Equity, Diversity and Inclusion:
A Faculty Toolkit

Yuri A | Shutterstock

Part I.
Rationale for the
EDI Toolkit

  • Prevalence of oppression, exclusion and discrimination
  • Educators, usually without realizing it, perpetuate and/or reinforce oppression
  • December 2020 Human Rights Commission letter:
    • Raised human rights concerns regarding toxic learning environments
    • Placed the Ontario post-secondary sector on notice that inappropriate actions will not be tolerated

Rationale for the
EDI Toolkit

  • With respect to race, gender, sexual orientation, language, religion, social class etc., there is an incredibly diverse community of learners at Humber
  • A learning context wherein diverse populations are regularly encouraged to work collaboratively, calls for particular attention to EDI

Diversity at
Humber

  • Regardless of one’s intentions and motivations, we are all socialized into a culture grounded in colonialism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, ableism and Christianity
  • Thus, we all hold hidden biases
  • One of the goals of this toolkit is to uncover these biases so we can manage how they show up unintentionally in our practices

Acknowledging Unconscious Bias

Types of Unconscious Bias

Regardless of one's intentions and motivations, we can hold unconscious bias. To learn about some types of unconscious bias, click on each of the terms below to see their definitions.

Click here to view the activity in an alternative format.

A diverse set of colourful portrait sillouettes with identity words like tall, white, gay, trans, man, aflluent, and out of shape.

eLM graphics

Affinity Bias

Perception Bias

Halo Effect

Confirmation Bias