Initiatives
We Work to Understand and Share
At the University of Alberta, we thoughtfully explore, incorporate, and promote a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion as seen in our research, teaching, and community building efforts.
Faculty Initiatives
Learn about the equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives being carried out by the faculties of the University of Alberta.
Everyone Has a Role to Play
At the University of Alberta, everyone has the ability to champion equity, diversity and inclusion through the work that they do. The effort to bring equity, diversity and inclusion into our everyday lives starts in our day-to-day environments. Explore the initiatives that our faculties are pursuing:
Alberta School of Business
Faculty of Arts
Augustana Campus
Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Education Strategic Plan, Education for the Public Good
- Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Studies and Services (iSMSS)
- Indigenous Teacher Education and Leadership programs
- Indigenous Peoples' Education
- Western Canadian Centre for Deaf Studies
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Extension
Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation
- Adapted Physical Activity Research
- Indigenous Sport and Recreation Graduate Certificate
- International (Including the annual International Summer School program)
- Orchesis Dance Performance Group
- Play Around the World
- Sociocultural Research
- The Steadward Centre for Personal & Physical Achievement
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
- Women and Children's Health Research Institute
- John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre
- Indigenous & Global Health Research Group
Faculty of Native Studies
School of Public Health
Faculty of Science
Institutional Initiatives
Learn about the equity, diversity and inclusion related initiatives being carried out at the University of Alberta.
A Collective Pursuit
By embracing interdisciplinary academic and administrative initiatives, the University of Alberta is a community that cultivates equity, diversity and inclusion on and beyond our campuses. Institutional initiatives related to equity, diversity and inclusion at the U of A include:
- Accessibility Enhancement
- Asian Heritage Month
- Black History Month
- Canada Research Chairs Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan
- EDI Awards - The Office of the Provost is currently undertaking an EDI review of the award procedures.
- EDI Research and Innovation
- Education Abroad
- Elite - Program for Black Youth
- Indigenous Initiatives
- International Student Orientation
- International Week
- Intersections of Gender
- Islamic History Month
- Lectureship in Human Rights
- Lougheed College Lecture Series
- Pride Week
- Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science, and Technology (WISEST)