This Faculty of Music project responds to the need for a comprehensive and accessible resource on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in music, building on existing text-based Quercus modules. This project seeks to develop a Multimodal Pedagogical Resource, including recorded audio and video interviews, infographics and a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to foster understanding and action on EDI within music communities. To support this, the Faculty of Music consulted with Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression Committee and Faculty Senior Leadership on content and hires personnel to record and edit the audiovisual materials for the project. This fund supported graduate student course designers, community-partner honoraria and professional/technical services. These modules are currently being leveraged in 10 courses at the Faculty of Music with additional opportunities.
Outcomes
The development of the Foundations of Equity in Music Studies, a non-credit course based on a series of modules in Quercus. The modules collected in this course are meant to provide a preliminary introduction to several foundational concepts relating to equity, in particular those issues most relevant to music research, teaching, and creative practice.
This guide is for students, faculty and staff seeking to create equitable spaces in Music Studies. Moving through each module, participants will learn that everyone in the community from faculty to students brings unique perspectives to the classroom, including different identities, backgrounds, experiences, traumas, assumptions and biases. Establishing an ongoing equitable environment requires everyone to acknowledge that some of the members of our community– whether students, teaching assistants, lecturers, faculty, and administrative staff– arrive academically, socially, and economically underprivileged and underserved than others in various settings.