IDEA Committee Accomplishments

IDEA Accomplishments Report (as of Sept 14, 2023)

Establishment of campus-wide protocols for indigenous events
Partnered with Local Immigration Partnership for Welcome Wednesdays (Feb 2023)
Land Acknowledgement messages now include both English and Anishinaabe (August 2023)

Prayer Rooms developed on campus (Nov 2021)
Smudging spaces developed on campus and smudging policy developed (Dec 2021)
Land Acknowledgement Statement developed (Jan 2022) and posted at main campus entrances
IDEA Webpage launched (Feb 2022)
Suggestion Box developed: hardcopy and online (Feb 2022)
Committee member Melissa Pfeil raised funds to bring attention and financial support to equity seeking persons in the trades. $1500 will be awarded as a bursary (April 2022)
Diversity Murals: secured funds, ran workshops for all learners and staff, and co-created the murals with highly regarded professional artists (Murals completed May 2022)