Course Description
This course provides a framework for building a diversity and inclusion strategy from the start to finish. This is particularly important as changing demographics, talent shortages, equity disparities and a variety of economic challenges have underscored equity, diversity and inclusion as business and service imperatives.
Course Outline
- Module 1: EDI Contextual Framework
- Module 2: Strategies for Building EDI into Workplace Cultures
- Module 3: Best Practices for Achieving Sustainable Results
What You Will Learn
Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- examine the history of EDI;
- clarify terminology related to EDI;
- make the case, explaining why a diversity and inclusion program is essential to respond effective to today's workplace demands;
- identify pitfalls to successfully implementing an EDI program;
- list the key steps necessary for successfully building EDI into organizational cultures; and
- transfer learning into practice.
Microcredential
This course provides learners with the opportunity to earn a microcredential. A microcredential is evidence of a skill or competency that is employment related. Dalhousie microcredentials are developed in collaboration with employers, industries, and/or organizations that relate to the content. A microcredential can be displayed on social media pages, digital resumes, personal webpages, and in email signatures. To earn the microcredential in this course, learners will need to successfully complete a competency-based assessment.
Notes
For assistance or more information, please contact openlearning@dal.ca.
The Faculty of Open Learning and Career Development recommends an intermediate level of English language proficiency for the most effective learning and participation in our online and face-to-face courses. A list of minimum recommended scores on some common English tests can be found on our website. If you have questions about your English language proficiency and ability to succeed in this course, please contact openlearning@dal.ca.
Prerequisites
By enrolling in this course, you will be automatically enrolled in the Certificate in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Students must successfully complete one of the following courses before registering for Strategies for Implementing EDI Initiatives:
- OLCD-IDEA0001 - Understanding EDI: An Organization Imperative
- OLCD-IDEA0002 - Inclusive Communications in the Workplace
- OLCD-IDEA0003 - Optimizing Diverse Team Performance
Testimonials
I would highly recommend this course to others, especially as a part of the Certificate in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion program. This course pulled together the learnings from the first three courses in this certificate program and allowed us the opportunity to consider our learnings and how they apply to our personal and professional lives.
It provided us the opportunity to self-reflect and take our learnings and move forward with them. This course has provided me with a great shift in my thinking, awareness and actions and I look forward to continuing my learning in the EDI space.
~ Genevieve MacIntyre,
Manager, Communications, Marketing and Student Engagement
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Dalhousie University
I'm so pleased with this certificate program; it has ignited a lifelong journey to becoming a better person in my interactions with other people. I have more confidence in having the hard conversations intelligently and prepared for heard work.
~ Erin Nauss, Bank of Montreal
"An amazing course that really ties together the first three courses in the certificate. A great course to outline how EDI initiatives can be implemented within a larger system and cultural change."
~ Rany El-Hawary
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, IWK
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Certificate in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion : Required courses
Deanna has worked in the field of education for 20 years, starting her career as an African Nova Scotian Student Support Worker. Deanna has been with NSCC for 15 years and works as the Student Services Advisor & African Canadian Support at the Pictou Campus.
Shakira Weatherdon is an experienced leader of complex and institution wide initiatives, ensuring genuine and intentional collaboration, and responsiveness to organizational needs; particularly those that meet current and future needs of equity-deserving persons. She is a skilled change manager who strategically and collaboratively leads organizations towards evidence-based policy decision making to ensure equitable and inclusive public service. She is the founder of Black Girls Gather, a non-profit with a mission to equip young, Black women entrepreneurs with the tools, strategies and networks they need to build and scale up successful ventures and attaching new Black women graduates to meaningful employment opportunities. Her passions include supporting organizations to create safer, more welcoming, and inclusive environments and cultivating Black Girl Magic and Black Boy Joy. Shakira received her MA in Gender and Peacebuilding from the United Nations mandated University for Peace and her Honors Bachelor of Arts in Gender and Development Studies from the University of Toronto.
Jude was born in Sheet Harbour, NS and is a member of the Millbrook First Nation. He has worked for several federal departments including the RCMP, Correctional Services Canada, and Veteran’s Affairs. He has also worked for many departments within the Nova Scotia public service, including Education and Early Childhood Education, (where he helped established Treaty Education in Nova Scotia) Communities Culture and Heritage, the Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency, and currently is the Senior Engagement Advisor for the Office of Equity and Anti-Racism Initiatives. Jude has worked at a number of Post Secondary Institutions in Nova Scotia and served on the National Indigenous Education Advisory Committee for Colleges and Institutions Canada. Jude has been a speaker at national and international conferences on systemic oppression and racial identity. He was the first Canadian to be trained as a facilitator in Beyond Diversity2, Courageous Conversations about Race, and received an Award of Recognition from the Pacific Educational Group for his work in reducing the achievement gap for First Nation and African Canadian students. Most recently he received his Certified Diversity Executive designation from the Institute for Diversity Certification in Indianapolis, Indiana and was the first Mi’kmaq employee to be awarded the NS Premier’s Award of Excellence.