Recommendations and Activities:
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A3
A2
2024 Update
- Continued to explore ways to assemble accurate demographic data for Black geography students, including through department-specific surveys.
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2022 Update
- Analyzing ways to assemble accurate demographic data for Black students, including through department-
specific surveys and U of T’s tri-campus student census.
A3
2024 Update
- Organized workshops for faculty, instructors, and staff on anti-racism, hosted with the educational developer in anti-racism pedagogies from UTM’s academic skills centre.
- Began plans to develop a community of practice oriented around anti-racist teaching.
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2022 Update
- Aiming to recruit more Black faculty members; embed Black experiences and histories in geography curricula; amplify anti-racist approaches in departmental teaching practices; and expand community education, learning, and outreach efforts, including in predominantly Black communities in the Greater Toronto Area.
Other Efforts:
Coordinating a departmental committee
Continuing to coordinate a departmental committee to promote equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism.