Students as Leaders of Advancing EDIA (Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) for Repair and Reconciliation in a Department of Education

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Abstract

This paper outlines a community-led research project initiated within the Department of Education at a university located on Turtle Island (e.g. Canada), with the intention of acquiring insight into and implications for policies and practices with regard to equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, Indigenization and decolonization. This inquiry engaged in research as a relational process whereby community members’ stories, lived experiences, and desires continue to inform collective action. The findings of this research underpin existing discourses in anti-colonial and anti-oppressive research and scholarship, which implicate all employees, students, and community members at each level of the educational system to enact renewed commitments to equitable, inclusive and just pedagogical practices.

Authors

• Chantelle Gilmour, Mount Royal University

• Prabhkirat Kaur Grewal, Mount Royal University

• Kristen Schaffer, Mount Royal University

• Kevin O'Connor, Mount Royal University