Fri 8th April 2022 Zoom

Organiser - Office of Rights and Responsibilities (they monitor the CODE)

- Jen Cressey / Lisa White / Aisha Topsakal

equity@concordia.ca / rights@concordia.ca

• How do we avoid this simply being a rote checklist?

• they monitor the CODE of behaviour
• ISSUES that come up
  • microagressions - misgendering
  • failure to act
  • tokenism
  • reprisal

• “the ACADEMY was not meant for a diverse group of people to access it”
  • LGBTQ - more represented in University (than population) BUT they experience intense pushback / difficulty / toxic environment
  • DISABILITY - under represenated
  • WOMEN - numerically well represented but issues with climate
  • Intersectional - of course this creates increasingly challenges
• Access to full employment / stable employment is big issue - not easily accessed
• marginalised communities are marhinalised in enry level position
• Student demographic survery - https://www.concordia.ca/equity/student-census.html

• the more people that controversial topics - the vbettre
• no topics of limits - but there are APPROACHES to engage people
• focused on the APPROACH question rather than the CONTENT

• adequate access and support for students with disabilities
• Elaine - Fibres - there should be a post-mortem on studios' access by diverse studenrts
• 'note takers' - disability support - they need training
• How to improve access / supprt to space and equipment ?
  • Accessible and inclusive facilities consultations are open to all Concordia members - https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/main/stories/2022/02/07/accessible-and-inclusive-facilities-consultations-are-open-to-all-concordia-members.html

• Mary Wong - suggests a workshop for all students and faculty on cultural competancy
• “Cultural Competancy” = equity = anti-oppression

• Johanne Biffi
  • ACCESS SUPPORT - (eg ADHD)
    • teachers get notication of students requirements / needs, but TECHNICIANS don't
  • Subjects - (gender / poilitics
    • these are often the SUBJECTS of the students' work
  • Facilities
    • doors / sinks for wheel chairs - was meant to be a special wheelchair - it doesn't exist

• Therese Mastroiacovo
  • Capacity
    • time to implement changes / training - there is no time
    • class sizes for conversations - need to be smaller

• Eduardo Della Foresta
  • Cognitive disabilities
    • these need to be supported too
    • requires adpatation - not everything is going to work in the same way for everyone
    • “211 also is a number students can call”

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