Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

EDI at Bishop’s University

Writing the EDI Strategy

This document shares our unique collective writing process, the EDI principles and frameworks we embraced, and special acknowledgements. This document is undergoing formatting. It will be uploaded here once it is completed.

EDI Strategy Terminology

This document shares the terminology and theoretical frameworks used in our EDI Strategy. This document is undergoing formatting. It will be uploaded here once it is completed.

Bishop’s University EDI Strategy

This document shares our collectively written EDI Aspiration, Values, and our EDI Strategy, including our EDI Benchmarks and Action Items. This document is undergoing formatting. It will be uploaded here once it is completed.

A Student-Centred Declaration and Institutional Commitment.

See the web page: Commitment to the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education

The Task Force’s mandate was to make recommendations in the following areas:

Hiring, promotion and retention objectives and practices for faculty, research chairs, staff, librarians and management
Training for faculty, research chairs, librarians, staff, managers, students and governors
Governance
The academic curriculum including research programs and activities
The University’s policies, procedures and guidelines.

The Task Force was also charged with making recommendations as to what data should be collected, how it should be collected and communicated and what metrics should be used to measure the University’s progress.

2021 Report and Recommendations (December 2021)
Message to the Community from the Principal – Sent on July 22, 2020 (PDF)
Members photos (PDF)
Report of the Task Force (PDF)
Statement from BIPOC members of the Joint Board and Senate Task Force on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (March 22, 2021)

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research

In 2022, Career and Transition Services (CATS) and the Office of EDI collaborated to curate specialized career resources that would support equity-deserving students attending Bishop’s University. Specialized resources were gathered for Black, Indigenous, international, and 2SLGBTQIA+ students. Four Bishop’s University students were hired to research and curate these resources to share with the rest of the BU community.

If there is a resource you’d like to share with the Bishop’s University community, please contact us at edi@ubishops.ca with the details!

You can access these specialized career resources on the CATS website.

On Campus EDI Resources

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is a framework for promoting social justice, breaking down barriers, and building more vibrant and harmonious communities where all individuals can flourish. These curated and in-house created resources encompass a variety of educational materials that will help us foster a university environment that embraces the richness of human diversity, prioritizes inclusion, and advances equity.

Details on the On-Campus EDI Resources page

Anti-Racism Resources

These anti-racism resources encompass a wide range of curated and in-house created materials, tools, and initiatives designed to educate, raise awareness, and actively combat racism in all its forms.

See the Anti-Racism Resources

Universal Design, Accessibility, and Disability Resources

These curated and in-house created resources encompass a variety of educational materials designed to empower individuals with disabilities and those who want to advance inclusion and foster environments that embrace the richness of human diversity and prioritize the needs of everyone, regardless of their physical or cognitive abilities.

Universal Design, Accessibility, and Disability Resources

Overview drone image of the Bishop's campus

We acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional and unceded territory of the Abenaki, a member of the Wabenaki confederacy.

Land Acknowledgment

You have questions about EDI?

Contact the EDI Advisor