Opening Doors, Creating an Inclusive Excellence in the Academy

Date: January 27, 2011 - 9:00am to 1:00pm

Location: TELUS 217/219

The chair of AASUA Equity Committee (Malinda S. Smith), the U of Alberta's Employment Equity Advisory (Catherine Anley) and the Centre for Teaching and Learning are hosting a symposium to raise awareness about equity, diversity and mentoring in the academy.

The purpose of this symposium is twofold: first, engage the university in a discussion about what is needed to create inclusive excellence and, second, to discuss the importance of mentoring in the academy.

Session 1: 9:00 am to 10:20 am

Keynote: Transforming Glass Ceilings, Sticky Floors and Midcareer Bottlenecks ~ Margaret Yap, Director, Diversity Institute in Management and Technology, Ryerson University

Panel Participants: Equity, Diversity and Mentoring: Research, Practice, Experiences

  • Margaret-Ann Armour, Professor and Associate Dean, Diversity, Faculty of Science
  • Andre P. Grace, Professor & Director, Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services, Faculty of Education
  • Neil Haave, Associate Professor, Biology and Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning, Augustana Faculty
  • Erasmus Okine, Chair, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
  • Chair: Malinda S. Smith, Associate Professor, Political Science, Chair, AASUA Equity Committee, and Member, UofA Employment Equity Advisory Committee

Session 2: 10:30 am to 12:00 noon

Keynote: Supporting Indigenous Learners Knowledge & Skills (SILKS) ~ Shane McCaffery, University of Victoria

Panel Participants: Mentoring Indigenous Faculty and Students: Research, Practice, Experiences

  • Dwayne Donald, Assistant Professor, Secondary Education and President, Canadian Association for Studies in Indigenous Education (CASIE)
  • Andrea Menard, Director of Indigenous Academic Services, Faculty of Law
  • Florence Glanfield, Associate Professor & Associate Chair, Secondary Education, and Member, Employment Equity Advisory Committee
  • Daniele Behn Smith, MD, CCFP-EM Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine CESR D Division (Community Engagement and Social Responsiveness)
  • Nathalie Kermol, Associate Professor and Associate Dean Academic, Faculty of Native Studies
  • Chair: Tracy Bear, Special Advisor to the Provost, Aboriginal Initiatives

Networking Lunch: 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm

Shanne McCaffrey is a Faculty member in the School of Child and Youth Care at University of Victoria, where she chairs a portfolio for Indigenous students called SILKS (Supporting Indigenous Learners Knowledge & Skills). Shanne works in the area of developing community based education diplomas for the School of Child and Youth Care, that ladder into the bachelor degree program. A partnership from 2008-2010 on the North Island communities graduated 10 out of 13 students. Again in partnership with School and north Island communities, Fort Rupert, Quatsino, Gwa'Sala-'Nakwaxda'xw, Klemtu they co-created the Virtual Learning Lodge, an initiative funded by the Ministry of Advanced Education. She also co-chairs with Dr. Jeff Corntassel the Indigenous Faculty Caucus at UVic. In partnership with the Diversity Office, Teaching and Learning Centre, the Office of Indigenous Affairs, the Office of Human Rights and Equity, they are developing curriculum that can be used in an intensive twelve weeks course or three day workshop that looks at diversity, disability/ability, LGBT, social and class stratification, and builds on the strong foundation of Le,Nonet an initiative to support the success of Indigenous students.

Margaret Yap is Associate Professor in Human Resources Management and the Director of the Diversity Institute in Management & Technology at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University. Her research interests include diversity and equity in organizations and human resource management in the global economy. Prior to joining Ryerson, she held numerous human resources management roles with a multinational corporation, including a three-year international assignment. She was also the research director at a nonprofit research and advisory organization that aims to advance women in business. Recent research projects include looking at career advancement of visible minorities in corporate Canada and exploring the labour market experiences of immigrants in Canada. Her research focuses on a quantitative approach to explore the employment outcomes of various under-represented groups. She received a BA in Mathematics from York University, and an MIR and PhD from the Centre for Industrial Relations at the University of Toronto. She recently published a paper with Alison Konrad at the Ivy Business School entitled, "Glass ceilings, sticky floors and mid-level bottlenecks" (Sept. 2010)

Resources

AASUA Equity Committee http://www.aasua.ualberta.ca/

Labour Market Experiences of Minority Groups in Canada (PDF)

Making Sense of the Supervisory Role in the Context of Establishing One's Career (PPT)