In multiple surveys, McGill’s community of site managers and editors expressed an eager interest in ensuring our digital spaces support and align with McGill’s equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI)-related strategic goals. They’ve also told us they’re not sure what steps to take to make that happen.

To encourage an actionable understanding of what equity, diversity and inclusion means in digital spaces, McGill’s Equity Office collaborated with the unified Web Services team (Communications and External Relations partnered with IT Services) to produce resources and training for our 1400+ site managers and editors. Come learn about our process and outcomes and get tips to:

• Help your community understand how EDI considerations can influence website management.
• Foster skills for applying EDI concepts to websites.
• Promote familiarity with your institution’s equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategies – at McGill, these strategies are outlined in the following documents:
  • Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Strategic Plan 2020-2025
  • Action Plan to Address Anti-Black Racism 2020-2025
  • Provost Task Force on Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Education’s 52 Calls to Action

We’ll also touch on our related initiatives for improving web accessibility, see A grassroots approach to web accessibility, #PSEWEB 2020.