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Additional Equity Resources

You may find these resources helpful when trying to embed equity in your department, classroom or role on campus. Please email equity@uwaterloo.ca if you have any questions, or are looking for resources not listed here.

Building Equity in the Classroom & Community

Centre for Teaching Excellence’s Teaching Tips: Inclusive Instructional Practices
Ontario Post-Secondary Students Survey Findings: Accessibility Report
Waterloo Region Outlook Study:
- Experiences of Trans People in Waterloo Region
- Experiences of LGBTQ Newcomers in Waterloo Region
- Victimization and Community Safety Among LGBTQ People in Waterloo Region
OCAD University’s Guide to Supporting Students in Distress (pdf).
They/Them Pronoun Fact Sheet (pdf).
The 519: Resources to promote inclusion, understanding and respect for LGBTQ+ communities
Laurier Students Public Interest Research Group (LSPIRG) - Know The Land
LGBTQ2S+ Students Wellbeing and Experiences on Campus, University of Waterloo Institutional Report (November 2019) (pdf)
- From the report: “This report presents results specific to the University of Waterloo from the “Thriving on Campus: Promoting the acceptance, wellbeing, and academic development of LGBTQ2S+ university students throughout Ontario” survey. We hope the results will help to inform your school’s efforts to promote the inclusion, wellbeing, and success of LGBTQ2S+ students. To give context for your school’s findings, for selected variables, comparisons are made with the entire Ontario sample and/or the group of comparable institutions. We compare your school to other schools with greater than 30,000 students.”
  
  For More Information: See lgbtq2sthrivingoncampus.ca

Unconscious Bias Resources

I am African, I am Caribbean Video Series

The University of Waterloo is home to a diverse community of students and includes a multitude of international students. The differences among them are often overlooked and misunderstood. These videos address common misconceptions about students and celebrates the unique experiences of African and Caribbean students.

These videos were developed by a Waterloo staff member, Chérisse Mike, as a voluntary initiative. Financial support was provided by Waterloo International through the University of Waterloo’s pilot project: The Internationalization Fund. Chérisse is from Trinidad and Tobago and all the students in this video are from the African Student Association (UW ASA) and/or the Black Association for Student Expression (UW BASE).

I am African (youtube)
I am Caribbean (youtube)

Databases & Government Resources

Universities Canada:

Allows users to select the type of resource (practices, policy statements & action plans, and research, reports and toolkits) that they are looking for, as they intersect with specific under-represented groups and/or topics (e.g. leadership & governance, faculty & staff, students, teaching & learning, and community engagement).

Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI):

As a member of the University of Waterloo campus community you have access to the CCDI Knowledge Repository. Please visit the CCDI website for information on how to create your account.

Ontario Government Anti-Racism Directorate

The Anti-Racism Directorate leads the government’s anti-racism initiatives to build a more inclusive society, and works to identify, address and prevent systemic racism in government policy, legislation, programs and services.