University of Alberta Proposes Ending DEI Hiring Requirements Pending Board of Governors’ Approval

Students walk on campus at the University of Alberta in Edmonton in a file photo. Omid Ghoreishi/The Epoch Times

The University of Alberta is revising its hiring policies to eliminate requirements for diversity, equity, and inclusivity (DEI), but the changes must be ratified by the school’s board of governors to be officially implemented.

The move comes a year after the university’s president announced the post-secondary institution would be distancing itself from DEI, saying the framework to promote inclusivity was actually sowing seeds of division.