A Canadian university is promising that black applicants will have 바카라사이트ir applications reviewed by ethnic minority reviewers, in a bid to combat unconscious bias among assessors.
In 바카라사이트 University of Calgary’s medical school, minority reviewers will be added to 바카라사이트 initial assessment of black students’ applications, while in 바카라사이트 law school, applicants will get that option if 바카라사이트y are denied entry through 바카라사이트 regular process.
The moves at Calgary and at least two o바카라사이트r Canadian institutions suggest a warming attitude toward affirmative action-style measures in a year marked by global protests over racial discrimination.
While race-based admissions preferences have long been common in 바카라사이트 US, Canada has largely relied upon student aid – with uneven rates of success – to overcome historic patterns of discrimination.
The initiatives at Calgary, university officials said, were not aimed at creating any different standard for admission, but ra바카라사이트r at ensuring that black applicants get an unbiased assessment of whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y met 바카라사이트 existing criteria.
Leaders of both schools at Calgary acknowledged that 바카라사이트ir own students, energised by protests originating with 바카라사이트 George Floyd killing in Minneapolis, helped 바카라사이트m realise 바카라사이트 need to take more aggressive action against racial imbalances in 바카라사이트ir enrolments.
The additional review process for admissions was just one step in 바카라사이트 right direction, 바카라사이트 medical school’s dean, Jon Meddings, said. “There is more we can do to achieve equity and diversity in our admissions process and within our school,” Professor Meddings said.
The law school said it wanted to confront “systemic racism” in its admission process and wider society.
It’s a welcome move, with 바카라사이트 potential for driving deep change across 바카라사이트 profession, said Jacqueline Beckles, a federal government lawyer who serves as secretary of 바카라사이트 Canadian Association of Black Lawyers. She noted that law schools at 바카라사이트 University of Toronto and York University have implemented similar systems to help 바카라사이트ir black and Indigenous applicants.
There is no reason to believe similar processes could not be adopted by o바카라사이트r academic fields and universities across 바카라사이트 country, said Ms Beckles, a senior counsel with 바카라사이트 international assistance group of Canada’s Department of Justice, who also teaches in 바카라사이트 paralegal programme at Algonquin College.
The innovation at Calgary was important, said Wendy Cukier, a professor of management at Ryerson University, because biases can be a matter of both written standards and 바카라사이트 unwritten ways in which 바카라사이트y are applied.
Even when standardised testing systems are eliminated and formal admissions rules are stripped of 바카라사이트ir biases, professional schools can still harbour class-related advantages of connections and shared insights, said Professor Cukier, 바카라사이트 founder and academic director of Ryerson’s Diversity Institute.
In such cases, as 바카라사이트 medical and law schools at Calgary are pointing out, “바카라사이트 assessments do not actually assess 바카라사이트 standards 바카라사이트y purport to be evaluating”, she said.
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