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Equity Awards

Classroom with goups of students sitting at four tables
An event held by the Graduate Engineering Equity Committee (GEEC), winner of the Equity Award 2020 in the team category.
Deadline for nominations Mar. 22nd, 2024 5PM!

This award recognizes the work of students, faculty and staff committed to advancing equity, diversity and community building at UU直播.

Within the award, there are four streams of recognition. Up to four awards may be granted per year, one in each stream.

  • UU直播 academic staff
  • UU直播 administrative and support staff
  • UU直播 students
  • Teams consisting of members of any of the above groups or any combination

The award brings with it a monetary award and an engraved plaque.

Nominees can be individuals or teams/groups of collaborators who are actively involved in promoting diversity and inclusivity within the UU直播 community. The nomination letter and letters of support should address ways in which the nominee has shown exceptional leadership, initiative and commitment to equity, diversity and community building.

UU直播鈥檚 Award for Equity & Community Building was approved by Senate and the Board of Governors in April 2012.

UU直播 is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.

For more information about traditional territory and tips on how to make a land acknowledgement, visit our Land Acknowledgement webpage.

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