My name is Jenna Mehlmann and I am an INSPIRE Ambassador at the University of Victoria. My team and I are working on a project to create an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity (EDI) helpline support system for all UVIC students through the new Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program, INSPIRE: STEM for Social Impact (www.inspireuvic.org). We are looking for students who are willing to share the following:
- Your experience with EDI at UVIC
- If you or anyone you know has experienced any discrimination at UVIC
- How UVIC could improve their reporting system for discrimination
- Any other comments regarding EDI at UVIC
Feedback suggests a need for students to be able to anonymously report incidents to be formally addressed by the university. We are currently gathering feedback from the UVIC community in the form of an electronic survey, and we would like to kindly request if you may distribute the survey link to your student email database. The feedback received will help our team gather information to discover the best solution for development of the EDI helpline at UVIC.
Electronic survey access: https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/9R7JH2W
We are INSPIRE Ambassadors with INSPIRE: STEM for Social Impact, a program of research and community-based innovation at the University of Victoria that engages STEM students from underrepresented groups. We connect students with mentors from industry and the community to ideate and co-create solutions that address society’s most pressing challenges in sustainability.
If you are interested in participating and will be distributing the survey to your students, please contact me at jennameh@uvic.ca. Please let me know if you have any questions, as I am more than happy to answer any of them. Thank you for your time.
Kind Regards,
Jenna Mehlmann, BSc
INSPIRE Ambassador
