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| title          = EUS Equity Committee
| title          = EUS Equity Committee
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|  label1  = Established:
|  label1  = Established:
|  data1  = 2014
|  data1  = 2014
| label2  = Email:
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|  data2 = equity@mcgilleus.ca
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     | header1 = Current Executives
     | header3 = Current Executives
     | label2 = Equity Commissioners | data2 = Emilie Froeliger<br>Emily Curling
     | label4 = Equity Commissioner(s) | data4 = Elif Kurkcu, Stephanie Kirichu
     | label5 = Financial Officer |  data5 =
     | label5 = Workshop Coordinator |  data5 =  
    | label3 = Workshop Coordinator |  data3 = Kwesiga Kahigi
     | label6 = Forum Coordinator |  data6 =  
     | label4 = Forum Coordinator |  data4 =  
     | label7 = Communication Coordinator | data7 =  
     | label5 = Communication Coordinator | data5 = Lysandre Gagnon
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'''''The EUS Equity Committee''''' is a committee under the [[President]]'s portfolio. EUS Equity promotes diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering at McGill University. The committee is chaired by the Equity Commissioner. The committee communicates mostly through the EUS Equity [https://www.facebook.com/eusequity facebook page].
'''''The EUS Equity Committee''''' is a committee under the [[President]]'s portfolio. EUS Equity promotes diversity, inclusion, and equity in engineering at McGill University. The committee is chaired by the Equity Commissioner. The committee communicates mostly through the EUS Equity [https://www.facebook.com/eusequity facebook page].


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The committee creates discussions about how to make our university environment more inclusive. This group of students talks about issues regarding gender identity, race, sexual orientation, ability, mental health, universal design, teaching & learning and much more. EUS Equity conducts equity training for student leaders to incorporate equity values within our engineering culture. The committee also works with faculty in order to coordinate our efforts to increase diversity in engineering at McGill.
The committee creates discussions about how to make our university environment more inclusive. This group of students talks about issues regarding gender identity, race, sexual orientation, ability, mental health, universal design, teaching & learning and much more. EUS Equity conducts equity training for student leaders to incorporate equity values within our engineering culture. The committee also works with faculty in order to coordinate our efforts to increase diversity in engineering at McGill.


If you are looking to get involved, feel free to email the Equity Commissioner at [mailto:equity@mcgilleus.ca equity@mcgilleus.ca] or message the committee on the EUS Equity facebook page.
If you are looking to get involved, feel free to email the Equity Commissioners at [mailto:equity@mcgilleus.ca equity@mcgilleus.ca] or message the committee on the EUS Equity facebook page.


The EUS Equity policy can be [https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/0B5HPcDrRC3V6cDZ6bjVicHh1b1U found online].
The EUS Equity policy can be [https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/0B5HPcDrRC3V6cDZ6bjVicHh1b1U found online].
QUESTIONS
-Did we get an award?


== Complaints ==
== Complaints ==


Equity complaints are brought up to the Equity Commissioner following the equity policy. The commissioner can provide safe, non-judgmental, and confidential support to the people involved in the complaint.
Equity complaints are brought up to the Equity Commissioner following the equity policy. The commissioner can provide safe, non-judgmental, and confidential support to the people involved in the complaint.
You can also submit a complaint by using the [https://equitycommissioner.typeform.com/to/nMg32N Incident Response Form]. The form accepts anonymous and non-anonymous complaints. if you choose to disclose your identity, the response committee will be entirely judgment-free and everything that you disclose will be kept confidential. Equity Commissioners will check this form regularly. 


= Events =
= Events =
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===Forums on Universal Design===
Forums on Accessibility and Universal Design in the Faculty of Engineering ===


'''Description'''
'''Description'''
The aim of the forum is to create awareness and further discussions about accessibility and Universal Design as an integral part of the profession of engineers, planners and architects. The forum will focus on applications of Universal Design (UD) as implemented in industry and in the fields of engineering, technology, architecture and urban planning. This discussion hopes to introduce the concept and principles of Universally Designed technology, products and services. It will focus on three topics of UD within industry: technology interface design, industrial product design, and physical space (architectural) design and planning. Design is fundamental to the engineering curriculum; therefore, there is a need to ensure that design curriculum addresses these issues so that McGill’s graduating engineers will have the tools and knowledge to design products and projects with everyone’s needs in mind. The aim of introducing UD in classrooms (e.g. in a design project form) is to build awareness and skills related to Universal Design and to improve inclusivity and accessibility of the engineering design curriculum through resulting development of Universally Designed ideas and products.
There is two types of Forum organized by the Equity Committee that includes Universal Design.
Engineering design is fundamental to the engineering curriculum; therefore, there is a need to ensure that design curriculum -- especially in the design classroom or lab -- addresses these issues so that McGill’s graduating engineers will have the tools and knowledge to design products and projects with everyone’s needs in mind. The aim of introducing UD in classrooms (e.g. in a design project form) is to build awareness and skills related to universal design and to improve inclusivity and accessibility of the engineering design curriculum through resulting development of UD-ed ideas and products.
 
