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To fulfill the commitments in the Strategic Plan and empower our community members to amplify our diversity and promote inclusion, we are offering this funding opportunity to support EDI education, learning, and training for Winter 2025.

If you have an idea for an education, training, or learning initiative that relates to EDI or an event designed specifically to raise awareness on topics focusing on diversity, including but not limited to gender, race and ethnicity, antiracism, Indigenization, decolonization, accessibility, and 2SLGBTQI+, please consider applying for funding to support your initiative.

The Centre for EDI will provide funding up to a maximum of $5,000 per initiative to successful applicants.

What do we mean by “initiative”?

• Big or small projects or events that will enhance our campus community’s learning and awareness on equity, diversity and inclusion. 

• EDI related workshops, training, and awareness raising events on campus with our college community as the main audience.

• Invited guest speakers who specialize in topics such as anti-racism, anti-oppression, 2SLGBTQI+, accessibility, Indigenization, decolonization, gender diversity, and neurodiversity. 

• Student projects that are EDI-focused and that have the potential to benefit the college community such as projects that rely on surveys, focus groups, and interviews with the college community to elicit and highlight EDI-related data .

• Initiatives to review and revise curriculum to align with principles of EDI.

Eligible spending categories

• Speaker fees, honoraria.

• Speaker travel, board and meals. 

• Basic catering for events that are longer in duration (no alcohol allowed).

• Honoraria for student volunteers.

• Publicity expenses such as print materials, outreach, and engagement costs. 

Non-eligible initiatives

• Capital projects such as building ramps or renovating spaces. 

• Purchasing equipment such as technology tools, software, furniture, art, or other permanent artifacts.

• Events that will take place off campus, including funding for conference travel and participation.

• Events and initiatives that do not include �������� students and/or employees.

• Events that are simply celebrations; a learning component is a must at this time. 

• Events that are primarily about food, even though we love to feed people, due to essential spending restrictions, these funds are not meant for such events at this time.

Criteria for selection

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The initiative must

1. Be related to EDI. 

2. Involve �������� students or employees as participants and/or audience members.

3. Enhance learning and build awareness on equity, diversity and inclusion. 

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4. Connection to Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Territory, attention to sustainability, and alignment with the �������� Strategic Plan would strengthen the application. 

5. We particularly encourage initiatives that will include both campuses. We may need to take into consideration location if we have too many taking place on one campus.����

6. Please see our rubric below for detailed selection criteria. You do not need to meet each criterion mentioned in the rubric, but aiming for most will strengthen your application. 

Check the rubric

How to Apply

Email completed form with supporting documents, if any, to edi@camosun.ca with the subject line “EDI Fund Application.” 

Applications are invited on a rolling basis until February 10.����

Application form

Selection Process

The EDI initiatives adjudication committee will determine suitability of applications. We will strive to spread out funds to include as many topics related to each equity-deserving group as possible as well as initiatives/events taking place at each campus to ensure wider inclusion of our campus community. 

Deadlines and adjudication dates are based on when applications are submitted by:

• December 5, 2024: committee will adjudicate December 17, 2024.
• January 10, 2025: committee will adjudicate January 20, 2025.
• February 10, 2025: committee will deliberate February 18, 2025.

Decisions will be communicated to applicants the week following committee meetings.

Publicity and Completion report 

Successful applicants will be responsible for publicizing their initiative and providing a short completion report highlighting impact and press coverage, if any, of the initiative.

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