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Desautels Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Focus Groups

Tuesday, November 10, 2020toTuesday, November 17, 2020
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Desautels

Have you experienced racism, sexism or other discrimination related to your identity at Desautels? Are you concerned about campus culture for BIPOCs, women and other historically under-represented groups?

For example, this could look like:

  • Low levels of diversity
  • Experiences of “otheringâ€
  • Lack of cultural or identity-based sensitivity, whether unconscious or not
  • Favouritism or bias in selection and evaluation processes among peers, in classrooms or for special opportunities and programs
  • Course content and resources that fail to address diversity and inclusion issues, or reinforce existing systems of oppression
  • Harassment, discrimination and microaggressions among students, or by instructors or administrators, that make you feel unwelcome, unable to be yourself, or otherwise unsafe.

Tell us your story and help bring about change!

Desautels students are invited to participate in focus groups to share their experiences and observations related to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) within the Faculty. All focus groups will be professionally facilitated by diversity and inclusion expert and member of the Desautels EDI Working Group, Dave D’Oyen (BA’13).

The student focus groups are part of larger consultation and data collection processes to help us better understand the experiences of underrepresented groups at Desautels. Your contributions will inform future priority setting and actions aimed at educating our community and eliminating any systemic racism, discrimination and harassment that exists within our Faculty.

Most of the sessions are dedicated spaces for students who belong to equity-seeking groups to share their experiences safely. Please do not register if you are not a member of the group identified for that session. All BCom or Masters students can attend their respective open session focus groups.

Please register in advance to receive a Zoom invite

Date (Time)

Group(s)

Monday, Nov. 9 (8am)

Women Masters students

Tuesday, Nov. 10 (8am)

OPEN SESSION: BCom students

Tuesday, Nov. 10 (5pm)

OPEN SESSION: Masters students

Thursday, Nov. 12 (5pm)

Racialized BCom students

Tuesday, Nov. 17 (8am)

2SLGBTQ+ students (all)

Focus groups will be cancelled or merged if registration is too low. Sessions will not be recorded although designated note-takers will ensure experiences and ideas are captured. If you are uncomfortable participating in a focus group with others, you are invited to reach out to the edi.mgmt [at] mcgill.ca (EDI team) directly.


 More about Dave D’Oyen

Dave D’Oyen Dave D'Oyen is a diversity and inclusion consultant providing subject matter expertise on the development and execution of diversity and inclusion strategies and projects. He has held various roles related to diversity and inclusion including Equity and Diversity Consultant at the City of Toronto, Inclusion and Innovation Builder at Shopify, and Community Outreach and Consultation Advisor for the Independent Street Checks Review, which examined Ontario’s regulation on police street checks or "carding" as it is sometimes called.

Dave is a member of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group for the Desautels Faculty of Management at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and Toronto Police Service's advisory committee tasked with implementing eighty-one recommendations that address systemic racism, alternative community safety and crisis response models and confidence in public safety. He volunteers with the Lifelong Leadership Institute, an organisation that supports the development of leadership competencies among Canadian youth of Jamaican, Caribbean and Black heritage. He was a member of the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association's Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

During his studies, Dave was actively involved in the life of the University. He was a member of the Joint Board-Senate Subcommittee on Race and Ethnic Relations, the Joint Board-Senate Subcommittee on Persons with Disabilities and the National Survey of Student Engagement Workgroup. He also served on the academic unit review committees for the Department of East Asian Studies and the Department of Anthropology.

Dave was the Human Resources Director for the Management Undergraduate Society from 2012 to 2013.

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