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For months now, corporations across North America have issued public statements committing to equity, diversity and inclusion.
But in order for things to change, these students and alumni believe a good place to start is in business school. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/10/04/why-business-schools-will-need-a-curriculum-overhaul-if-corporations-are-going-to-meet-their-pledges-for-equity-inclusion-and-diversity.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=businesschoolsequity
But in order for things to change, these students and alumni believe a good place to start is in business school. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/10/04/why-business-schools-will-need-a-curriculum-overhaul-if-corporations-are-going-to-meet-their-pledges-for-equity-inclusion-and-diversity.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=businesschoolsequity
At the end of the summer, students at Smith School of Business at Queen’s University launched an official campaign to “Reform Smith” with seven action plans. Number two on the list is curriculum. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/10/04/why-business-schools-will-need-a-curriculum-overhaul-if-corporations-are-going-to-meet-their-pledges-for-equity-inclusion-and-diversity.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=businesschoolsequity
"I just did not see a presence of that at all.”
Meena Waseem, a second year student at the Smith School said about the lack of mandatory equity classes.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/10/04/why-business-schools-will-need-a-curriculum-overhaul-if-corporations-are-going-to-meet-their-pledges-for-equity-inclusion-and-diversity.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=businesschoolsequity
Meena Waseem, a second year student at the Smith School said about the lack of mandatory equity classes.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/10/04/why-business-schools-will-need-a-curriculum-overhaul-if-corporations-are-going-to-meet-their-pledges-for-equity-inclusion-and-diversity.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=businesschoolsequity
“I think it goes beyond just a class on inclusion, diversity. Those concepts of inclusion, diversity and equity, needs to be (present) in other courses,” @jamilegcruz, founder of a firm that consults corporations on inclusivity and diversity. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/10/04/why-business-schools-will-need-a-curriculum-overhaul-if-corporations-are-going-to-meet-their-pledges-for-equity-inclusion-and-diversity.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=businesschoolsequity
Read the full story from @angelynsayshi: Why business schools will need a curriculum overhaul if corporations are going to meet their pledges for equity, inclusion and diversity https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/10/04/why-business-schools-will-need-a-curriculum-overhaul-if-corporations-are-going-to-meet-their-pledges-for-equity-inclusion-and-diversity.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=businesschoolsequity
