Our work on EDI and VPFO projects supporting UBC’s EDI journey
Check back regularly for updates on our EDI progress and to learn how we’re performing as a portfolio. We will also be posting feature stories to illustrate how EDI at UBC comes to life though our day-to-day work.
Oct 20, 2021
What is Environmental Racism?
In this week's EDI article, learn more about environmental racism — a form of systemic racism whereby communities of colour are disproportionately burdened with health hazards through policies and practices that force them to live in proximity to sources of toxic waste such as sewage works, mines, landfills, power stations, major roads and emitters of airborne particulate matter.
Oct 12, 2021
Giving Thanks
In Canada, we celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October. While Thanksgiving is also known as Columbus Day, established to recognize the Christopher Columbus’ voyage and landing in the “new world”, Indigenous People had a call to action in the 1980’s to acknowledge the losses suffered by Native Americans as a result of the historical conquest of North America by Europeans. Learn more in this EDI article.
Sep 27, 2021
Getting Ready for Canada’s New National Day of Truth & Reconciliation: Understanding Truth and Reconciliation & Orange Shirt Day
This month, in honour of Orange Shirt Day and the newly introduced National Day of Truth & Reconciliation, the VPFO’s EDI Committee has been sharing a series of blogs to drive awareness of the legacy of residential schools and to help us all foster a commitment to reconciliation. In the past few weeks, we’ve looked at the […]
Sep 22, 2021
Understanding and overcoming language barriers in the workplace
English is the business language of the world, yet there are only 360 million people who speak English as their first language. Here are some tips on how you can overcome language barrier at the office as a non-native English speaker.
Sep 20, 2021
