{"id":85293,"date":"2023-05-01T11:24:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T15:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=85293"},"modified":"2023-05-01T15:50:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T19:50:39","slug":"trustee-earns-canadian-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/05\/trustee-earns-canadian-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Trustee earns Canadian Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Trecia McLennon has been recognized for her commitment to helping the University foster a culture of inclusion and equity through her work on the Board of Trustees.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">McLennon, Director of EDI Culture and Education and staff trustee on the Board, was named one of seven winners of WXN\u2019s Canadian Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Awards in the Corporate Board Directors category. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The award recognizes self-identifying women who hold the role of Corporate Board Director. In their positions, nominees demonstrate outstanding commitment to creating a mission, vision and strategy that prioritize equity, diversity and inclusion. They embody inclusive leadership and cultivate the same in others around them, championing practices and policies that foster positive long-term change in key performance metrics, employee experience and public perception.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI\u2019m thrilled and honoured to be recognized this way,\u201d says McLennon. \u201cI share Brock\u2019s deep commitment to fostering a culture of inclusivity, accessibility, reconciliation and decolonization, and I\u2019m proud to have played a role in helping advance these ideals through my work on the Board.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fostering a culture of inclusivity, accessibility, reconciliation and decolonization is one of Brock\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/strategic-plan\/priority-inclusivity\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">four strategic priorities<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and highlights the University\u2019s commitment to a diverse and welcoming learning community.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trecia McLennon has been recognized for her commitment to helping the University foster a culture of inclusion and equity through her work on the Board of Trustees.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,1],"tags":[460,6349],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85293"}],"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=85293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85295,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85293\/revisions\/85295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}