Echoes from the Margins: Voices Reshaping Higher Education

Giving CR ( EDI ) T to the Graduate Student Experience :  A  Student-Led   Initiative at Schulich     In this episode, we sit down with members of the Council on Reforming Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for Trainees (also known as CREDIT) to talk about meaningful EDIDA change within graduate education.      Since its establishment at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2021, CREDIT...

    Released in 2022, the Final Recommendations Report for Proposed Postsecondary Education Standards discusses eight barrier areas to addre ss to ensure publicly funded postsecondary education is more accessible to people with disabilities.      In this episode, we sit down with Emily  Branov , Student Experience Project Manager (Accessibility) at Western University, to unpack what these recommen...

    Diversity is crucial in higher education. Bringing together various lived experiences, perspectives, and knowledge  is how we evolve our understanding of the world around us and creat e initiatives that support a wide variety of folks on campus.  However, this is a big concept, and it can be difficult to grapple with at times. Where do we even start when it comes to bridging understanding acro...

Dr. Candace Brunette-Debassige is Mushkego Cree of Petabeck First Nation in Treaty 9 with mixed Cree and French lineage. She is a community member, Indigenous scholar, and at the time of release, an Assistant Professor at the School of Indigenous Relations at Laurentian University. We were incredibly fortunate to have Candace as part of our Western University community for over a decade, where she...

From Cl assroom to Community, and Leading from Behind:  Part 2 with Dr. Sukhi Bains        If you change the metrics, you can change the outcomes.  During part one of our conversation with Dr. Sukhi Bains, we received an introduction to the Schulich EDI-D Office, and how it supports faculty, staff, and students alike in creating inclusive spaces that adapt to their lived realities and goals.      ...

    In the medical sciences, we observe , experiment, and test the physical and natural world around us. Whether it is to test a novel therapeutic intervention, conduct an experiment exploring the physiology behind a disease, or evaluate population-level trends, there is an aim to promote evidence-based decision making.      As learners and teachers, people come first. We want to build inclusive c...

Description As an educator, what do you wish you knew about where your students' needs and interests lie? As a student, what do you wish your instructors knew about your professional and personal goals beyond the classroom? For both groups, what do you do when you don't even know…what you don't know? These are important questions to consider, especially when building an inclusive classroom environ...