Principle 5: Recognize, value, and support diversity
Vision 2026
All members of LA&PS will feel recognized and included in the academic work, priorities, and vision of the Faculty, and will see their communities reflected in curricular offerings, among the student body, and across the teaching spectrum.
Building on our leadership role in promoting principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion, develop and support sector-leading policies and practices in both research and teaching that will enhance the lived experience and intellectual vitality of LA&PS students, staff, and faculty.
Recognize the diversity of the LA&PS student body and the valuable insights provided by domestic students, international students, self-identified Black and Indigenous students, LGBTQ2S+ students, students with disabilities, and students from other equity-seeking groups.
Extend initiatives to diversify and decolonize the curriculum to recognize and benefit from a plurality of voices, perspectives, and worldviews, and to acknowledge in our practices, teaching, and curriculum the legacies of settler colonialism.
Enhance our outreach to Indigenous communities to promote the Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s goal of inclusive education for Indigenous students.
Build on efforts to diversify our faculty by actively recruiting and hiring qualified applicants from historically underrepresented groups.