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Transforming Power and Privilege
This module invites participants to explore their positionality and deepen their understanding of how power and privilege shape experiences within communities and institutions. Through guided reflection, you will examine how personal identities influence your interactions with the world and consider how privilege and power can be transformed into tools for fostering equity, collaboration and inclusion - both on campus and in your personal and professional life.
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Create a social identity map to reflect on your positionality and relationship to Northern Turtle Island
- Distinguish different forms of privilege and White privilege, understanding how they operate in ways that can be invisible
- Reflect on strategies to make privilege and Whiteness visible
- Build your allyship skills and learn how to support more inclusive environments
Program Information
- This module counts toward the Anti-Racism Foundations Certificate Program offered by the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Western
- This module is offered in an asynchronous format; 100% online
- This module takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete
- This module is free for all Western students and employees
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Frequently Asked Questions
Everyone can retake the quiz multiple times and they are granted a Certificate of Completion once they achieve an 80% on the test. The module is also tracked through MyHR. The quiz can be re-taken as many times as needed until successful completion.
The curriculum for this module was carefully developed considering current best practices in teaching and learning in the field of EDI and present research in anti-racism. The Transforming Power and Privilege module was also created with the specific context of Western University and the City of London in mind and in consultation with faculty members who are experts in anti-racism, the Office of Indigenous Initiatives, Hillel Western, Western Research, staff, student leaders, and diverse Western student associations.
The Transforming Power and Privilege module was reviewed by external experts in anti-racism and EDI-D, faculty members who are also experts in this field, Western leaders, Human Resources, Student Experience, the Office of Indigenous Initiatives, USC, SOGS, SGPS, members of the PMA, UWOSA, UWOFA, and many members of student associations at Western, among others. The module was also piloted with Western Research, WORLDiscoveries, Research Institutes, BrainsCAN, ACVS and faculty. The module was approved by Associate Vice-President EDI Dr. Opiyo Oloya.