Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
The Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (previously known as the Centre for Intercultural Engagement - CIE) was established at Langara in 2019. Since that time, our team has been working to foster, support, and sustain intercultural and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) work across the College for both students and employees.
In August, 2022 Langara welcomed Dr. Joy Walcott-Francis as the college's first Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Dr. Walcott-Francis along with the departmental team, are working on multiple projects across the college, including formulating the college's equity, diversity, and inclusion strategy, as well as supporting departments and various initiatives across snəw̓eyəɬ leləm̓ Langara.
Framework
In March 2024, we released the College's first equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) framework. The framework outlines Langara’s EDI work over the next three years (2024-27), and details the actions Langara is committed to taking in the immediate future and beyond.
Also, Langara’s new 2025 Strategic Plan, Weaving a Shared Future, includes a commitment in the Our Culture section to develop and begin to implement an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategy. This goal arose both from the feedback of our community when developing the plan, and the commitment of our Board of Governors to creating an environment at Langara that welcomes and includes everyone.
Contact Us
Address:
Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Langara College
100 W 49th Avenue
Vancouver, BC
Canada
V5Y 2Z6
We are housed in the A Building. Our office is A171a, near the main entrance, next to the Continuing Studies front desk. See campus maps.
You can connect with us at edioffice@langara.ca.
The Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is housed on the main campus grounds of snəw̓eyəɬ leləm̓ Langara College in Vancouver, Bristish Columbia, Canada. The campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, unceded, and present-day territory of the Musqueam people who have stewarded this land since time immemorial.
We say traditional to recognize how land was traditionally used or occupied by First Nations.
We say ancestral to understand that land is handed down from generation to generation.
We say unceded to acknowledge the land not being turned over to colonial powers by a treaty or other agreement.
We say present-day to remind us that Indigenous people continue to thrive in this area and steward the land. We also say this to intentionally disrupt the notion of Indigenous people in Canada belonging solely to history/the past.
We also want to draw attention to time immemorial, or for as long as can be remembered, which is more than just an arbitrary turn of phrase. To contextualize, this area was first visited by European explorers in the late 1700s and the City of Vancouver was incorporated in 1886, a mere 137 years. Langara College is only 53 years old. This is in contrast to close to 10,000 years (likely more) of Indigenous presence on this land.
Learn more about Musqueam, how the college got its Indigenous name, snəw̓eyəɬ leləm̓, and the relationship between Musqueam and Langara.
