Higher
Education: A Guide for Leaders. Washington
D.C.:
National Association of College and University Business Officers,
2004.
Course Requirements:
Class attendance and participation: 20%
June assignment 1: 10%
……… Due on May 11 (Siu), May 12
(Rickwood)
June assignment 2: 15%
……….Due on May 25 (Siu), May 26
(Rickwood)
June assignment 3: 15%
……….Due on June 15 (Rickwood
and Siu)
July assignment 4: 10%
………. Due on June 29, 30 (Foster)
July assignment 6: 30%
………..Due on July 10 (Foster)
Plagiarism and Academic Integrity
Plagiarism is a serious academic
offence. Quoting material without
citing its source or using authors’ arguments without acknowledging
them is not only dishonest but subject to significant penalties both in
terms of your grade and your standing at the
university. York’s policy can be seen at www.yorku.ca/tutorial/academic_integrity/plagdef.html.
Topics:
Social Changes,
Social Justice and Policy Research (May 4 and 5)
Abu-Laban and Gabriel, chapter
1 – Diversity, Globalization and Public Policy in Canada
and chapter 5 – Employment Equity
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
Canadian Charter
of Rights and Freedom
Policy
Development and Public Consultation (May 11 and 12)
Abu-Laban and Gabriel, chapter
4 – Multiculturalism and National
Building and chapter 5 –
Employment Equity
Legislative
Development (May 18 and 19)
Employment Equity
Act and Regulations
Strategic
Planning (May 25 and 26)
Tromp and Ruben, pages 5-10; 27-84
OPS Management Board:
The Management Cycle; Ministry
Management Process: An Overview; Priority Planning and Resources Allocation
Operational
Planning (June 1 and 2)
OPS Management Board: Accountability; Operational Planning, Budgeting, and Reporting
Processes
Discrimination (June
8 and 9)
Abu-Laban and Gabriel, chapter
6 – Selling (Out) Diversity in the Age of Globalization
Film: Journey
to Justice
Models of
Equality (June 15 and 16)
Shin, Mellissa. 2007. Minority
Report: An Examination of Diversity Within the Upper Ranks of Corporate
Companies. Corporate Knights
CLEANTECH Issue. http://static.corporateknights.ca/Minority_Report.pdf.
Shin, Mellissa. 2008.
Diversity Survey: Immigrants face a “sticky floor” rather than
a glass ceiling, but change is fast approaching. No Room For Talent? Corporate Knights Diversity Issue. http://static.corporateknights.ca/Diversity2008.pdf
(on-line resources).
Human Rights
(June 22 and 23)
The Ontario
Human Rights Code
Guidelines and Recommendations for Dealing with Race
Cases from Intake to Board of Inquiry, OHRC, June 1994. (on-line resources)
Public
Service’s Diversity Planning (June 29 and 30)
Shelly Jamieson, 2008. Giving Permission to Lead. Canadian Government Executive. Vol.
14, No.5, May.
Accommodation (Saturday,
July 10, morning and afternoon, both sections in McLaughlin College TBA)
Yasmeen
Abu-Laban and Baha Abu-Laban. 2007 Reasonable Accommodation in a Global
Village. Options Politiques.
Septembre., and Excerps
from Bouchard-Taylor Commission Report (on-line resources)
Grading, Assignment Submission,
Lateness Penalties and Missed Tests
Grading:
The grading scheme for the course conforms to the 9-point grading system
used in undergraduate programs at York (e.g., A+ = 9, A = 8, B+ - 7, C+ =
5, etc.). Assignments and tests*
will bear either a letter grade designation or a corresponding number grade
(e.g. A+ = 90 to 100, A = 80 to 90, B+ = 75 to 79, etc.) (For a
full description of York grading system see the York University
Undergraduate Calendar – http://calendars.registrar.yorku.ca/pdfs/ug2004cal/calug04_5_acadinfo.pdf
Assignment Submission:
Proper academic performance depends on students doing their work not only
well, but on time. Accordingly,
assignments for this course must be received on the due
date specified for the assignment. Written assignments are to be
handed in to the Course Instructor in person and and
students must retain a computer copy.
Lateness Penalty: Assignments
received later than the due date will be penalized one-half grade letter
per day that the assignment is late. Exceptions to the lateness penalty for
valid reasons such as illness, compassionate grounds, etc., may be
entertained by the Course Instructor but will require supporting
documentation (e.g., a doctor’s letter).
Missed Tests: Students
with a documented reason for missing a course test, such as illness,
compassionate grounds, etc., which is confirmed by supporting documentation
(e.g., doctor’s letter) may request accommodation from the Course
Instructor. Accommodation will entail a make-up test on a date and time
specified by the Course Instructor. Further extensions or accommodation
will require students to submit a formal petition to the Faculty.
