As one of the four change goals of the StEAR Framework, we’re working to develop individual proficiencies that build campus community capacity to foster positive and effective intergroup relations and cultivate a climate that promotes human rights, dignity, equality, and belonging through equity and anti-racism training, education, and dialogue.
StEAR Framework and Roadmap for Change
The Strategic Equity and Anti-Racism (StEAR) Framework and Roadmap for Change guide UBC’s implementation of equity and anti-racism plans and recommendations.
Objectives and strategic actions
4.1 Enhance faculty and staff uptake of opportunities to expand equity, inclusion, and anti-racism competencies, with a focus on people managers and supervisors.
| Item | Strategic action |
|---|---|
| A | Introduce anti-oppressive/anti-racist, human rights, and equity content in new employee orientation |
| B | Develop and disseminate equitable recruitment training requirements and resources |
| C | Develop Positive Space training and badging program (including resources regarding use of pronouns and chosen names) |
| D | Develop and disseminate trauma-Informed power-sensitive conflict resolution training/resources |
| E | Develop and disseminate equitable and anti-racist workplace resources for people managers |
| F | Develop EDI eligibility criteria for university-funded management professional development programs |
| G | Develop resources for graduate supervisors to enhance their intergroup competencies |
4.2 Enhance individual capacities for handling discrimination and harassment concerns and complaints, and particularly those involving or intersecting with race-based grounds.
| Item | Strategic action |
|---|---|
| A | Identify and point to a robust glossary of definitions of race-related concepts |
| B | Develop and widely disseminate discrimination complaint flow chart |
| C | Expand and widely disseminate information and resources about complaint and informal processes, including alternate resolution processes |
| D | Enhance the annual human rights and resolution report |