The Office of Anti-Racism, Equity and Human Rights Services (OAREHRS) leads cross-college efforts to foster a welcoming and affirming learning and working environment, where all our community members feel a sense of inclusion and belonging.
To accomplish this, we must continue to take meaningful, deliberate, and sustained action to address harassment and discrimination. This includes harassment and discrimination based on the following:
- Age (18 years or older)
- Ancestry
- Citizenship
- Colour
- Creed
- Disability
- Ethnic origin
- Family status
- Gender expression
- Gender identity
- Marital status
- Place of origin
- Race
- Record of offences (employment only)
- Sex
- Sexual orientation
We offer guidance, support, training, educational resources and complaint resolution services. If you are experiencing an emergency, call 911 or Campus Security (416-415-4000 or 0 from a college phone). For urgent assistance, please access our crisis resources. Employees may also access our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through the Telus Health website using your college username and password.
Make a complaint
If you have a concern about discrimination, harassment, hate, and/or sexual violence, contact OAREHRS for support. Inquiries can be directed to diversity@georgebrown.ca for human rights and svra@georgebrown.ca for sexual violence.
If you'd prefer to make an anonymous complaint, please use our anonymous disclosure form.
Relevant Policies
Anti-Racism Action Plan Progress
GBC continues to make important strides on the two-year plan. Find out what we have achieved in year one (2022/23).
E-course
We are proud of the e-course we have developed, "Doing the Work: An Introduction to Anti-Racism." The course is uniquely GBC - it is different than previous anti-racism learning opportunities as it was made by us for us.
Our entire college community is encouraged to take the time to complete the course. For employees, it can be accessed via Cornerstone, and students can access it on Brightspace. Through this course, we hope to make space for ongoing discussion, enable good faith questions and disagreements, and engage in conversations about the content.
News and Announcements
Just weeks after the discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 215 Indigenous children in British Columbia, the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan announced another horrifying discovery. The First Nation found 751 unmarked graves near the former Marieval Indian Residential School....
Joni Shawana has spent the last 25 years working in the community and educating people on Indigenous cultures. Shawana is Anishinaabe from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Indian Reserve and she is a graduate of George Brown’s Community Worker program. When Shawana was eight years old, she moved off the reserve...
A successful community needs space guided by the needs of its residents—in other words, programming, places and protocols designed for those who use these spaces most. For youth, in particular, access to safe and reliable public spaces helps to stave off isolation and alienation at a crucial point...
By Jennifer Grant When George Floyd was murdered by police one year ago, it brought the realities of anti-Black racism into stark focus for many people. However, for those of us in the Black community, his death was another tragic reminder of the perils many of us face and the failure of systems to...
Jennifer Grant strives to unlock potential. She did this as a child and youth worker, an advocate and a teacher. Now, she aims to unlock potential across the George Brown College community by leading efforts to cultivate an equitable, inclusive and welcoming environment for all learners and...
The Pinball Clemons Foundation recently donated $96,000 to support 32 students at George Brown College for the 2020-2021 academic year. This generous gift is focused on supporting students that self-identify as Indigenous, as well as supporting those students experiencing financial need. Jennifer...
Young people are receiving training and mentorship and getting a foot in the door to launch careers in the financial services industry thanks to a collaboration between George Brown College, RBC and the Michael "Pinball" Clemons Foundation. The partnership produced Foundations in Banking, a 13-week...
Black students and recent graduates from George Brown College can now apply to be part of a mentorship program that will connect them to Black leaders at Canadian corporations. George Brown partnered with the Onyx Initiative in October 2020 with the goal of increasing representation of Black...
The Janes family has donated $50,000 across several areas at George Brown College focusing on assisting the diverse student population at the College. The donation is directed to three areas: the COVID-19 Foodshare Emergency Food Box Fund, the Black Student Support Network and Indigenous Education &...
FEATURED RESOURCE
Let's Get Started Primer for Anti-Racism
This primer has been developed to support the George Brown College community as we engage in Anti-Racism practice. This primer uses the five steps of the Take 5 for Anti-Racism. We begin with self-reflect, then educate, rethink, identify and engage. And we have many more resources available within this website.
