Recommendations and Activities:
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2024 Update
- Continued to collaborate with academic departments to increase Black student enrolment, leveraging access pathways and supports, including BAEE workshops.
- Began conversations to use university-wide equity census data to analyze department-specific trends.
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2022 Update
- Planning strategies to encourage completion of student census for student equity data.
A3
2024 Update
- Completed the pilot for UTM’s STEM scholars program to recruit, and enable the advancement of, outstanding Black students in science, technology, and mathematics.
- Developed plans to support the pilot cohort of Black STEM scholars over time.
- Created the STEM excellence award – valued at $8,000 over four years – to recruit, and celebrate accomplishments of, more Black students than admitted through the STEM scholars pilot.
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2022 Update
- Championing a new scholarship and mentorship program for Black students in science.
A4
2024 Update
- Engaged Black high-school students at recruitment events, including through SEE UTM, which has now welcomed 40+ students for semester-long learning, mentorship, and work opportunities on campus.
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2022 Update
- Engaging Black high-school students in Peel at recruitment events, including through the SEE@UTM program.
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2024 Update
- Continued to advance anti-racist, data-informed approaches to Black student recruitment.
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2022 Update
- Supporting departments in developing anti-racist, data-informed approaches to Black student recruitment, including in programs where Black students have been historically marginalized and under-represented.
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2024 Update
- Promoted Black access resources in UTM’s student recruitment materials.
- Enhanced BAEE website with content celebrating Black student excellence and highlighting opportunities to connect with admissions staff.
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2022 Update
- Promoting Black access resources—including BAEE—in UTM’s student recruitment viewbook; enhancing BAEE website with regular content celebrating Black student excellence.
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2024 Update
- Continued to collaborate on Black-centered events for incoming students, including Black Excellence Orientation and BAEE Soiree.
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2022 Update
- Developing a framework to analyze the success of the SEE@UTM program for Black high-school students.