The Office of Diversity, Equity & Sustainability Initiatives at OCAD University
This is the Facebook page for the Office of Diversity, Equity & Sustainability Initiatives at OCAD University - Canada's largest Art & Design University.
If you have experienced harassment or discrimination on campus, or wish to share feedback with the Office of Diversity, Equity & Sustainability Initiatives, please contact Shamina Chherawala, Programs, Outreach & Human Rights Advisor by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone, at 416.977.6000 ext. 3840.
Messages sent to the Facebook inbox are NOT confidential.
FACEBOOK Posting Guidelines
The office of Diversity, Equity & Sustainability Initiatives strives to create forums for dialogue that are accessible and inclusive for all members of the community. In this spirit, we have some guidelines for posting or commenting on the Facebook page.
Sharing feedback and raising concerns
The Office of Diversity & Equity Initiatives welcomes your feedback on all issues relating to educational and employment equity at OCAD U. If you have experienced harassment or discrimination on campus, or wish to share feedback with the Office of Diversity & Equity Initiatives, please contact Shamina Chherawala, Programs, Outreach & Human Rights Advisor, by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone, at 416.977.6000 ext. 3840.
Inappropriate Postings
We will remove inappropriate postings. This includes:
• Offensive, discriminatory, hateful, or degrading posts or comments
• Revealing personal information about yourself or others - such as posting contact information, or revealing individual’s names/tagging individuals in posts we deem to be potentially offensive. [see privacy guidelines]
• Posting photographs of yourself or others that we deem to be inappropriate
• If we believe a post or comment states that the poster or someone else is at risk of harming themself or others, we may be required to report the post.
Trigger Warnings
If you are sharing content that may potentially be upsetting for some readers, please post a trigger warning. Trigger warnings are often used to warn readers about potentially upsetting content (written or otherwise). You can do this by writing ‘TW ’or ‘trigger warning’ and then describing what might be upsetting about it, before writing your comment or post. For example, ‘TW – description of violence’
Privacy Guidelines
If a post or comment reveals too much private information that may be used in a harmful manner, we will delete it for your safety.
Revealing too much private information could be:
- Sharing images or personal information of yourself or somebody else, such as phone numbers, addresses, physical description, place of work, etc
- Sharing email addresses or passwords of you or somebody else
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