{"id":87176,"date":"2023-08-08T15:34:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T19:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=87176"},"modified":"2023-08-16T13:45:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T17:45:54","slug":"focus-groups-to-inform-upcoming-equity-census-and-edi-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/08\/focus-groups-to-inform-upcoming-equity-census-and-edi-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus groups to inform upcoming Equity Census and Employee EDI Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a part of Brock\u2019s continual journey and commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, the University will be rolling out an Equity Census, which will help inform the development of an Employee Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The Equity Census, which will be anonymous, will be open to all students, faculty and staff, and will provide an important snapshot of the makeup of the Brock community.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Equity Census, the strategy will help identify, and work to remove, barriers in Brock\u2019s existing employment practices and workplace culture, and aid the institution in advancing equity, diversity and inclusion with regard to employment.<\/p>\n<p>To assist in the development of the census and the strategy, Brock employees are invited to join one or more of several focus groups being held in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Focus groups will be geared towards understanding the unique experiences of both staff and faculty. In alignment with Brock\u2019s strategic priority of fostering a culture of inclusivity, accessibility, reconciliation and decolonization, the University has organized open focus groups as well as identity-specific focus groups that faculty and staff can self-select to participate in.<\/p>\n<p>The following focus groups are planned for faculty\/professional librarians and staff<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to all staff \u2014 Aug. 29, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>Open to all faculty \u2014 Aug. 21, 2 to 3 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Persons with disabilities (staff) \u2014 Aug. 22, 10 to 11 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>Persons with disabilities (faculty) \u2014 Aug. 22, noon to 1 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Members of First Nations, M\u00e9tis and Inuit communities (staff) \u2014 To be rescheduled<\/li>\n<li>Members of First Nations, M\u00e9tis and Inuit communities (faculty) \u2014 Aug. 24, 2 to 3 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Members of Black communities (staff) \u2014 Sept. 15, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>Members of Black communities (faculty) \u2014 Sept. 15, 2 to 3 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>People from racialized communities (faculty) \u2014 Sept. 18, 11 a.m. to noon<\/li>\n<li>People from racialized communities (staff) \u2014 Aug. 31, 11 a.m. to noon<\/li>\n<li>Women (faculty) \u2014 Sept. 19, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Women (staff) \u2014 Aug. 30, 10 to 11 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>Members of 2SLGBTQ+ communities (staff) \u2014 Sept. 20, 10 to 11 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>Members of 2SLGBTQ+ communities (faculty) \u2014 Sept. 20, 2 to 3 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To sign up for one or multiple focus groups, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/human-resources\/equity-census\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Equity Census web page<\/a> by Friday, Aug. 18.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will be contacted directly with meeting details by consultants MNP, and interview guides will be sent in advance of the focus group sessions. What is shared with MNP will remain anonymous and confidential.<\/p>\n<p>More information on the Equity Census will be provided in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a part of Brock\u2019s continual journey and commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, the University will be rolling out an Equity Census, which will help inform the development of an Employee Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,1,4],"tags":[12826,12825],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87176"}],"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=87176"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87317,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87176\/revisions\/87317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}