The EDI Movement The Classroom, the Curriculum, the Students

Abstract

In education, over the past decade, rather intense EDI movements have been taking place from basic hiring in the job force, to trends on campus, and to revamping sometimes very flat or monotoned curricula. EDI at heart is wonderful. My focus here is to open-up a discussion about EDI but to also look at problems with misusing/misunderstanding EDI. EDI grew out of equal opportunity, and important career focus that enabled companies, staff, and hiring committees to understand demographics and aim for diverse representations. Educational institutions of all kinds offer frequent EDI workshops that not only sensitize participants to EDI current realities, but the contemporary vocabulary and related lexicons for marginalized groups and peoples, and a way to become aware that not everyone is the same, that everyone has their own story. Furthermore, EDI is crucial in neutralizing sexism, racism, homophobia and transphobia in the workplace and needs to be applied with compassion and kindness to be truly effective and not alienate potential EDI allies.

Résumé

Le mouvement EDI a connu une croissance rapide ces dernières années dans le milieu éducatif. Ce mouvement vise à promouvoir l’équité, la diversité et l’inclusion dans les institutions scolaires et universitaires. Bien que les intentions soient louables, l’application de ces principes soulève parfois des questions et des débats.

Le texte souligne que l’EDI est devenu une sorte de norme institutionnelle, avec des formations obligatoires et une terminologie spécifique. Cependant, certains critiques estiment que cette approche peut parfois être trop uniforme et ne prendre pas suffisamment en compte les spécificités de chaque contexte.