Committees

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Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) Committee

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Mandate

The Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Committee provides oversight on issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion within the OUA. Intervention, advocacy, reporting, and actions are undertaken by the Committee as appropriate to ensure the OUA's practices and policies reflect civil liberties protected by the Ontario Human Rights Code. This includes awareness of related programming, initiatives, and concerns within the OUA and its member institutions. This also includes making recommendations to the President & CEO and Board regarding these programs, initiatives, and concerns as needed.

Members

Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Committee
Name	Title	Organization
Dalton Myers	Chair	Queen's University
Pravieena Gnanakumar	Member	University of Guelph
Simone Samuels	Member	York University
Paul Ausman	Member	University of Ottawa
Sadia Anjum	Member	McMaster University

BIPOC Committee

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Mandate

To use the BIPOC Committee as a platform to make positive change across the province, through building strategies to increase diversity and representation across the OUA, and to drive policy change to remove systemic barriers regarding racism.

Members

BIPOC Committee
Name	Title	Organization
Corey Grant	Chair	Carleton University
Jaqueline Beckford-Henriques	Member	University of Waterloo
Vince Longboat	Member	Brock University
Josh Sacobie	Member	Carleton University
Taijon Eccleston-Graham	Member	University of Windsor

Women in Sport Committee

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Mandate

The quality of opportunities for women participating in the OUA has been identified as a major priority with gender equality being an important area of focus for the OUA. The Women in Sport (WIS) Advisory Committee is advisory to the OUA Presiden & CEO and will develop a multi-year action plan building off the WIS Strategic Plan approved in May 2020 by the OUA Board. The action plan will address female athlete, coach, administrator participation and other areas affecting the female participant experience.

Members

Women in Sport Committee
Name	Title	Organization
Kate McCrae Bristol	Chair	Wilfrid Laurier University
Skye Angus	Member	University of Guelph
Jen Dowdall	Member	Laurentian University
Sarah Batley	Member	Trent University
Linda Melnick	Member	Queen's University
Mandy McCurdy	Member	York University
Celia Markovinovic	Member	University of Waterloo