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Welcome to the Equity Office

The Equity Office works to foster a university community that values difference and respects the human rights of all students, faculty, and staff. We promote diversity and equity to ensure that everyone has fair access to and can fully participate in educational and employment opportunities at UBC. We advise and collaborate with UBC community members to

advance students, faculty, and staff’s understanding of diversity and equity to bring about meaningful social change;
educate community members about their human rights and their responsibilities regarding the rights of others;
identify and ultimately eliminate any systemic barriers to equity that exist in our university policies and practices;
consult, educate, and, where appropriate, intervene when discrimination or harassment that violates human rights occurs on campus;
fund initiatives that enhance educational and employment diversity and equity at UBC;
monitor and report our progress in ensuring that everyone has equitable access to study and work opportunities; and
hold UBC accountable for its stated values of integrity, mutual respect, and equity.