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Equity Awards

Group of seven winners of the 2025 Equity Awards standing with Provost Chris Manfredi.

The鈥疎quity and Community Building Award (hereafter the鈥疎quity Awards) recognizes the work of students, faculty, and staff committed to advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, and community building at 涩里番.

Within the Equity Awards, there are four streams of recognition. Up to four awards may be granted per year, one in each stream:

  • 涩里番 academic staff
  • 涩里番 administrative and support staff
  • 涩里番 students
  • Teams consisting of members of any of the above groups or any combination.

Value per award: $1,500.

Deadline for nominations聽is April 7, 2026, at 5:00 PM ET!

Nominees can be individuals or teams/groups of collaborators who are actively involved in promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion within the 涩里番 community. The nomination letter and letters of support should address ways in which the nominee has shown exceptional leadership, initiative and commitment to equity, diversity, and community building over the reference period.

涩里番鈥檚聽Award for Equity and Community Building聽was approved by聽Senate聽and the聽Board of Governors聽in April 2012.


涩里番 is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.

For more information about traditional territory and tips on how to make a land acknowledgement, visit our Land Acknowledgement webpage.


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