Office of the Vice-Provost (Equity)

The Vice-Provost (Equity) provides leadership to the university's initiatives that advance equity, diversity and inclusion in academic programming and community life.

Vice-Provost (Equity)

  • Dr. Tina Chen

    Dr. Tina Chen has been appointed to the newly created role of Vice-Provost (Equity), from September 1, 2023 to June 30, 2027. She previously served as Executive Lead (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) from (2022-2023), Department Head of History (2013-2020), and Acting Director of Asian Studies (2020).

    Dr. Chen is also a Distinguished Professor of History.  Her research and teaching focuses on feminism, anti-colonial solidarities, anti-racist activism, and alternative political imaginaries in modern Chinese, Asian and World history.  Dr. Chen is a committed activist and advocate for equity, anti-oppression, and social justice at the University of Manitoba, with local and national community organizations, and within sport organizations.

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More about Dr. Chen

Dr. Chen has served on the steering committee of the 2022 Building Solidarities National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism, hosted by Toronto Metropolitan University, and the National Academic Advisory Board of the 2021 National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism, hosted by UBC.

Her work has been recognized through various awards, including WXN Top 100 Women (2021), University of Manitoba Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Campbell Outreach Award (2020, Canada Race Relations Community Champion Award (2018), and YMCA/YWCA Woman of Distinction (2012). Her research is supported by national and international grants, and Dr. Chen has held visiting scholar appointments at New York University, University of New South Wales, and Beijing University. She is a member of the UM team receiving an inaugural Robbins-Ollivier Award for Excellence in Equity (2023) for the project “Dismantling Ableism and Advancing Equity for Disabled Persons: Institutional Action and Accountability”.

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  • The Office of Equity Transformation

    The Office of Equity Transformation provides leadership and coordination at the University of Manitoba to dismantle all forms of oppression, reduce barriers to meaningful participation and narrow inequities to build an institution and community rooted in equity and and commitment to accessibility, diversity and inclusion.

    Office of Equity Transformation 

Contact Us

Office of the Vice-Provost (Equity Transformation)
Administration Building
66 Chancellor's Circle
University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6 Canada

 

equity@umanitoba.ca