{"id":106251,"date":"2025-11-24T11:29:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=106251"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:07:16","slug":"help-advance-equity-decolonization-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2025\/11\/help-advance-equity-decolonization-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Help advance equity, decolonization on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The President\u2019s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity and Decolonization (PACHRED) is inviting all Brock students, faculty and staff to join its working groups.<\/p>\n<p>Members of these intersectional, community-driven groups have a chance to shape a more inclusive campus, gain leadership skills and experience in equity work, and can earn Campus-Wide Co-Curriculum Certificate of Engagement hours.<\/p>\n<p>PACHRED\u2019s working groups include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anti-Racism Committee, which aims to create campus-wide anti-racism programs, raise awareness and advocate for systemic change. Contact <a href=\"mailto:mterreberryport@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mterreberryport@brocku.ca<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n<li>International Student Committee, which addressed challenges facing international students, including immigration and legal precarity, work exploitation and access to culturally responsive services. Contact <a href=\"mailto:apurkayastha@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apurkayastha@brocku.ca<\/a> and <a href=\"mailto:gtanyildiz@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gtanyildiz@brocku.ca<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n<li>Decolonization Working Group, which seeks to challenge colonial narratives, center Indigenous knowledge and reimagine campus practices through a decolonial lens. Contact <a href=\"mailto:ltrudeau@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ltrudeau@brocku.ca<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n<li>Anti-Ableism and Mental Health Committee, which promotes accessibility and inclusivity on campus by conducting in\u00addepth analyses of institutional practices and advocating for meaningful change to address mental health and disability-related issues. Contact <a href=\"mailto:mconnolly@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mconnolly@brocku.ca<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n<li>Sexual Violence Prevention Committee, which aims to advance intersectional and trauma-informed approaches to addressing gender-based and sexual violence. Contact <a href=\"mailto:jfennell@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jfennell@brocku.ca<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n<li>2S&amp;LGBTQ+ Working Group, which supports and advocates for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer members of the Brock community. Contact <a href=\"mailto:cvaningen@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cvaningen@brocku.ca<\/a> and <a href=\"mailto:pgardner2@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pgardner2@brocku.ca<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n<li>Employment Equity Working Group, which aims to improve equity and inclusion in hiring, workplace culture and policy at Brock. Contact <a href=\"mailto:mmontgomery3@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmontgomery3@brocku.ca<\/a> for more information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anyone interested in joining a working group can email the listed contact directly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President\u2019s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity and Decolonization (PACHRED) is inviting all Brock students, faculty and staff to join its working groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[6841,8219],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106253,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106251\/revisions\/106253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}