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Jamie Sarkonak: U of A rejecting DEI is all smoke
Identity quotas aren't going anywhere, but its a start, I suppose
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Before the University of Alberta’s board of governors removed diversity, equity and inclusion from its recruitment policy during its Friday meeting, the school’s provost assured the room that it wouldn’t make a practical difference.
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“Just to be really clear, we have not put research EDI at risk,” Verna Yiu said in response to someone who’d asked whether the policy change would put federal funding in jeopardy. She answered in the negative: “We are not at risk of noncompliance.”
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The old recruitment policy prioritized “historically under-represented” candidates by favouring them over others in the event of a tie, while the new one aims to find the “broadest pool of qualified candidates.” However, this is not a rejection of demographic preferences.
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