News

In this issue:

• Message from Robin Stadelbauer, co-chair of the Race, Culture, and Ethnicity Awareness working group
• October anti-racism book club
• University of Waterloo equity survey: Q&A with Jermal Jones, manager, Equity
• Meet Jaydum Hunt, interim director of Shatitsirótha (Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre)
• Department feature
• Working group update
• Mental Health and Anti-racism with Anthony McLean

In this issue:

• Message from Naima Samuel, graduate student, School of Environment, Enterprise, and Development and co-chair of the Educational Environment and the Development of Learners working group
• Maawanji-idiwag (They come together): Institutional Approaches to Decolonizing Curricula
• Meet Tracelyn Cornelius, Anti-racism Communications Manager, University Relations
• Department feature
• From Cindy Yeung, GSA representative
• Past events

In this issue:

• Message from Katrina Di Gravio, former Director, Organizational & Human Development
• Message from the President
• Anti-racism Book Club
• Student feature
• Department feature
• Race, Culture and Ethnicity Awareness working group work
• Past events

The President's Anti-Racism Taskforce (PART) Black Studies Implementation Team has published a report on the development of a Black Studies program at the University of Waterloo. In addition, two Black Studies Diplomas are making their way through the approvals process with the plan that they will be offered at Waterloo beginning Fall Term 2022.

In this issue:

• Message from Nigel Henriques, Associate Director, Systems
• Message from the President
• Anti-racism across campus
• Meet Waterloo's Senior Manager, Anti-Racism Response: Jennisha Wilson
• The Educational Environment and Development of Learners working group
• The Truth is hard. Reconciliation is harder. Indigenous History Month Keynote Speaker
• Anti-racism Book Club
• Past events
• Catch up on community stories

In this issue:

• Amplifying the work of Waterloo’s change-agents
• Anti-racism across campus
• Staff feature
• Working group updates
• Upcoming events
• Past events

Last August, President Hamdullahpur made a number of commitments to address racism on campus, all of which have been embedded into the work of PART.

The work of anti-racism on campus involves everyone, and we remain proud of the work many staff, faculty and students have already done to create tangible change. Among many other actions, work has begun related to the hiring of Black and Indigenous faculty, set in motion a plan for race-based data collection, hired a full-time counsellor dedicated to the needs of BIPOC students, begun work towards a Black Studies Program and developed a proposal for Indigenous spaces. See more about our action on anti-racism here.

A message from James W.E. Rush, vice-president, academic and provost

I am pleased to announce that the University of Waterloo has joined the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD).This membership fulfills one of the anti-racism commitments Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice-chancellor, made in 2020.

Widespread community feedback collected between August and October have led to the finalization of several thematic areas for action. These areas have become the foundation of The President’s Anti-Racism Taskforce (PART), and the establishment of five PART working groups, that will make recommendations to address systemic racism on campus. 

On September 29, we held the first official meeting of our newly formed PART Community Collaborative. The Community Collaborative is a group of more than 40 BIPOC individuals who have been brought together to create a forum for broad consultation on the initiation and development of PART. This community continues to grow and welcomes additional voices.