Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.18
Liaison Léah Aelion
Submission Date June 28, 2018
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STARS v2.1

HEC Montréal
PA-4: Diversity and Equity Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.33 / 2.00 Jean-Michel Champagne
Sustainable Development Officer
Infrastructure - Sustainability Office
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Part 1 

Does the institution have a diversity and equity committee, office, and/or officer tasked to advise on and implement policies, programs, and trainings related to diversity, equity, inclusion and human rights on campus?:
No

Does the committee, office and/or officer focus on students, employees, or both?:
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None
A brief description of the diversity and equity committee, office and/or officer, including purview and activities:
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Part 2 

Estimated proportion of students that has participated in cultural competence trainings and activities (All, Most, Some, or None):
Some

Estimated proportion of staff (including administrators) that has participated in cultural competence trainings and activities (All, Most, Some, or None):
Some

Estimated proportion of faculty that has participated in cultural competence trainings and activities (All, Most, Some, or None):
Some

If trainings are made available, provide:

A brief description of the institution’s cultural competence trainings and activities for each of the groups identified above:
The SAE (Student Services Office) is in charge of all tasks related to student life, foreign student integration, and cultural training and preparedness. 33% of HEC Montréal students are non-native, coming from more than 140 countries. HEC Montréal is a French-Canadian university, and deserve the francophone community of Canada and the world, even though it is located in North America. The concept of minority, diversity and inclusion is thereof unique and particular. This extremely diversified student body makes it hard to define what a minority is, and the main challenge is not to prepare or train local students to diversity, equity and inclusion, but rather prepare newcomers to the Montréal’s life, cultural and language specificity, and terrible winter. Québec education system being different from the rest of the world, most foreign students have to follow a special preparation year (année préparatoire) to be up to the same level of local student. During this preparation year, special introduction activities will be followed by the student to prepare them to the Montréal’s life. Moreover, the SAE offers a wide array of integration and cultural awareness activities. The SAE also organize and promote “intercultural activities” and provide students, local and newcomers, with a complete online library of documents about cultural differences and acceptance.

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.hec.ca/etudiant_etranger/ressources_interculturelles/index.html

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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