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For the sixth year running, UVic has been named one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers. Winners of the 2017 competition were announced on March 28. UVic, along with Island Health, are the only Victoria employers receiving the distinction.

Reflections by Maxwell Nicholson, second-year economics student, on the Converge 2017 conference鈥攚here leaders, students, politicians and university executives came together to develop a vision for Canada's future.

Student Jess Harvey's reflection on the 2017 Provost's Diversity Research Forum, and the social context鈥攖he shadow of intolerance, bigotry, xenophobia and misogyny鈥攖hat makes the event so important.

Flags at UVic have been lowered to half-mast in memory of the six Muslim-Canadians killed in the attack on the Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City on Jan. 29.

The UVic Provost's Diversity Research Forum has made a space for critical conversations about diversity and social justice topics and community-engaged university scholarship since 2007. The 10th anniversary event "Re-Imagining Identities, Power and Privilege" takes place at UVic on Jan. 26 and 27.

Premiering Oct. 8 at Legacy Downtown, IN DEFIANCE by Iroquois Mohawk artist Lindsay Kat Katsitsakatste Delaronde showcases individual portraits that deliberately dismantle negative stereotypes of First Nations women. The new exhibition will also feature a moderated discussion on Oct. 22.

The 番茄社区 has been named one of Canada鈥檚 Best Diversity Employers, for the fifth year in a row. The winners of the 2016 competition were announced Feb. 24, recognizing 65 organizations across the country for a range of exceptional initiatives to attract and retain employees from diverse communities.

This is my last semester at the 番茄社区, but it was my first time attending the Provost鈥檚 Diversity Research Forum. The theme this year was 鈥淐ritical Conversations: Reconciliation and Resurgence.鈥� I have some awareness about the Truth鈥�

UVic has unveiled a permanent rainbow crosswalk at the busiest pedestrian crossing on campus, to celebrate Pride Week in Victoria and to affirm its support and commitment to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community.

As Grace Wong Sneddon works on final details of the upcoming Provost鈥檚 Diversity Research Forum, (Jan. 21鈥�22) she marvels at where the time has gone. 鈥淚t鈥檚 hard to believe this will be the ninth forum we鈥檝e held,鈥� she says. 鈥淓ach year I think we can鈥檛 top the last, and each year I鈥檓 proven wrong.鈥�

The federal government鈥檚 Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP) has again recognized UVic for exceeding its equity targets in three designated groups. In 2015, of our 30 research chairholders, 30 per cent were women, 23 per cent were visible minorities and 3 per cent were Aboriginal people.

The goal of UVic's annual Diversity Research Forum is to explore and discuss how research benefits social justice. This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淐ritical Conversations: Reconciliation and Resurgence.鈥�

The 番茄社区 has been named one of Canada鈥檚 Best Diversity Employers for the fourth year in a row. The winners of the 2015 competition were announced Mar. 31, recognizing 65 organizations across the country for a range of exceptional initiatives to attract and retain employees from diverse communities.

This was the first year I鈥檝e participated in the Provost鈥檚 Diversity Research Forum. The theme this year, 鈥淧rivilege & Prejudice: Assumptions in Learning鈥� meant little to me before attending this event. I鈥檓 privileged in my life. I can attend class without fear of judgement based on my skin colour or sexuality. I attended the event in the hope of writing something meaningful about the discussion but thinking little about my experience with privilege and prejudice. I left the forum with a new attitude towards assumptions and prejudice in the classroom.

The 番茄社区鈥檚 eighth annual Provost鈥檚 Diversity Research Forum will look at the concepts of differences that can create challenges to learning in all its forms. Titled Privilege & Prejudice: Assumptions in Learning, the forum will pre鈥