Strategic Plan for EDI
Learn about the University of Alberta's Strategic Plan for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity.
Our Vision
The University of Alberta is committed to cultivating an institutional culture that values, supports, and promotes equity, human rights, respect, and accountability among faculty, staff, and students. In our inclusive community, we encourage and support individual and collaborative efforts to identify and address inequities, and we welcome and enable contributions of all voices as we engage with diverse ideas, knowledges, and perspectives in the pursuit of inclusive excellence for the public good.
Our Mission
Our Principles
- Diversity
- Equity
- Inclusion
- Human Rights
- Equality - substantive
- Intersectionality
- Accessibility
- Respect for reconciliation with Indigenous peoples
Click on a principle to learn how the university defines them in relation to equity, diversity, and inclusivity.
Our Themes
The U of A's Strategic Plan for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity identifies themes and benchmarks of excellence, goals, outcomes, and directions to help us achieve our vision. The plan is organized around five core themes:
Vision and Leadership:
The university's leadership, communications, and statements about itself reflect a high-level, consistent, and reliably strong commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusivity (EDI).
Research, Teaching, and public Service:
Research, teaching, and public (academic) service are understood to be implicated in the development of equity, diversity, and inclusivity. They are also major functions of the university and areas of work for academic staff. Faculty are encouraged to do, and are recognized for, work that thoughtfully and rigorously incorporates or contributes to equity, diversity, and/or inclusivity.
Workforce (all faculty and staff):
The university's commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusivity is reflected in recruitment, retention, and advancement of faculty and staff; faculty and staff are prepared to work in a diverse environment and to have the knowledge and skills to contribute to equity and inclusivity.
Students, (Research) Trainees, and Students Life:
The university strives to provide equitable access for students and trainees, including post-doctoral fellows, to disciplines of study and scholarly opportunities; to study and disseminate knowledge about equity, diversity, and inclusivity; and to provide an environment attentive to, and that addresses, barriers to inclusion, access, and success, (especially of historically excluded groups).
Climate:
The university strives to create an equitable and inclusive environment and culture for all members of its community.
Accountability