Introduction to FIT Equity

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Introduction to FIT Equity Diversityfor FIT
HDR Workshop29 August 2008

• Dr. Yen Cheung
• Chair of FIT Inclusive Practices Workplace Equity
  Committee

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Introduction

• The Inclusive Practices Workplace Equity
  Committee (IPWEC) of the Faculty of IT aims to
  promote
• The Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace
  Program
• Cultural and religious diversity initiatives
• Support for students from disadvantaged
  backgrounds
• Work, Life and Family strategy
• Employment and Career Development for Indigenous
  Australians
• Support for staff and student who have a
  disability
• Awareness of rights and responsibilities
  identified by the particular anti-discrimination
  legislation of the country in which Monash
  operates

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Committee Structure
Management Structure
VICE-CHANCELLOR
UNIVERSITY COUNCIL
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE (EOC) Chair Professor
Colin Bourke Global Equal Opportunity Policy
VCS TASKFORCE ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN
Senior DVC
Inclusive Practices Student Equity Committee Inclu
sive Practices Student Equity Plan
Inclusive Practices Disability Committee Inclusive
Practices Disability Plan
Inclusive Practices Workplace Equity
Committee Equal Employment Opportunity for Women
Plan
DVCs
Pro VCs
Deans
Vice Presidents
Inclusive Practices Faculty Equity Diversity
Committees
IPDC Campus Subcommittees
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Student Equity and Disability Contact Officers
FIT Student Equity assists the University to
provide a learning environment which is open to
the perspectives and experiences of individuals
and groups from different backgrounds and which
is supportive of all students.

• Faculty of Information Technology Student Equity
  Officer
• Martine RambertPh 9903 1996Caulfield
  campusEmail Martine.Rambert_at_infotech.monash.edu.
  au
• Campus Student Equity and Disability Contact
  Officers
• Berwick
• Cheryl ElyPh 9904 7124Level 1, Room 1110,
  Building 903Email Cheryl.Ely_at_infotech.monash.edu
  .au
• Caulfield
• Trudi RobinsonPh 9903 1549Level 6, Building
  HEmail Trudi.Robinson_at_infotech.monash.edu.au
• Clayton
• Caitlin SlatteryPh 990 55116Room G19, Building
  63Email Caitlin.Slattery_at_infotech.monash.edu.au
• Gippsland
• Christine ClarkPh 9902 6837Email
  Christine.Clark_at_infotech.monash.edu.au

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Student Equity http//adm.monash.edu/sss/equity-di
versity/student-equity

• Equity? (Reference Student Equity Unit)
• Equity refers to fairness, or principles of
  justice, aimed to redress inequalities in
  opportunity experienced by some students.
• Equity does not mean treating everyone in the
  same way.
• Rather, equity means treating people in a fair
  and flexible way, recognising that all people
  have different needs and that some groups
  experience disadvantage, which impedes
  educational progress.

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Disability

• Disability Contact Officer (DCO)
• Role undertaken by Student Equity officers at
  each campus for students of FIT
• The DCO
• Is a confidential contact to discuss issues
  regarding reasonable accommodations in the
  workplace
• Referral to the Disability Liaison Unit (DLU) for
  disability specific information/advice
• Referral to other support services s.a.
  discrimination harassment advisers and
  community services
• Approaching supervisors regarding staff issues
  related to disability/chronic medical conditions.
• Raising systemic issues at faculty/divisional
  meetings and committees

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Discrimination, Sexual Harassment and
Vilification What you can do

