Recommendations and Activities:
2.2
4.2
5.1
6.1
A2
A3
B1
B2
B4
B8
C7
2.2
- Helped launch a new research funding program for Black, Indigenous, and Racialized scholars and for anti-racist scholarship, which has already supported 25+ projects.
- Leveraging equity survey data to assess faculty recruitment and searches.
4.2
- Celebrating U of T’s support for Black Research Network; working with partners to develop BRN’s on-campus space.
5.1
- Volunteering to serve on a committee to support the creation of more campus spaces for Black students.
6.1
- Offering to support tri-campus efforts to improve the complaints and investigations process for UTM faculty.
A2
- Preparing to support the collection of student equity data at the departmental level.
A3
- Actively exploring options to recruit more Black students, including through a UTM version of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program for diversity in STEM fields.
B1
- Offering to support a UTM-wide equity-focused lecture series for the Black Research Network.
B2
- Looking for a commitment of funding to support new CLTA growth positions for Black faculty.
B4
- Exploring options to create a UTM-based program for Black postdoctoral fellows.
B8
- Collaborating with Black Research Network on a new multi-level mentoring program to support and retain Black, Indigenous, and racialized faculty; exploring options for workshops to support equity-deserving graduate students.
C7
- Encouraging all chairs and directors to incorporate EDI into their PTR assessment process.