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Awardees (2021)

We offer wholehearted congratulations to the following winners of the 2021 Equity Awards in three categories: Team, Academic Staff and Staff.

The winner of the team category was the Black Law Students' Association of McGill (BLSAM).

The Black Law Students' Association of McGill (BLSAM) is a student-run organization at McGill University’s Faculty of Law. Its mission is to promote the inclusion of Black and racialized students in the Faculty by centering the values of diversity, empowerment, leadership and education.

Through its programming, BLSAM aims to increase the visibility of Black and racialized students at the Faculty of Law and provide its members with the necessary tools to achieve the best law school experience and overall success. Throughout the year, the Association organizes a number of activities including CV and cover letter workshops, review sessions and events inside and outside the Faculty.

BLSAM is committed to addressing the needs of its members, the legal community and the society at large. Allies from all backgrounds are welcome to help the Association further its mission.

Read more about them here.

 

The winner of the Staff category was Charlene Lewis Sutherland.

Charlene Lewis Sutherland is the Senior Advisor, Equity and Anti-Racism in Teaching and Learning (TLS). Charlene was recognized by their nominators for her leadership and management of equity education programming for students, including supporting the expansion of existing offerings and developing and launching of new programming.

Additionally, nominators noted their strategic vision and the important role she plays within and beyond her unit to help advance McGill’s Strategic Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan 2020-2025 and McGill’s Action Plan to Address Anti-Black Racism.

 

The Equity Award in the Academic Staff category was awarded to Professors Wanda Gabriel and Nicole Ives.

 

Professors Wanda Gabriel and Nicole Ives, both faculty members in the School of Social Work, were recognized by their nominators for their collective efforts within the School, including curricular innovations developed in partnership with Indigenous communities; the conception and implementation of mechanisms for outreach, support, and retention of students typically marginalized by institutions of higher learning such as Indigenous students and racialized students; and the design of initiatives aimed at realizing inclusion and equity as core principles for the School of Social Work.

McGill University is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.

For more information about traditional territory and tips on how to make a land acknowledgement, visit our Land Acknowledgement webpage.

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