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The Racial Injustice Supports for Students, Staff and Faculty website provides a variety of resources for all members of the Brock community.<\/p><\/div>\n
The mandate of the website is to help visitors: heal, get support, learn and educate, be an active ally, and take action.<\/p>\n
The resources offer direct support to people who have experienced structural discrimination and systemic racism as well as information for all visitors on how to begin the difficult work of engaging in challenging conversations, reading about Canada\u2019s colonial past and examining their own behaviour and interactions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to ensure there was a choice of resources as we recognize people are experiencing this movement and the emotions it cultivates in different ways,\u201d said Sexual Violence Support and Education Co-ordinator Larisa Fry.<\/p>\n
SWAC Director Sarah Pennisi said her team was able to help by providing health-related resources.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to be there for students who are struggling or who are supporting someone who is struggling,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Off-Campus Student Engagement Co-ordinator Rox Chwaluk said the online resources are available to the entire Brock community.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal is to guide students, staff, faculty and our broader community to come to an easy-to-find place where resources will be permanently available,\u201d she said. \u201cAs a campus, it is our collective responsibility to do this work, and recognize that it is not only the job of specific departments.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to the existing resources, HRE Director Leela MadhavaRau said the information on the page will continue to develop.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have launched this website of resources as a space for, but also by, the community,\u201d she said. \u201cWe want people to let us know what they would like to see included, as well as what issues should be addressed. As HRE, we have a \u2018Get Support, Give Support\u2019 model, which extends to the current moment as well.”<\/p>\n
As the site\u2019s resources continue to grow, MadhavaRau emphasized the need to work together.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor HRE, we are also looking to the long term, as we have a responsibility to examine the structures within the University that can contribute to inequities and prevent us from achieving our strategic priorities,\u201d she said. \u201cThe more members of the community who continue to travel this road with us, the better.\u201d<\/p>\n