The broad goal of this committee is to support excellence within the Faculty of Science by developing programs and policies that foster an environment in which all of our students, faculty and staff can succeed and thrive.
Launched in December 2018, the SECC meets once a month during the academic year. The committee aims to听develop programs and policies that align with and support the University鈥檚 commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), as well as more general measures that will support our EDI principles indirectly through approaches that will improve the working and learning climate for everyone in our community.
With representation from all Faculty of Science units, the committee will serve as a hub that will function to disseminate information about University EDI policies and initiatives, to collect information from the units about their EDI-related activities and concerns, to create knowledge and capacity through group discussions, and to ensure that unit-level EDI activities are aligned with University policy.
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SECC committee members:
- Laura Nilson (Chair; Associate Dean, Graduate Education)
- Adrian Liu (Dept. of Physics)
- Ben Yu听(Science Undergraduate Society)
- Borke Obada-Obieh听(School of Computer Science)
- Bruno Tremblay听(Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences)
- Diane Dechief听(Office of Science Education)
- Elham Soleimanian (Graduate student representative; Dept. of Geography)
- Hannah Kohler听(Science Undergraduate Society)
- Juliette Gomes听(Graduate student representative; Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences)
- Kimberley Metera听(Dept. of Physics representative)
- Kristine Onishi (Dept. of Psychology)
- Marcy Slapcoff听(Office of Science Education)
- Nicolas Cowan (Depts. of Physics and Earth and Planetary Sciences)
- Nina Warren (Graduate student representative; Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences)
- Pallavi听Sirjoosingh (Dept. of Chemistry)
- Rebecca Maymon (Faculty of Science Office of Graduate Education)
- Rosalie B茅langer-Rioux (Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics)
- Sarah Turner (Dept. of Geography)
- Simon Reader (Dept. of Biology)
- Stephanie Weber听(Dept. of Biology)
- Tomoko Ohyam听(Dept. of Biology)