Equity, diversity, and inclusion are principles to which Acadia is committed wholeheartedly. Acadia was founded in 1838 as an institution without barriers at a time when institutions of higher learning regularly restricted access based on race, religion, and gender. Acadia was one of the earliest institutions in the British Commonwealth to admit and graduate women, and persons of African descent, two historical achievements of which we are proud.
In 2019, The Government of Canada, through a tri-agency initiative, supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), launched the Dimensions Charter and invited post-secondary institutions across Canada to sign it as a means of demonstrating their commitment to recognizing that “equity, diversion, and inclusion strengthen the research community, the quality, relevance and impact of research and the opportunities for the full pool of potential participants.”
On October 22, 2019, Acadia signed the Dimensions Charter, thereby committing to its principles and actions that will address systemic barriers in research faced by women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minority and racialized groups, and members of the LGBTQ2+ communities.
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