Mount Royal Faculty Association
Championing collective excellence.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee
The EDI Committee advises the Association on principles and best practices in continuing to build a more diverse faculty, academic and institutional community; in supporting and representing diverse groups more effectively; and in identifying gaps in policy, support and services appropriate to its mandate.
The MRFA EDI Committee is interested in hearing from members. Correspondence may be sent to EDI@mrfa.net. Emails received are confidential within the EDI Committee.
EDI Committee – Member Communications
- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Bulletin Inclusion)
- International Women’s Day Bulletin – 2023
- Black History Month Special Edition Bulletin – 2022
- International Women’s Day Special Edition Bulletin – 2022
- Indigenous History and Pride Month – 2022
Committee Recommendations
The following recommendations were developed by the Diversity and Equity Committee and conveyed to the MRFA Executive Board.
- 2021-10-01 Recommendations to the Executive Board for Incorporating EDI in MRFA Events
- The Executive Board referred the recommendations to MRFA committees, where appropriate, and those committees, and the Board, reported back at the 2022 AGM on progress made
Committee Meeting Minutes
- 2022-2023 Academic Year
- 2021-2022 Academic Year
- 2020-2021 Academic Year
Faculty Resources Provided by the EDI Committee:
- MRFA Events and Observances Calendar
- Presentation on Pronoun Use – the First International Pronouns Day
Committee Events
Current Committee Members
| Milena Radzikowska | Committee Chair (EDI Officer) | 23-25 | edi@mrfa.net |
| Carolyn Bjartveit | Child Studies and Social Work | 22-24 | cbjartveit@mtroyal.ca |
| Jebunnessa Chapola | General Education | 22-24 | jchapola@mtroyal.ca |
| Marva Ferguson | Child Studies and Social Work | 22-24 | mferguson@mtroyal.ca |
| Qiongda Zhao | Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies | 23-25 | qzhao@mtroyal.ca |
| Naureen Mumtaz | Information Design | 23-25 | nmumtaz@mtroyal.ca |
| Danni Lei | Counselling | 23-25 | dlei@mtroyal.ca |
| Derrick Antson | MRFA – Labour Relations Officer | labourrelations@mrfa | |
| Francine Amorado | MRFA – Administrative Specialist | office@mrfa.net |