Statements

Dear University of Lethbridge Board Members, The Gender, Equity and Diversity Committee of the University of Lethbridge Faculty Association is writing to you concerning the recently mandated policy on “Fairness in Sport”, and the Interim Policy which the University has recently adopted in order to be in compliance with legislation enacted by Bill 29. This

December 6th marks the 35th Anniversary of the murder 14 women at the Polytechnique Montréal. Canada has marked this date as a day of remembrance and action on violence against women. While there have been numerous campaigns to address gender-based violence, including the current UN campaign to eliminate violence against women and girls (November 25-December

ULFA Statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: The United Nations has designated November 25th as the day to mark the ongoing campaign to eliminate violence against women and girls. The global figures are staggering: in 2023, a woman or a girl was killed, on average, every 10 minutes by

November 20th is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, first observed on this day in 1999 to memorialize Rita Hester and Chenelle Pickett, both transgender African American women who were murdered in Boston in the 1990s. Transgender people continue to be subjected to some of the highest rates of sexual harassment and violence in Canada and

Monday September 23 marks the start of Reconciliation Week, leading up to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and Orange Shirt Day, on September 30th. This day is both important and difficult, as a time for remembering Indigenous children and families harmed by Canada’s residential school system, for recognizing the continued effects of settler