{"id":1069,"date":"2023-04-27T15:45:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T19:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dedi-test\/?post_type=glossary-accordians&#038;p=1069"},"modified":"2023-04-27T15:45:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T19:45:47","slug":"equity","status":"publish","type":"glossary-accordians","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dedi-strategy\/glossary-accordians\/equity\/","title":{"rendered":"Equity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Equity<\/strong>\u00a0is a foundational principle of York\u2019s DEDI strategy.\u00a0Equity refers to the fair treatment, access, opportunity and advancement for students, faculty, instructors, and staff at every stage of educational and career development.\u00a0Taking equity as a guiding principle\u00a0means that the University will respect and value the differences of our members by actively identifying and removing barriers, including structural barriers, to ensure that historically excluded groups have the same opportunity to fully flourish at York University.\u00a0(York University DEDI Strategy)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Context and usage:&nbsp;In the university context, equity requires the creation of opportunities for historically, persistently, or systemically marginalized populations of students, staff, instructors, and faculty to have equal access to education, programs, and growth opportunities that are capable of closing achievement gaps. This requires recognizing that there are existing inequities; not everyone is starting from the same place or history, and that deliberate measures to remove barriers to opportunities may be needed to ensure fair processes and outcomes.&nbsp;(Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/equity.ubc.ca\/resources\/equity-inclusion-glossary-of-terms\/\">Equity &amp; Inclusion Glossary of Terms, University of British Columbia<\/a>)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"class_list":["post-1069","glossary-accordians","type-glossary-accordians","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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