TI 0129 - Equitable Pathways: The 3M Approach to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Post-Secondary Education

Course Description

This session explores Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility through a 3-tier—Macro, Meso, and Micro—dynamic and critically oriented framework for higher education. The 3M framework offers concrete actions and resources at each level, building upon a research-informed, situated, relational, and community-oriented approach to EDIA. Participants will gain insights into developing critical self-reflexivity and community partnerships when engaging in curricular and pedagogical practices, articulating EDIA as an ethically grounded co-intentional endeavour. By exploring the Macro, Meso, and Micro levels of the EDIA Roadmap, participants and educators may embed equitable and inclusive practices and also identify and reduce inequity gaps within their fields and institutional culture. The session encourages participants to join in the ongoing creative and courageous work of fostering social justice through transformative partnerships in teaching and learning.

Learning Outcomes: 

(1) Gain an understanding of program development from an EDIA lens

(2) Explore advancing EDIA using the 3M framework

(3) Engage in critical reflection