Diversity enriches the academic environment. It ensures safety in the exploration of multiple perspectives which, in turn, contributes the quality of our education. There are complex systems of knowledge acquisition, interpretation, and instruction that might one day be shared with us if we can learn to be respectful partners.
If you have ever subscribed to the idea that Canada should be an equitable, inclusive, or anticolonial society, then we share a common goal. Allyship just means that we act in a way that demonstrates these values.
Check out the links to the right for Allyship strategies and other resources.