Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.09
Liaison Jen Crothers
Submission Date Aug. 2, 2011
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University of British Columbia
PAE-6: Diversity and Equity Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Janet Mee
Director, Access & Diversity
Access & Diversity
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Does the institution have a diversity and equity committee?:
Yes

The charter or mission statement of the committee or a brief description of the committee's purview and activities :

The President’s Advisory Committee on Equity, Discrimination & Harassment Terms of Reference:

• The Associate Vice President Equity makes recommendations for membership on the President’s Advisory Committee on Equity, Discrimination and Harassment. This membership reflects the diversity of the University community.
• This Committee advises and assists the Associate Vice President Equity in creating and implementing educational programs designed to facilitate the promotion of employment and educational equity as well as the elimination of discrimination and harassment. In addition, this Committee advises and assists the Associate Vice President Equity in the evaluation of University equity policies and Equity Office services and procedures.


Members of the committee, including job titles and affiliations :

The President’s Advisory Committee on Equity, Discrimination & Harassment includes the following members:

• Vanessa Auld, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Strategic Initiatives
• Bill Black, Professor Emeritus, Law
• Gillian Creese, Faculty Association
• Larry Kennis, CUPE 116
• Linc Kesler, Director & Senior Advisor to the President on Aboriginal Affairs
• Hubert Lai, University Counsel (Chair)
• Anne Marie Long, Senior Equity Advisor
• Janet Mee, Director, Access and Diversity
• Gurdeep Parhar, Associate Dean, Equity & Professionalism, Medicine
• Tom Patch, Associate Vice President, Equity
• Walter Sudmant, Director, Planning & Institutional Research
• Fran Watters, Director, Faculty Relations
• [vacant], Graduate Student Society
• Handel Wright, David Lam Chair – Multicultural Education
• Henry Yu, Associate Professor, History


The website URL where information about the diversity and equity committee is available:
Does the institution have a diversity and equity office?:
Yes

A brief description of the diversity office:

EQUITY OFFICE
http://equity.ubc.ca/
The Equity Office works to prevent discrimination and harassment on campus, to provide procedures for handling complaints, to provide training and education on a range of human rights related issues and to coordinate UBC’s employment and educational equity program. The Equity Office helps implement the university-wide strategic plan, Valuing Difference: A Strategy for Advancing Equity and Diversity at UBC. The mission of the Equity Office is to advance equity and human rights at UBC by promoting diversity, eliminating discrimination and engaging the community in dialogue and action.

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ACCESS AND DIVERSITY OFFICE
http://www.students.ubc.ca/access/index.cfm
Access and Diversity works with the University to create an inclusive and welcoming living and learning environment at UBC. The goal is to build educational communities where students of all genders, disabilities, racial and ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities thrive. Access and Diversity strives to promote the implementation of best practices in social/cultural change theory and intersectional practice.

Since 2003, Access and Diversity has framed its work by applying constructs developed through projects such as the Campus Diversity Initiative (James Irvine Foundation, 2000) and Inclusive Excellence (Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2005). All share five essential components which have formed the cornerstones for our work:
1. The importance of leadership and symbolism.
2. Enhancing the diversity of student communities.
3. Understanding and improving the experiences of these diverse communities of students.
4. Promoting meaningful opportunities for diversity in academic dialogue and educational programming.
5. Reviewing and strengthening organizational structures (policies, procedures and programs) to ensure that students from diverse communities are supported.

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EMPLOYEES:
The Vancouver Equity Office employs 7 staff.
The Vancouver Access and Diversity Office employs 15 staff.


The number of people employed in the diversity office:
22

The website URL where information about the diversity and equity office is available:
Does the institution have a diversity and equity coordinator?:
Yes

Diversity coordinator’s name:
Tom Patch ; Janet Mee

Diversity coordinator's position title:
Tom Patch, Associate Vice President Equity; Janet Mee, Director Access and Diversity

A brief description of the diversity coordinator's position:

ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT EQUITY
The Associate Vice President Equity is a member of senior management, responsible for administering two UBC policies (Discrimination and Harassment, Employment Equity) and consulting about equity issues broadly across the institution. Equity Advisors manage concerns under the University's Discrimination and Harassment Policy, provide education and training and help coordinate UBC's employment and educational equity initiatives.

Equity Office staff descriptions are available at http://equity.ubc.ca/who/equity-office-staff-profiles/.

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DIRECTOR ACCESS AND DIVERSITY
The Director of Access and Diversity is responsible for the management and leadership of the unit, including leadership on broad organizational change strategies that promote inclusive, welcoming and accessible environments for diverse populations of students and the development and the implementation and maintenance of services and programs. The Director is a key member of the Student Development & Services (SD&S) leadership team. This team is responsible for setting the priorities, annual action plans, and budget for the SD&S division, including the management of cross functional teams.

Access and Diveristy staff descriptions are available at: http://www.students.ubc.ca/access/about-us/staff-bios/.


The website URL where information about the diversity and equity coordinator is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Janet Mee
Director, Access and Diversity
http://www.students.ubc.ca/access/index.cfm

Anne Marie Long
Senior Equity Advisor, Equity Office
http://equity.ubc.ca/


Janet Mee
Director, Access and Diversity
http://www.students.ubc.ca/access/index.cfm

Anne Marie Long
Senior Equity Advisor, Equity Office
http://equity.ubc.ca/

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