The first one was during the Winter semester. The Winter Forum talked about Accessibility and Universal Design in the Faculty of Engineering and aimed to create awareness and further discussions. Theses discussion introduced the concept and principles of Universally Designed technology, products and services. The forum focused on three topics of UD within industry: technology interface design, industrial product design, and physical space (architectural) design and planning.  
 
The second type is the Forum on Universal Design for Learning Principles which took place in Fall 2015. It focused on creating learning environments which are accessible, inclusive and respect the diversity of the Engineering student body.
 
 
====About UD and UDL ====
UDL is a sustainable, educational framework that guides the design of learning goals, materials, methods, and assessments as well as the policies surrounding these curricular elements with a diversity of learners in mind. Just as physical barriers can hinder students to access the classroom in our physical environment, curricular barriers can exist in the instructional environment that can hinder learning for students with diverse learning styles. <br>'''Universal Design''' (UD) as a concept originated in the field of architecture. UD as a concept is now widely applied in the field of education, curriculum design and the design of learning environments where it is known as '''Universal Design for Learning''' (UDL). Engineering design is fundamental to the engineering curriculum; therefore, there is a need to ensure that design curriculum -- especially in the design classroom or lab -- addresses these issues so that McGill’s graduating engineers will have the tools and knowledge to design products and projects with everyone’s needs in mind. The aim of introducing UD in classrooms (e.g. in a design project form) is to build awareness and skills related to universal design and to improve inclusivity and accessibility of the engineering design curriculum through resulting development of UD-ed ideas and products.


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*Jenna Laham, bachelor student in chemical engineering and member of the EUS Equity Committee. Presented....
*Jenna Laham, bachelor student in chemical engineering and member of the EUS Equity Committee. Presented....
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'''Format'''
'''Format'''
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== Other Events ==
==Structure of the Committee==
===UDL (Universal Design Learning) ===
The committee is non-hierarchical and its composition depends on the commissioners. 


'''Description'''
==Faculty of Engineering==


This event aims to generate discussion on increasing access to the Engineering curriculum by implementing Universal Design for Learning principles. The forum will focus on creating learning environments which are accessible, inclusive and respect the diversity of the Engineering student body. Just as physical barriers can hinder students to access the classroom in our physical environment, curricular barriers can exist in the instructional environment that can hinder learning for students with diverse learning styles.  Universal Design (UD) as a concept originated in the field of architecture. UD is  the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design." UD as a concept is now widely applied in the field of education, curriculum design and the design of learning environments where it is known as Universal Design for Learning (UDL). UDL is a sustainable, educational framework that guides the design of learning goals, materials, methods, and assessments as well as the policies surrounding these curricular elements with a diversity of learners in mind.  
The equity committee works in parallel with a lot of groups, organizations and committee within the McGill community. For example, to reach a wide audience, the workshops made by the Equity committee are given to many different organizations like : ASA, ChESS, CEUS, CMEUS, MAME, MEUS, QE, Blues Pub Managers, EUS execs, EUS Junior Council, POWE and others. Also, some Forums are brought together by more than one committee. The last forum was the work of EUS Equity Committee and SUS Equity Committee. Some stakeholders for the forums are from MESC, SEDE, CAPS or the OSD.


Engineering design is fundamental to the engineering curriculum, so there is a need to ensure that the design curriculum -- especially the design classroom or lab --tries to address these issues to be more inclusive to all. The aim of introducing UD in classrooms (eg. in a design project form) is to build awareness and skills related to universal design and  to improve inclusiveness and accessibility of the engineering design curriculum through resulting development of  UD-ed ideas and products.
:Electrical, Computer, Software
 
=Conferences=
 
==Conference on Diversity in Engineering ==
 
=Structure of the Committee=
The committee is based on commissioners and there are several other positions. These positions are the financial officer, the workshop coordinator, the forum coordinator, the communication director and the outreach coordinator. These positions can be filled by one or more people. Their respective duties are listed below.
 
'''Commissioners''': ?
 
'''Financial officer''': The financial officer is responsible for creating the committee’s budgets, keeping the Committee’s financial records up to date (filling out check requirements & updating budgets), and applying for funds both within EUS and externally.
 
'''Workshop coordinator''': The workshop coordinator is responsible for booking, scheduling facilitators and all logistics regarding the EUS Equity Committee’s workshop series.


'''Forum coordinator''': The forum coordinator is responsible for organizing the forums (fall & winter) with the help of the committee. They head the team organizing the forum.


'''Communications director''': The communication director is responsible for sharing articles and information on the Facebook page, maintaining the wiki page up to date and the overall social media part of the committee. 
'''Outreach coordinator''': The outreach coordinator is responsible for planning events to recruit new members, collaborate with other equity organizations, etc. (Ex. Open forums, tabling)
=Faculty of Engineering=
Workshops:
:Architecture (ASA)
:Mining (CMEUS)
:Mechanical (MAME)
:Chemical (CHESS)
:Materials (MEUS)
:Civil (CEUS)
:Electrical, Computer, Software
:Junior Council
:Queer Engineer (QE)
:POWE
:Blues Pub Managers
:EUS Execs


Fall Forum
'''Stakeholders'''
'''Stakeholders'''


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*Professors
*Professors
Professor Joseph Kinsella and Dean Jim Nicell were also present.
Professor Joseph Kinsella and Dean Jim Nicell were also present.
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