Finding Home: Belonging and Community - Exploring Equity, Diversity and Inclusion with Dr. Moussa Magassa, PhD

Dr. Moussa Magassa, PhD, is someone who has spent his life facing barriers to entry that were created to keep people like him out. This is, in part, what has directed his education and a career that centres around equity, diversity and inclusion.

“This work didn’t find me, I didn’t find it, I was born into it,'' says Magassa, who is the first Associate Vice-President, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at Mount Royal University.

As an immigrant from Senegal who has made a home for himself and his family in Canada, Magassa says that he has experienced inequities that are present in society but stresses that the need for diversity is about much more than skin colour. There are many equity-deserving groups that aren’t necessarily identifiable by looking at someone, Magassa says. He believes that we all have an ethical responsibility to commit to EDI because we all wish to be acknowledged and included.

Join Dr. Magassa for a conversation around equity, diversity, inclusion and anti-racism.