Join the conversation on curriculum transformation

I am very pleased to serve in this new role and assist the university in implementing key recommendations of the Standing Strong Task Force (SSTF) report that focus on TMU’s responsibility to educate. In the coming weeks, community members will have the opportunity to share their ideas about how to best implement recommendation nine in the SSTF report which outlines that the university should develop a plan to ensure all academic programs contain mandatory learning opportunities about Indigenous history and Indigenous and colonial relations for all students. 

Additionally, these discussion opportunities will engage faculty members in exploring possibilities for broad attention to equity across programs. Insights, experiences and ideas from faculty, staff, and students are critical to success in these areas at TMU. 

To begin our conversation, I am joining community members in conversations in various ways:

1. Connecting with community networks, leadership teams, and student groups
2. Public events that are open to students, staff and faculty
3. Events specifically for Black and Indigenous community members
4. Receiving written input sent to nextchapter@torontomu.ca

Given the relational nature and complexity of this work, the majority of the meetings will be in-person and on-campus. There will also be a virtual option. 

I look forward to hearing from the TMU community and to working closely with the university’s faculty members, whose leadership and experience is vital to achieving programmatic and curricular change. For more information about this work, I invite you to review the materials on the Next Chapter - Curriculum webpage, including an overview of curricular approaches to equity at TMU and my commitment to this role.

Meeting Days and Times

Jennifer S. Simpson is special advisor to the president, equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization (curriculum transformation).