The Equity Committee engages in education and advocacy activities to promote equity on campus, maintains a watching brief on equity issues, and makes recommendations to the Faculty Association Board of Directors about policy changes to pursue.
The Equity Committee invites (self)nominations for up to four spots on the committee to join beginning July 2024. All interested members are encouraged to apply. In particular, the EC welcomes applicants with lived experience and/or expertise on disability/accessibility, Indigeneity, and/or queer. While the committee currently has representation from all faculties, we encourage applicants from Engineering, Health, Environment, Science, and Math. Selection will happen before or at our June meeting.
What's involved?
Serving on the Equity Committee involves attending monthly meetings from September through June, contributing to one or more committee projects, and providing feedback on issues and initiatives in meetings and via email as they arise.
Members typically join for a renewable two-year term.
Please see the Equity Committee Terms of Reference for more information. You must be a voting member of FAUW to join the committee.
Committee representation
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Membership must be composed of at least 50% gendered and 50% racialized faculty, with priority given to applicants with intersectional backgrounds (that is, disadvantaged by multiple sources of oppression: race, gender, sexuality, religion, disability). Whenever possible, Black and Indigenous applicants should be prioritized.
- Membership should be composed of faculty whose either self-identification, lived experience and/or area of expertise facilitates the committee's capacity to engage with equity issues from equity-deserving groups.
- Membership should comprise at least one faculty member from all six faculties (Health, Science, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics, and Environment).