What is equality?
As stated by The Law Dictionary:
“Equality is the condition of possessing the same rights, privileges, and immunities, and being liable to the same duties. Equality is equity.”
The RESS & Equality
The RESS and Equality
Ensuring equality amongst students, faculty members and staff is highly important to the RESS. We want everyone to feel equal and comfortable with their experience at the University of Regina. If you have any concerns regarding equality, please email equality@uofrengineering.com.
“We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.”
– Will Rogers
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”
– Audre Lorde
“If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present.”
– Franz Boas
“In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality.”
– Mary McCarthy
“Until we get equality in education, we won’t have an equal society.”
– Sonia Sotomayor
“Most of all, we should remember all of us are capable of individually helping advance the spirit of equality for all.”
– Mike Rogers
“We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission
The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code
It is essential to understand your rights and know what to do if you are discriminated against. Please educate yourselves on the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code and Regulations by visiting:
http://saskatchewanhumanrights.ca/learn/the-human-rights-code
Seminars
The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commissioners offer seminars in Regina and Saskatoon for additional education on human rights. Visit the link below to find dates for upcoming seminars:
http://saskatchewanhumanrights.ca/about-us/events
Equity Works
Equity Works is a program provided by the Human Rights Commissioners used to promote equality and prevent discrimination. Learn more about education and employment equity by visiting the following link:
http://shrc.gov.sk.ca/equity/education/index.html
Contact Information
Name: Carly Meena
Position: Social Equality Representative
Location: University of Regina
Email: equality@uofrengineering.com