Vancouver Island University (VIU) is firmly committed to advancing equity, celebrating diversity, and practicing inclusion for all. The following curated articles, videos, and research are provided to help you think more deeply about EDI and understand how these concepts are central to creating an equitable, diverse, and inclusive VIU community.
Protected Grounds
The B.C. Human Rights Code defines the basic rights of everyone in B.C. It prohibits discrimination in hiring and harassment on the job and requires equal pay regardless of gender. Sometimes these are called "protected characteristics" or "grounds of protection" or "prohibited grounds of discrimination."
Protected grounds include real or perceived: age, ancestry, colour, family status, marital status, physical or mental disability, place of origin, political belief, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and criminal conviction unrelated to employment
Bias
- Video: Inclusion, Exclusion, Illusion and Collusion: Helen Turnbull at TEDx Delray Beach
- Video: Lean In: 50 Ways to Fight Bias
- Video: Implicit Bias - Concepts Unwrapped
- Video: Understanding unconscious bias | The Royal Society
- Harvard Business Review - 3 Ways to Make Less Biased Decisions
- Harvard Business Review – 7 Practical Ways to Reduce Bias in Your Hiring Process
- NAIS: Addressing Implicit Bias in the Hiring Process
- Harvard Implicit Association Test
Unconscious bias: Stereotypical hiring practices with Gail Tolstoi-Miller: Tolstoi-Miller shares her very personal story of bias and how recognizing her own unconscious bias taught her to say “so what?”.
The Urgency of Intersectionality with Kimberlé Crenshaw:
Look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. In this moving talk, Kimberlé Crenshaw calls on us to bear witness to this reality and speak up for victims of prejudice.
Gender Equity
- Gender Insights Report – How women find jobs differently
- How McKinsey's Story Became Sheryl Sandberg's Statistic - and Why It Didn't Deserve To
Persons with Disabilities
- Ableism and discrimination based on disability
- The Many Faces of Autism
- Skills Gap, Underemployment, and Equity of Labour-Market Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities in Canada
Persons identifying as 2SLGBTQQIA
This webinar will feature a panel of speakers who share their stories of coming out in the workplace, with the aim of providing an understanding of how colleagues can provide support to those going through this process.
