The INRS community is made up of people from a variety of cultures and backgrounds, which makes it an asset. More than 60% of the student population comes from around forty countries. For these students and for its staff members, INRS wants to offer a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone feels recognized and respected.
Awareness Campaign 2022-2023
INRS will mobilize its community in favour of ethnocultural diversity through an awareness campaign based on three themes during the 2022-2023 academic year.
The themes
- Creating intercultural links (October to December 2022)
- Standing up against racism (January to March 2023)
- Including international students (April to June 2023)
The objectives
- Raise awareness of the reality and challenges of ethnocultural diversity
- Increase support for international students
- Promote intercultural exchange and fight against racism
Promote the campaign in your network
From October 2022 to June 2023, show your support for ethnocultural diversity by using the promotional tools of the campaign. A simple and unifying gesture!
The stickers
Whether it’s on your laptop, your reusable mug, your office door or your binder, show your support with the Together for Ethnocultural Diversity stickers! Visit your centre’s front desk to get them.
The signature banners
Share the campaign in your communications! Add the 2022-2023 campaign banner or the thematic banners to your electronic signature. All images are jpeg files. Click on the image of your choice to download it.
Program of activities
All INRS members can mobilize for ethnocultural diversity by taking part in one or more activities organized as part of the campaign. Check this page and your email often to make sure you don’t miss anything!
October to December 2022: Creating intercultural links
Building bridges, creating networks challenge
Who can participate?
The entire INRS community
Description of the activity
One of the priorities of the 2019-2024 INRS Strategic Plan is to promote a balanced and caring learning environment. It is within the framework of the All variables are included campaign, together for ethnocultural diversity that we propose this challenge!
By signing up, you commit to reaching out to another person at INRS to get to know them and to show interest in them, in order to promote intercultural and interpersonal connections.
Examples of activities and gestures include:
- Inviting a colleague to lunch with them
- Write a kind word to someone
- Tell someone you see on a daily basis that they are welcome to stop by.
- Organize a team meal to share a variety of foods.
- Ask someone to go for a walk.
Prizes will be drawn at the end of the month from among those who register for the challenge. Prizes will come from the INRS Boutique.
If you feel like it, share your challenge by describing your activity, what it has brought to you and send it to the following address: edi@inrs.ca
One-day pairing in science
Who can participate?
Twenty (20) students from Bois-de-Boulogne and Maisonneuve colleges and their supervisors, and students from INRS.
Date of the activity
Octobre 21, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Description of the activity
Students from Bois-de-Boulogne and Maisonneuve colleges will be paired with Master’s and doctoral students from INRS in order to ask them questions about their path in science, visit the laboratories and exchange on the richness of their mutual backgrounds and ethnocultural diversity!
Free. Places are limited (20).
Information
Networking Evening: Discovering the diversity of INRS students
Who can participate?
All INRS students
Description of the activity
Through a networking activity, INRS students will be invited to an evening during which the culinary cultures of different countries will be honored. On the menu: international culinary specialties, networking activities and anecdotes on cultural differences.
Date
October 26, from 5 to 9 p.m.
Location
Urbanisation Culture Société Reasearch Centre in Montreal, room 2109
Registration required. Places are limited.
Portraits of diverse students
Description of the activity
Throughout the year, portraits of students from diverse backgrounds are shared to highlight their journey in science.
Who can participate?
All INRS students and post-doctoral fellows
Interested in talking about your background, interests or research work? Write to medias@inrs.ca to participate.
Quebec Intercultural Encounters Week
The 2022 edition of Quebec Intercultural Encounters Week will take place from Monday, November 7 to Sunday, November 13 under the theme “Quebec in common”.
IRIPII Conference: Les angles morts dans la gestion des équipes diversifiées en recherche (in French)
For researchers, students and staff. Presented by the Institut de recherche sur l’immigration et sur les pratiques interculturelles et inclusives. For a description of the conference, see the French webpage.
January to March 2023: Standing up against racism
Activities to be announced later.
April to June 2023: Including international students
Activities to be announced later.