Equity Admisson form

For a designated number of places in the Bachelor of Education/Diploma in Education program, preference will be given to members of:

• Indigenous/Aboriginal Peoples
• Visible Minorities/Racialized Persons 
• Persons with Disabilities 
• Persons who identify as LGBTQ2S+

Please note that in order to be considered for admission, all candidates must meet the minimum academic requirements and the prerequisites for the program option to which they apply. Those who apply for equity admission will be considered both under the general admission procedure AND under the equity admission policy.
The Faculty of Education, Queen’s University, attempts each year to admit a student body reflective of the general population of Canada, whose members bring to their pre-service professional preparation, understanding and personal experience of working toward environments free from prejudice and discrimination and characterized by inclusivity. The Faculty has developed an admission policy regarding equitable representation of groups underrepresented in the teaching profession, and has reserved a number of equity admission places in the Education program. Those who complete this form will be considered both under the general admission procedure AND under the equity admission policy.

Completion of this form is voluntary.
 

The personal information collected on this form is collected under the legal authority of the Royal Charter of 1841, as amended. The personal information collected on this form will be used to maintain data on Equity admission. If you have any questions or concerns about the information collected or how it will be used, please contact Student Services at 613-533-6205 or educstudentservices@queensu.ca.

Please check all that apply

For the purposes of this form, and in accordance with the language used by the Canadian Federal Government, an Indigenous/Aboriginal person is someone who identifies as First Nations, Métis or Inuit. An Indigenous/Aboriginal person may be treaty, status or non-status, registered or non-registered.

Do you self-identify as an Indigenous/Aboriginal Person?

For the purposes of Canadian legislation, members of visible minorities are generally defined as persons, other than aboriginal persons, who because of race or colour are in a visible minority in Canada.
For the purposes of this form, and in accordance with the language used by the Canadian Federal Government, a member of a racialized/visible minority group in Canada is someone (other than an Indigenous/Aboriginal Person as previously defined) who self-identifies as non-white in colour or non-Caucasian in a 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.

Do you self-identify as a member of a racialized/visible minority group in Canada?

For the purposes of this form, a person with a disability means a person who has a long-term or recurring physical, mental, sensory, psychiatric or learning disability and considers oneself to be disadvantaged by reason of that disability. A person with a disability may also be someone whose functional limitations owing to their disability have been accommodated in their current educational program. (Examples of disabilities include: Physical, functional and/or mobility disability (e.g., arthritis, paraplegia, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries, spina bifida), Blind and/or low vision, Deaf, deafened and/or hard of hearing, Speech disability (e.g., stuttering), Chronic medical condition (e.g., diabetes, chronic pain, HIV/AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome, kidney disease, seizure disorders), Developmental disability (e.g., Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders), Learning disability (e.g., dyslexia), Psychiatric disability and/or mental health disability (e.g., bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder), Head injury cognitive) 
  
Note that this form does not represent an application for accommodation.
https://www.queensu.ca/studentwellness/accessibility-services/prospective-students 

Do you have a disability that disadvantages you personally or academically?

For the purposes of this form, sexual orientation is the direction of one's sexual interest or attraction. It is a personal characteristic that forms part of who you are. It covers human sexuality, including but not limited to, lesbian, gay, bisexual and straight (adapted from The 519 Glossary of Terms).

Do you consider your sexual orientation to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirit, queer or a similar term?

For the purposes of this form, gender identity is each person's internal and individual experience of gender. A person's gender identity may be the same as or different from their birth-assigned sex (adapted from the Ontario Human Rights Commission).

Trans refers to a person who identifies with a gender other than the one assigned to them at birth, or to a person whose gender identity and gender expression differs from stereotypical masculine and feminine norms. It is also an umbrella term for those who identify as transgender, transsexual, gender variant, gender non-conforming, genderqueer, or a similar term.

Do you consider your gender identity to be trans, transgender, gender variant, gender non-conforming, genderqueer, two-spirit or a similar term?