2mo ago

University of Alberta The First School To Moving Away From DEI

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The entire article is like the headline: empty clickbait, likely written by AI.
Each paragraph starts out with something like 'this section highlights the challenges...' and then fills out with junior-high level fluff and links to entirely unrelated articles.
It's garbage, plain and simple.
- It is written by AI.

So to be clear, the UofA is moving beyond the DEI label and language, not abandoning the ideas entirely.
The University of Alberta has announced plans to move away from its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, saying it will instead organize similar initiatives under a less “polarizing” acronym.
In an Edmonton Journal op-ed published Jan. 2, president Bill Flanagan said the university will move to a policy of “access, community and belonging” in place of DEI.
- The word diversity is too triggering for racists, so we need to change the words now.

If they had asked people to guess who would be first, 9 out of 10 would have picked a university from that godforsaken province.

UofC is doing the same, nominally because DEI is now not a separate thing so why does it need a dedicated office? (but also because it's a signal to the province that they're not woke so please be nice to them)

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