Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization (EDID) Week is scheduled for March 17 to 21.
Three events Monday, March 17, will open the fourth annual Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization (EDID) Week, continuing through March 21.
The week invites faculty, students, staff, alumni, and community members to come together to create a more equitable community.
The opening day promises:
“Inclusion in Memory Spaces,” a session led by archivist Antoinette Seymour, who will address the paucity of Black archivists in Canada and the ensuing silence in the archives with respect to Caribbean diaspora. It runs 10 a.m. to noon in the Black Scholars Institute lounge on the lower level of the CAW Student Centre. Register here.
The panel discussion “Confronting Antisemitism on Campus and Beyond — Awareness and How it Affects Us All” will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Freed-Orman Centre in Assumption Hall. Sharing personal insights, historical context, and real-life experiences, speakers will examine how antisemitism manifests today: business instructor Ira Cohen, support advisor to Jewish students; rabbi-hazzan Devorah Fick of Congregation Beth El; Marion Zeller, executive director of the Windsor Jewish Federation; and law student Justin Hebert, president of the Jewish Students Association. Register here.
At 4 p.m. in the Freed-Orman Centre, the “Recovery Ally Training Workshop” will increase understanding of addiction, decrease associated stigma and bias, and provide specific tools and language for effective allyship. Participants will gain knowledge of resources available to support vulnerable community members as well as students who use substances or are in recovery from substance use. Register here.