EDI-AR Strategic Plan
Memorial University’s Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism (EDI-AR) Strategic Planning Team (SPT) was put in place to develop the EDI-AR strategic plan. This plan will operate in conjunction with, and where applicable, enhance the provisions in the university's existing commitments through a comprehensive EDI-AR framework.
Progress on the plan's creation and implementation will be shared here and through our other online platforms as they occur.
Progress Updates
As part of our office's dedication to transparency and openness, this timeline of developing the EDI-AR strategic plan for Memorial University is updated as new developments happen.
Summer 2025
The EDI-AR office added new staff in the roles of marketing and communications advisor and executive assistant.
February 14, 2024
A final version of Memorial University Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism (EDI-AR) Strategic Planning Report: What We Heard and What We Learned, a report on the findings of the Office of the Vice-Provost, EDI-AR's strategic planning consultations, was submitted to Dr. Jennifer Lokash, Provost and Vice-President (Academic), Memorial University.
February 1, 2024
A draft version of Memorial University Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism (EDI-AR) Strategic Planning Report: What We Heard and What We Learned, a report on the findings of the Office of the Vice-Provost, EDI-AR's strategic planning consultations, was submitted to Dr. Jennifer Lokash, Provost and Vice-President (Academic), Memorial University.
Fall 2023
Work began on the analysis of the data collected during the consultation process and writing of a draft What We Heard and What We Learned report.
Summer 2023
The EDI-AR office added new staff in the roles of communications advisor, policy analyst and executive assistant.
June 2023
The Office of the Vice-Provost, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism has completed its in-person, virtual, and hybrid consultation sessions.
April 2023
An online student survey, open to all students across Memorial University's five campuses, was held as part of the ongoing consultation period.
January 2023
On January 30th, MUNFA went on strike, temporarily disrupting the university's operations, including those of the EDI-AR office. The strike ended in February 2023.
September 2022
The consultation period for Memorial's first EDI-AR strategic plan began.
March 2022
Meetings of the EDI-AR Strategic Planning Team began.
November 2021
An expression of interest was shared with Memorial University students, staff, faculty and alumni interested in participating as members of the EDI-AR Strategic Planning Team. Appointments to the team by the Vice-Provost EDI-AR, based on those submissions, began the same month.
August 2021
Dr. Delores V. Mullings, in a competitive process, was appointed as Memorial University’s first Vice-Provost, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism, effective August 27, 2021, for a five-year term.
Late 2019
The position of a Vice-Provost, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism was approved by the Board of Regents after a recommendation by Memorial’s Employment Equity and Diversity Plan.