Important York Policies
Academic Honesty: Atkinson
as a Faculty considers breaches of the Senate Policy on Academic Honesty to
be serious matters. To quote the Senate Policy on Academic Honesty:
The Policy on Academic Honesty is an affirmation and clarification for
members of the University of the general obligation to maintain the highest
standards of academic honesty. As a clear sense of academic honesty and
responsibility is fundamental to good scholarship, the policy recognizes
the general responsibility of all faculty members to foster acceptable
standards of academic conduct and of the student to be mindful of and abide
by such standards.
Suspected breaches of academic honesty will be investigated and charges
shall be laid if reasonable and probable grounds exist.
Students should review the York Academic Honesty policy for themselves
at:
http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/legislation/senate/acadhone.htm
Students might also wish to review the interactive on-line Tutorial for
students on academic integrity, at: http://www.yorku.ca/tutorial/academic_integrity/
Grading Scheme and Feedback
Policy: The grading scheme (i.e. kinds and weights of
assignments, essays, exams, etc.) shall be announced, and be available in
writing, within the first two weeks of class, and, under normal
circumstances, graded feedback worth at least 15% of the final grade for
Fall, Winter or Summer Term, and 30% for ‘full year’ courses
offered in the Fall/Winter Term be received by students in all courses
prior to the final withdrawal date from a course without receiving a grade,
with the following exceptions:
- graduate or upper level
undergraduate courses where course work typically, or at the
instructor's discretion, consists of a single piece of work and/or is
based predominantly (or solely) on student presentations ( e.g. honours theses or graduate research papers not due
by the drop date, etc.);
- practicum courses;
- ungraded courses;
- courses in Faculties where
the drop date occurs within the first 3 weeks of classes;
- courses which run on a compressed
schedule (a course which accomplishes its academic credits of work at
a rate of more than one credit hour per two calendar weeks ).
Note: Under unusual and/or
unforeseeable circumstances which disrupt the academic norm, instructors
are expected to provide grading schemes and academic feedback in the spirit
of these regulations, as soon as possible.
For more information on the Grading Scheme and Feedback Policy, please
visit: http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/legislation/senate/gradfeed.htm
In-Class Tests and Exams - the
20% Rule
For all Undergraduate courses, except those which regularly meet on
Friday evening or on a weekend, tests or exams worth more than 20% will not
be held in the two weeks prior to the beginning of the official examination
period. For further information on the 20% Rule, please visit:
http://calendars.registrar.yorku.ca/examschedules/examinfo/twentypercent.htm.
For further information on examination scheduling, and Atkinson
examination exceptions to this rule, please refer to the "Notes"
in the table:
http://www.yorku.ca/roweb/importantdates/
Reappraisals
Students may, with sufficient academic grounds, request that a final
grade in a course be reappraised (which may mean the review of specific
pieces of tangible work). Non-academic grounds are not relevant for grade
reappraisals; in such cases, students are advised to petition to their home
Faculty. Students are normally expected to first contact the course
director to discuss the grade received and to request that their tangible
work be reviewed. Tangible work may include written, graphic, digitized,
modeled, video recording or audio recording formats, but not oral work.
Students need to be aware that a request for a grade reappraisal may
result in the original grade being raised, lowered or confirmed.
For reappraisal procedures and information, please visit the Office of
the Registrar site at: http://www.registrar.yorku.ca/services/policies/grade.htm
Accommodation Procedures:
Atkinson students who have experienced a misfortune or who are too ill
to attend an examination in an Atkinson course should not attempt to do so;
they must pursue deferred standing. Other students should contact their
home Faculty for information. For further information, please visit: http://www.registrar.yorku.ca/services/ds_faq.htm
Religious Accommodation
York University is committed to respecting the religious beliefs and
practices of all members of the community, and making accommodations for
observances of special significance to adherents.
For more information on religious accommodation, please visit:
https://w2prod.sis.yorku.ca/Apps/WebObjects/cdm.woa/wa/regobs
Academic Accommodation for
Students with Disabilities
(Senate Policy)
The nature and extent of accommodations shall be consistent with and
supportive of the integrity of the curriculum and of the academic standards
of programs or courses.
Provided that students have given sufficient notice about their
accommodation needs, instructors shall take reasonable steps to accommodate
these needs in a manner consistent with the guidelines established
hereunder. For more information please visit the Disabilities Services
website at http://www.yorku.ca/dshub/
Alternate Exams and Tests
York’s disabilities offices and the Registrar’s Office work
in partnership to support alternate exam and test accommodation services
for students with disabilities at the Keele
campus. For more information on alternate exams and tests please visit http://www.yorku.ca/altexams/
Please alert the Course Director as soon as possible should you require
special accommodations. For questions relating to academic accommodations,
please contact the Atkinson Counseling and Supervision Centre: http://www.yorku.ca/atkcsc
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