{"id":112578,"date":"2026-11-10T16:29:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T21:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=112578"},"modified":"2026-11-10T16:29:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T21:29:39","slug":"take-two-minutes-to-support-a-more-inclusive-brock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2026\/11\/take-two-minutes-to-support-a-more-inclusive-brock\/","title":{"rendered":"Take two minutes to support a more inclusive Brock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University\u2019s annual Equity Census is currently underway, and there is still time to participate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock students, staff and faculty can find the link in their University email. The survey is confidential and takes only two minutes to complete.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The census supports Brock\u2019s commitment to inclusivity, accessibility, reconciliation and decolonization. As affirmed in both the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/strategic-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institutional Strategic Plan<\/a> and the newly introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/indigenous\/strategic-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indigenous Strategic Plan<\/a>, the University strives to create an environment that encourages personal growth and empowers all individuals to thrive throughout their journey.<\/p>\n<p>By participating in the census, members of the Brock community help the University measure its progress toward becoming a more equitable and diverse institution and help inform future diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. <strong>As some questions in this year&#8217;s census have changed, past respondents are invited to complete the census again to adjust their answers as needed.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Equity Census data is confidential and carefully protected. All information collected is handled in accordance with Brock\u2019s\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/policies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/94\/Access-to-Info-Protection-of-Privacy-Policy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Access to Information and Protection of Privacy policy<\/a>\u202fand the\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/laws\/statute\/90f31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act of Ontario<\/a>. For more information around the census, data handling and more can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/human-resources\/equity-census\/#privacy-protections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Equity Census website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University\u2019s annual Equity Census is currently underway, and there is still time to participate.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":112579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12374,7,1],"tags":[12230,12825,12574,639],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112578"}],"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\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112580,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112578\/revisions\/112580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}