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UBC school of social work equity and diversity strategic plan: A compilation of case studies 85 Leadership, Governance, and Strategic Commitment • Transition the Equity Task Force into a committee, or create a committee in addition to the task force. • Ensure that the governance of the Equity Task Force includes the presence of the Director of the School of Social Work, following the example of governance of the Diversity Committee at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Social Work strategies for strategic commitment. • Have a member of the Equity Task Force sit on each of the Curriculum and Field Education Committees and on the Student Council. • Increase collaboration between the Equity Task Force and the Aboriginal Strategic Planning Committee. • Include an update from the Equity Task Force at faculty meetings, and putting equity and diversity-related topics on the agenda at faculty retreats. • Create a staff position similar to that of the Diversity Coordinator at UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare and the Equity Advisor at the University of Toronto’s Factor- Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. Note: it is recommended that this role is not an “addon” to a current administrative staff position, and is instead creating as a role that specifically focuses on equity and diversity-related issues. • Strengthen strategic commitment in equity and diversity practices at the School through written documents, such as reports, reviews, evaluations, official policies, and guidelines. • Increase the role of the Equity Task Force during student orientation week in September to encourage more student involvement, and to promote the creation of a student caucus,
UBC school of social work equity and diversity strategic plan: A compilation of case studies 86 committee, or council which includes representatives from each program (BSW, MSW Foundation, MSW Advanced, and PhD ). • Increase the School of Social Work’s involvement and collaboration with the University of British Columbia campus-wide, such as with the Equity Office, Access and Diversity, the Positive Space Campaign, Centre for Inclusion and Citizenship, Centre for Race Autobiography Gender and Age, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice (establishing in April 2012, previously the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program), Liu Institute for Global Issues, Alma Mater Society (AMS), and Graduate Student Society (GSS). • Increase the efforts, support, and time from all faculty and staff. • Ensure that adequate resources are allocated to equity and diversity initiatives. Faculty and Staff Recruitment and Retention • Develop affirmative action policies or guidelines. • Apply affirmative action policies/guidelines by hiring master’s level candidates, and providing the opportunity, time, and support to complete doctoral studies while on faculty. • Increase mentorship and support for new faculty members. • Combat institutional privilege 15 and epistemic violence 16 within the School of Social Work. • Offer required training workshops for faculty and staff. 15 The normalized and taken-for-granted benefits of being part of the mainstream culture in a formerly organized set of relations (MacDonald et al., 2003). 16 The experiences of Indigenous, and other minoritized and underrepresented researchers whose ways of knowing are not honoured within the academic institution (Sinclair, 2003).
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