• Monash University is committed to providing an
  environment free from Discrimination, Sexual
  Harassment and Vilification for all staff and
  students.
• Discrimination
• Direct Discrimination is treating or proposing to
  treat a person less favourably than another
  person  on the basis of one of the protected
  grounds as listed below.
• Indirect Discrimination occurs when there is a
  requirement, condition or practice which has a
  disproportionately negative impact on a person or
  group of people on the basis of a protected
  ground and the requirement, condition or practice
  is not reasonable in the circumstances.
• All forms of direct and indirect discrimination
  on the grounds listed below are unlawful.
• race, colour, national or ethnic origin,
  nationality,
• sex or gender, sexual preference, lawful sexual
  activity,
• marital status, pregnancy or potential pregnancy,
  breastfeeding, status as a parent or carer,
• religious or political belief or activity,
  industrial activity,
• age, physical features,
• disability, medical record,
• personal association with a person who is
  identified by reference to any of these
  attributes, or
• on any other ground which the Council on the
  advice of the Equal Opportunity Committee shall
  after due consideration determine to be a basis
  of discriminatory practice.
• Reference http//adm.monash.edu.au/sss/equity-div
  ersity/equal-opportunity/what-you-can-do.htmldisc
  rimination, 26th August 2008

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Sexual Harassment
All sexual conduct whether verbal physical or
electronically communicated may constitute sexual
harassment if it is UNWELCOME and could
reasonably be expected to make someone else feel
offended, humiliated or intimidated.

• Sexual harassment might occur as a single
  incident or a series of incidents and may
  include
• personally offensive comments
• sexual or smutty jokes
• comments or teasing about a person's alleged
  sexual activities or private life
• persistent unwelcome invitation/s, telephone
  calls or emails on campus or at home
• being followed home from campus
• offensive hand or body gestures
• physical contact such as patting, pinching,
  touching or putting an arm around another person
  
• the display of sexually-suggestive material
• unwanted declarations of affection
• sexual assault and rape and
• use of University computer systems for the
  retention and distribution of sexually explicit
  material.

• Who might experience sexual harassment?
• Sexual harassment can occur between
• peers - student to student or staff to staff
• from staff member to student or supervisor to
  employee
• from student to a staff member of employee to
  supervisor or
• to or from a member of the public in the course
  of university business

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Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Advisors and
Procedures

• List of advisors
• edc-eou.doc
• Procedures
• http//adm.monash.edu/sss/equity-diversity/equal-o
  pportunity/discrim-procedures.html
• Flowchart of discrimination and sexual harassment
  procedure
• http//adm.monash.edu/sss/equity-diversity/equal-o
  pportunity/discrim-procedures.html7.
• flowchart.pdf

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Student Equity - Administrative Matters

• Some examples
• Enrolment Process
• More flexible/alternative arrangements via fax,
  email, proxy
• Online Enrolments for Postgraduates
• Information Dissemination
• Website
• Student Resource Page
• Information Pack

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Equity and Diversity Centre http//www.adm.monash
.edu.au/sss/equity-diversity

• General Inquiries
• Phone    [phone]
• Fax         [phone]
• The Disability Liaison Unit  dlu_at_adm.monash.edu.au
  
• Online inquiries ask.monash  (Find answers,
  Submit questions, Provide feedback )
• Equity and Diversity Centre Staff
• Kay Gardner, Director, Equity and Diversity
  Centre 03 9902 0247
• Judith Cooke, Work, Life Consultant 03 9902 0252
• Brenda Dack, Disability Liaison Officer 03 9902
  6425
• Barbara Dalton, Coordinator, Women's Leadership
  and Advancement Scheme 03 9902 0246
• Sue Fisher, Administration and Resources Officer
  03 9905 9499
• Kerrie Keleher, EDC Resources Officer 03 9905
  5704
• Shae McGregor, Senior Disability Liaison Officer
  03 9905 5704
• Margaret Heagney, Coordinator, Student Equity 03
  9905 5704
• Lynda Nicholson, Advancing Indigenous Employment
  Coordinator 03 9905 3857
• Wendy Paulusz, Inclusive Practices Consultant 03
  9903 2499
• Matthew Salas, Disability Liaison Officer 03 9905
  5704
• Cynthia Tat, Disability Liaison Officer 03 9905
  5704