{"id":1073,"date":"2023-04-27T15:48:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T19:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dedi-test\/?post_type=glossary-accordians&#038;p=1073"},"modified":"2023-04-27T15:48:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T19:48:53","slug":"diversity","status":"publish","type":"glossary-accordians","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dedi-strategy\/glossary-accordians\/diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Diversity<\/strong>\u00a0is a foundational principle of York\u2019s DEDI strategy. It refers to the presence of difference and variety of personal experiences, values and worldviews that arise from difference of culture and circumstance. Such differences include race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, age, class, religion and spirituality, geographic and international affiliations and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Context and usage: Diversity and Inclusivity are among the five core values of the university. The university supports and encourages diversity through the identification and removal of barriers and biases, and the creation of workplaces and learning environments that are free of harassment and discrimination.&nbsp;(York University DEDI Strategy)<\/li><li>When using the word \u201cdiverse,\u201d it should only be applied to an entire collective (e.g. \u201cthe entire student body is diverse\u201d) and not for a subset of a collective, nor as a euphemism for historically, persistently or systemically marginalized people (e.g. \u201cdiverse students were less likely to feel sense of belonging\u201d). The latter usage assumes that the other part of the collective is \u201cnot diverse,\u201d which is rarely accurate and can imply that certain identities or aspects of diversity are fundamentally different from the rest of the group. (Adapted&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/us.sagepub.com\/en-us\/nam\/encyclopedia-of-diversity-in-education\/book234236\">SAGE Reference Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education<\/a>)<\/li><li><em>See also Ways of knowing.<\/em><\/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-1073","glossary-accordians","type-glossary-accordians","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Diversity - York University \u2013 Decolonizing, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dedi-strategy\/glossary-accordians\/diversity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Diversity - York University \u2013 Decolonizing, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Diversity\u00a0is a foundational principle of York\u2019s DEDI strategy. 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