Theme: Showcasing EDI-AR Growth and Opportunities

The International Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism (EDI-AR) Conference is scheduled for Thursday, May 22 – Friday, May 23 2025 in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador – seeks abstracts from potential conference presenters in the area of equity, diversity, inclusion and anti-racism work.

The 2025 International EDI-AR Conference will bring together students, staff, researchers, faculty, community leaders and industry professional from around the world to share success stories and achievements. Participants will learn from each other about innovative and creative ways to design and implement EDI-AR programs and policies in post-secondary institutions, community groups, industry, associations and not-for-profit agencies.

This year’s conference theme is Showcasing EDI-AR Growth and
Opportunities. We are particularly interested in submissions in the
following categories.

Themes:

1. Research and Ethics
2. Policy and Practice
3. Education and Training
4. Building Community
5. Building Institutional and Organizational Capacity
6. Strategic Planning

The following presentation styles are the only four options for conference
submissions:

1. Panel discussion (Groups of 4, 15 minutes per speaker) –
   introduce a topic related to the conference theme, and guide
   participants in a conversation where ideas and experiences related to
   the topic can be shared (e.g. Research and Ethics, Policy, and
   Education etc.)                                                                                                                  
2.  Presentation (20 minutes) – an oral presentation on a topic related
   to the conference theme. Presenter(s) should consider time for Q & A
   as part of the presentation.                                                                                            
3. Poster display (30 minutes) – provide a platform to network with
   presenters and discuss their posters which are focused on specific
   topic related to the conference theme.                                                                         
4. Workshop (45 minutes) – an interactive session where participants
   can expect to be actively engaged. The workshop should focus on
   skill(s) that demonstrate how participants can Showcase EDI-AR
   Growth and Opportunities. Submissions should clearly describe the
   skill(s) being demonstrated or taught.

Interested participants are asked to submit their application by Thursday,
February 13, 2025.                                                                                                                    
Selected applicants will be contacted during first week of March 2025. For
any conference related inquiries, please contact Cherry Ralhan-Khanna. 
Program Manager for the Office of the Vice-Provost, EDI-AR at Memorial.