Brock is taking part in the first Inter-Institutional Forum of the Scarborough National Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education this weekend.<\/p>\n
Lynn Wells, Interim President and Vice-Chancellor, Dolana Mogadime, Professor in the Department of Educational Studies and co-chair of the President\u2019s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity and Decolonization, and Trecia McLennon, Director of EDI Culture and Education will represent Brock at the forum, co-hosted by the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University May 13 and 14 in Vancouver, B.C.<\/p>\n
The forum includes a free public symposium, Community Making and Black Flourishing Through the Scarborough Charter, which will bring together four panels of administrators, faculty, advisors, students and community activists for discussion.<\/p>\n
The event is an opportunity to engage with experts, thought leaders and activists on pathways for action on addressing anti-Black racism and promoting Black representation and flourishing in academia.<\/p>\n
RSVP to attend virtually through the event website.<\/a><\/p>\n In November, Brock joined nearly 50 other universities and colleges across Canada in signing the Scarborough Charter, which identifies\u00a0key barriers to Black inclusion and approaches to identifying and responding to them.<\/p>\n Promoting effective and equitable practices and approaches that improve inclusivity, accessibility, reconciliation and decolonization is a key part of\u00a0Brock\u2019s Institutional Strategic Plan.<\/a><\/p>\n In April, Brock announced a plan<\/a> to hire a group of 12 Black faculty members and\/or professional librarians in partnership with the Brock University Faculty Association.<\/p>\n The cluster hiring of 12 scholars will begin in 2023.<\/p>\n Last year, Brock also\u00a0began recruitment for four new Indigenous faculty members<\/a>.<\/p>\n