Creating inclusive and culturally engaging courses and spaces

Abstract

Recently, diversity, inclusion, and equity goals have proliferated across institutions of higher education. Recognizing the importance of a student's perception of their institution's commitment to diversity, the experiences they have interacting with others, and their exposure to culturally engaging and inclusive practices in their courses, this session provides an overview of these perceptions and activities. The data featured in this session comes from the 2017 administration of the National Survey of Student Engagement, administered at 72 four-year colleges and universities across Canada. This interactive session will provide participants with an overview of student participation in inclusive and culturally engaging activities and interactions, how much students perceive their institution supports and values diversity and inclusion, and how institutions can and have used this information for positive change in addition to hearing from other institutions about the challenges and success they have had surrounding issues of diversity and inclusion.