Mandate
To provide coordination on any academic activities (e.g. policies, procedures, practices, programs) under the purview of the Faculty of Health Council to identify any barriers to enabling full participation in aspects of campus life including research, teaching, learning, and working.
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2025-2026 Meeting Dates
Meetings take place on Tuesday from 2:30pm to 3:30pm (typically the last Tuesday of the Month with exceptions *noted below)
- Tuesday, September 30, 2025
- Tuesday, October 28, 2025
- Tuesday, November 25, 2025
- Tuesday, December 16, 2025*
- Tuesday, January 27, 2026
- Tuesday, February 24, 2026
- Tuesday, March 31, 2026
- Tuesday, April 28, 2026
- Tuesday, May 26, 2026
- To conduct initially, and to maintain on a regular basis, an up-to-date inventory of current DEDI- related policies, plans and initiatives throughout the Faculty, including the Schools and Colleges within the Faculty and, to the extent practicable, across the institution. To undertake data collection and surveys to ensure the inventory is maintained.
- To report regularly to Council on the committee’s activities and to engage with the Associate Dean’s Caucus on DEDI.
- To work with other Council committees to review and make changes where necessary on aspects of their mandates that relate to equity, diversity and inclusion.
- To review, recommend and advise on DEDI-related policies, programs, operations, practices, procedures, events, and other interventions developed within Faculty of Health, its Council and its committees.
Efforts will be made to encourage Schools/Departments to recruit members from historically un(der)represented groups. However, it is important to recognize that this is not always possible, nor can the work of DEDI only fall on the shoulders of people for whom the committee advocates. Instead, it is our hope that people recruited are willing to advocate for all people experiencing inequities and that participants will be encouraged to participate in DEDI related training.
The committee is comprised of:
- One faculty member representative from each school and department in the Faculty of Health (two-year term, renewable)
- Two student representatives (one-year term, renewable). Student representatives can be undergraduate and/or graduate level students. One of each, from different units, is preferred.
- Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs and Inclusiveness (ex officio)
- Two staff members elected and/or appointed as members (two-year term, renewable).
- One College Head (or the Associate Dean for Students as designate)