Building a culture of authentic Black Inclusion: Virtual fireside chat: Why EDI and Anti-racism work matters

Why does Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Anti-racist work matter in the post-secondary context?

There continues to be a growing debate and polarizing views about the impact of EDI within institutions.

This virtual fireside chat will explore and unpack the tenets and approaches to EDI and anti-racism work and its importance within academic spaces. This session will be facilitated by Martha Mathurin-Moe, ULethbridge Vice-Provost EDI, with guest speakers Jermaine Marshall of Queens University and Everett Igobwa of the University of Alberta.

BIO: Jermaine Marshall - Queen University

Jermaine Marshall (he/they) is a queer Jamaican-born social justice educator with a passion for enacting change through the fostering of young minds and the implementation of equity-based institutional reform. Jermaine holds a bachelor of law from the University of the West Indies, and a master’s in social justice and equity studies at Brock University, where he worked coordinating intercultural anti-racism and gender-based violence-prevention initiatives and campaigns.  

Jermaine currently works at Queen’s University as the Inclusion and Anti-Racism Advisor. In their spare time, they freelance as a queer vocalist and poet whose artistry seeks to create a vibrant soundscape that captures the contours of lived pain and joy within an oppressive society.  

BIO: Everett Igobwa - Critical Pedagogies and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity, at the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), University of Alberta

Everett Igobwa is a social scientist, music educator, anthropologist/ethnomusicologist, musicologist, post-colonial theorist, and African studies scholar.

Everett is the co-lead of EDI Community of Practice & Care, Educational Developers Network of Alberta (EDNA), and a former chair of partnerships, Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), Canada.  

Prior to joining U of A, he served as the Director of Curriculum Development at the Department of Education, Government of Nunavut. Over the years, Everett has worked at Queen's University, York University and Yukon University, as an Educational Developer, Faculty Development Instructor, and Post-Doctoral Fellow in University Teaching. 

Everett is passionate about critical pedagogies, EDI, decolonization, neocolonial sensibilities, indigenization and internationalization in higher education. Some of his areas of interest include co-facilitating ISWs, course design and redesign, student-centered pedagogy, co-facilitating university teaching certificates, professional development for faculty and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) projects.

Direct Link for the webinar:

https://uleth.zoom.us/j/93013258034( This link will be live on the day of the session)