Brescia, King’s university colleges to implement working group’s anti-racism recommendations
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A new report from the King’s and Brescia Anti-Racism Working Group, or KB-ARWG, includes eight recommendations to address racism on campus and within the institutions.
King’s and Brescia university colleges in London, Ont., are committing to implement recommendations set out in a new anti-racism report released Monday.
The report marks the completion of the first phase of work by the King’s and Brescia Anti-Racism Working Group (KB-ARWG). It includes eight recommendations to address racism on campus and within the institutions.
King’s and Brescia are affiliated with Western University.
Part 1 involved a survey, while Part 2 will focus on one-on-one interviews amplifying narratives shared by “Black, Indigenous, racialized, and minoritized students and employees,” KB-ARWG said. Part 2 is underway and expected to be completed in 2022.
The Racial Climate Assessment Survey, conducted through Western’s Qualtrics from March 2 to 22, 2021, was completed by 401 participants, 188 from King’s, 134 from Brescia and 79 who chose not to identify their home campus.
The resulting recommendations aim to:
According to a joint statement from King’s University College President David Malloy and Brescia University College President Laurette Frederking, work on some of these recommendations is already underway.
“Other recommendations will take some time to implement. The work will be on-going,” they said.