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Employment Equity Voluntary Self-Identification Form (Faculty)

Acadia University is committed to the principle of employment equity for the following equity deserving groups: Indigenous Peoples; African Nova Scotians; African Canadians; persons with disabilities; visible minorities; women; persons of any minority sexuality, gender identity, or gender expression; and all intersections of these identities; and such other groups as may be specified by federal or provincial employment equity legislation. This principle ensures opportunities in hiring, renewal, tenure, promotion, and appointment to Head and Director positions, for members of the above groups, and ensures that no systemic barriers exist to the full participation of these groups in the workplace of Acadia University.

The definitions and categories of designated groups used here are consistent with those used by Census Canada, the Employment Equity Act, (1995) c.44, the Federal Contractors Program, and African Nova Scotian Affairs.

All information provided will be held in strict confidence by Human Resources and processed in accordance with the relevant articles of the 16th Collective Agreement between the faculty association and the university administration. Self-identification data collected for a given employment competition will be destroyed after all requirements to preserve documentation for that competition have expired. Only candidates who have submitted a self-identification form can be considered as members of designated groups.

All applicants are required to complete the Employment Equity Self-Identification Form as part of their application package; however, you are not required to share your self-identification information. You may select "I prefer not to reply" to any of the self-identification questions below.

Please note that in the case of designated hires, only applicants who self-identify as members of applicable equity-deserving groups can be considered for these postings.

Self-Identification
(This question is mandatory)
Please tell us your full name as written on your application(s)
(This question is mandatory)
Tell us the position(s) to which you are applying. Please use the Position Number(s) as shown in the ad(s).
Please enter one position per line.
(This question is mandatory)
Are you legally authorized to work in Canada (e.g., a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or work permit holder)?
(This question is mandatory)

Are you comfortable telling us if you identify with any of the designated groups? If you are, then please select Yes for all that apply to you.

You may self-identify in more than one of the categories that will appear below, if applicable.

Note: Providing self-identification information is voluntary, and you may decline to answer any of the questions in this form. However, we encourage all individuals to complete this in its entirety in order to help the University track progress toward the creation of a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment.

Indigenous Peoples

An Indigenous person in Canada, as recognized in the Constitution Act, 1982, is a person who identifies with First Nation (Status/Non-Status), Métis, or Inuit cultural, and/or ancestry background.

Do you consider yourself an Indigenous Person?

African Nova Scotians

African Nova Scotians comprise the largest racially visible group in Nova Scotia. Individuals who identify as African Nova Scotian include individuals of African descent who were born in Nova Scotia (80.7 percent), or Nova Scotian individuals of African descent who were born elsewhere in Canada (6.7 percent) or new Canadians in Nova Scotia coming primarily from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States (10 percent).

Do you identify as African Nova Scotian?

African Canadians

Individuals of African descent who were born in Canada, other than in Nova Scotia or new Canadians of African descent coming primarily from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States.

Do you identify as African Canadian?

Persons with disabilities

Persons with disabilities are people who identify as neurodiverse or who have sensory, mental, learning or intellectual impairment; or people with a chronic, long-term or recurring physical impairment; that in interaction with a barrier, hinders that person’s full and equitable participation in society.

This includes, but is not limited to, people whose functional limitations due to their impairment have been accommodated in their workplace (e.g., by the use of technical aids, changes to equipment or other working arrangements).

Do you consider yourself to be a person with one or more disabilities?

Visible Minority

For the purpose of this survey, a member of a visible minority/racialized group in Canada is someone (other than Indigenous Peoples, African Canadians, and African Nova Scotians as defined above) who self-identifies as non-white in colour or non-Caucasian in racial origin, regardless of birthplace or citizenship. Members of ethnic or national groups (such as Portuguese, Italian, Greek, etc.) are not considered to be racially visible unless they also meet the criteria above. Visible minority/racialized group members in Canada include, but are not limited to, those individuals who identify as non-white in colour or non-Caucasian in racial origin, and belong to one of the following:

Black (e.g., African, American, Caribbean); Chinese; Filipino; Japanese; Korean; Indigenous persons from outside North America; South Asian/East Indian (e.g., Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian from India, East Indian from Guyana, Trinidadian, Sri Lankan, East African); South East Asian (e.g., Burmese, Cambodian/Kampuchean, Laotian, Malaysian, Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese); non-white West Asian (e.g., Iranian, Lebanese, Afghan); non-white North African (e.g., Egyptian, Libyan); Arab; non-white Latin American (including indigenous persons from Central and South America); persons of mixed ancestry (with at least one parent in one of the visible minority groups listed above).

Do you consider yourself a member of a visible minority/racialised group in Canada?

Women

For the purposes of employment equity, women are a designated group.

Do you identify as a woman?

Sexual Orientation

Sexual orientation is a personal characteristic that covers the range of human sexuality from gay and lesbian to bisexual and heterosexual orientations. Sexual orientation is different from gender identity. It can include emotional attraction, sexual attraction, sexual behaviours, and often identification with a particular culture (e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, queer, two-spirited, or heterosexual culture).

Do you self-identify as a person whose sexuality is other than heterosexual?

Gender Identity & Gender Expression

Gender identity describes a person’s internal sense and experience of gender, whether as a man, a woman, or beyond the gender binary. Gender identity may differ from assigned sex at birth and, if so, the individual may identify as trans or beyond the gender binary. Gender identity differs from sexual orientation, and trans people may be a myriad of sexual orientations including, but not limited to heterosexual, lesbian, gay, or bisexual. Gender expression refers to how a person presents their sense of gender to society, for example through clothing/dress, voice, mannerisms, personal habits, etc.

Do you identify as a person whose gender is other than that assigned to you at birth?

 
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