Equity Office Education & Training

Equity 101 is a foundational workshop designed to give you an understanding of equity and how our interactions with one another are shaped by systems of oppression, power, and privilege.

Participants will learn tools and strategies to:

• Articulate and understand the broader post-secondary and societal contexts for equity, diversity, and inclusion
• Identify and discuss, individual, interpersonal, institutional, and systemic barriers for equity-seeking groups
• Discuss key terms, as well as deepen understanding of systemic and individual power and privilege.
• Identify and discuss strategies to reduce unconscious bias, incorporate inclusive practices into your daily work, and enhance capacity for allyship

The Equity Office offers a series of Anti-Racism workshops that cover key concepts related to race, racism, intersectionality and colonization. The trainings are designed on build on each other.

Currently we are offering three types of anti-racism training:

• EQ204 Anti-Blackness at the Intersections Workshop
• EQ201 Anti-Racism Workshop: Understanding Racism and Racial Microaggressions within the University Context
• Taking Responsibility in the Anti-Racist Movement

Confronting Anti-Black Racism is based on the Arts Faculty course, Arts130, which was developed and taught by Dr. Christopher Taylor in the Fall semester, 2020. Dr. Taylor has collaborated with the Equity Office to create a self-directed learning course made up of the original Arts130 modules.

All University of Waterloo students, faculty and staff are welcome to join, un/learn & take tangible action at work, home, and beyond.

Learn more and register for the e-course

Sponsored by the Equity Office, the Making Spaces program is a framework for creating affirming spaces for LGBTQ2+ people on campus and fostering interpersonal relationships through education and training.

This program was developed and is led by campus community members with lived experience and consists of an educational workshop (2.5 hours) and a registration event/opportunity to learn more about becoming a Space Maker (1 hour).

Participants can expect:

• Information about gender identity/expression, sexual identity, homophobia, heterosexism, bi-phobia, transphobia, and intersecting identities.

• Practical recommendations and support in becoming an effective ally
• A panel with folks who have lived experience
• An optional opportunity to become a Space Maker; and make a commitment to create safe and inclusive spaces for LGBTQ2+ peoples on campus. Those who become Space Makers will receive a visual identifier to display, that indicates they completed the program and communicate that they are LGBTQ2+ affirming.

UWaterloo Students, staff and faculty are all welcome. We especially encourage the participation of people who provide services to students, staff and faculty at the University of Waterloo.

Here is a quick resource sheet (pdf). you might find helpful.

Equitable Recruitment and Selection is designed for selection members of faculty hiring committees, Canada Research Chairs (CRC) and Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC). This training covers the current context of equity, diversity and inclusion in Canada and at the University of Waterloo, the effect of biases in hiring processes, and promising practices for mitigating the impact of biases within the academic context.

The Equitable Recruitment and Selection Toolkit (PDF) is designed to assist committees and managers with embedding principles of equity in their hiring processes.