Our Team

Discover the diversity of expertise and experience in the Equity & Inclusion Office and find who best to connect with.

Associate Vice-President, Equity and Inclusion

Arig al ShaibahPh.D.

Dr. Arig al Shaibah is UBC’s Associate Vice-President, Equity & Inclusion (AVPEI). As a member of the Provosts’ and President’s leadership teams, Dr. al Shaibah works across all Executive portfolios to champion strategic equity and anti-racism priorities and advance inclusive excellence at UBC. She also oversees the university’s Equity & Inclusion Office, with teams on the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.
 
Campus: UBC Vancouver
Email: avp.eio@equity.ubc.ca
 
 
  • Human Rights 

    The Human Rights advising team works collaboratively to uphold and promote the human rights and responsibilities of all UBC community members.

    Meet the Human Rights team

  • Strategic Partnerships & Capacity Building (SPCB)

    The Strategic Partnerships & Capacity Building team within the Equity & Inclusion Office is central to cross-campus individual and organizational capacity-building efforts which serve to activate and sustain transformative systems and culture change needed to advance academic and administrative unit-level equity, anti-racism and decolonization goals and priorities.

    Meet the SPCB team

  • Institutional Initiatives Planning & Evaluation 

    The Planning & Evaluation team supports efforts to mobilize actions and commitments across UBC’s EDI and anti-racism related strategic plans, as articulated in UBC’s Strategic Equity and Anti-Racism Framework and Roadmap to Change (including, for example, but not limited to UBC’s Inclusion Action Plan, Employment Equity Plan and Canada Research Chairs (CRC) EDI Action Plan). 

    Meet the IIPE team

  • Operations: Administration and Communications

    The Operations team is comprised of Administration and Communications teams that work in collaboration with other EIO teams to ensure the smooth delivery of programs and services designed to advance inclusion across the university.

    Meet the Operations team

  • Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-racism @ UBCO

    The Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-racism (IDEA) team at UBCO provides faculty and staff with strategic advice and resources to support and grow a respectful culture of inclusion, equity and diversity.

    Meet the IDEA team