DEI
Terms
Identity
DEI Concepts
Types of Biases
Isms
200
Inclusion, Diversity and Equity

What is IDE?

200

The transmission of customs or beliefs passed on from generation to generation.

What is tradition?
200
  • Ethnicity
  • Sexual orientation
  • Gender identity
  • Physical ability
  • Religion
  • Age
  • Marital status
  • Socioeconomic status
  • and more....

What are categories of identity?

200
Someone who supports people who are in a marginalized group or who are discriminated against, even though they do not belong to that group themselves. 
What is an ally? 
200

This type of unconscious bias occurs when individuals are more likely to remember information that confirms their pre-existing beliefs.

What is confirmation bias?

200

Ableism, Ageism, Classism, Racism, Anti-Semitism, Heterosexism, Sexism, Xenophobism. 

What are systems of oppression? 

400

When people feel that they are welcome and valued.

What is Inclusion?

400

A category of people who identify with each other based on similarities such as common ancestry, language, history, society, culture or nation.

What is ethnicity?

400

A term referring to the combined force of anti-black racism and misogyny directed towards black women

What is Misogynoir ? 

400

Employee Resource Group

What is an ERG?

400

This form of unconscious bias causes people to prefer those who are similar to them in terms of background, interests, or appearance.

What is affinity bias?

400

A three-story office building does not have a working elevator. This is an example of

What is ableism?

600

The presence of different characteristics and perspectives in a group or organization.

What is Diversity?
600

A man-made social construct masquerading as a biological truth, established to divide groups of people based on their appearances and other qualities.

What is race?

600

“People First Language” (PFL) puts the person before the disability and describes what a person has, not who a person is. PFL uses phrases such as “person with a disability,” “individuals with disabilities,” and “children with disabilities,” as opposed to phrases that identify people based solely on their disability, such as “the disabled.”

What does People-First or Person-First language mean?

600

Exclusive unearned access or access to material and immaterial resources based on membership to a dominant group.

What does privilege mean?

600

This unconscious bias refers to the tendency to attribute certain traits or behaviors to an entire group of people, based on preconceived notions.

What is stereotyping?

600

Policies and practices rooted in Canadian institutions such as, education, health care, and justice that mirror and reinforce beliefs, attitudes, prejudice, stereotyping and/or discrimination towards people of Black-African descent. 

What is Anti-Black Racism?

800

Equality means each individual or group of people is given the same resources or opportunities. Equity recognizes that each person has different circumstances and allocates the exact resources and opportunities needed to reach an equal outcome.

What is the difference between equity and equality?

800

The way a group of people live that include their customs, language, religion, etc.

What is culture?

800

Describes the idea that multiple identities intersect to create a whole identity (gender, race, sexual orientation, disability, etc.).

What is Intersectionality?

Intersectionality shows us that social identities work on multiple levels, resulting in unique experiences, opportunities, and barriers for each person.

800

Everyday verbal and nonverbal whether intentional or unintentional, communicates hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons based solely upon their marginalized group membership.

What are micro-agressions? 

800

This type of cognitive bias occurs when an individual's first impression of someone greatly influences their subsequent interactions and opinions.

What is the halo effect?

800

The act of speaking or behaving in a way that’s meant to demonstrate one’s good moral values. For example, if a person widely proclaims on social media that they strongly support a certain cause, because they want to show others how caring they are

What is Virtue Signaling?

1000

A person’s perception of acceptance within a given group, including a work environment

What is Belonging?

1000

Is a generalization about a group's characteristics, that does not consider any variation from one member of the group to the next.

What is stereotype?

1000

Indigenous, Black, people of colour.

What is IBPOC? 

Pronounced “ib-pock”.  Places Indigenous communities at the forefront, acknowledging their experience and unique relationship to whiteness and colonialism in Canada.

1000

The non-consensual/misappropriate use of cultural elements for commodification or profit purposes – including symbols, art, language, customs, etc. – often without understanding, acknowledgment or respect for its value in the context of its original culture.

What is Cultural Appropriation? 

1000

This is a type of bias that you are aware of.

What is conscious bias?

1000

Refers to laws, policies, and institutions that give unfair advantages to some racial groups while harming others.  

What is systemic racism? 

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