In 2020, the University of Toronto Scarborough launched it's Inspiring Inclusive Excellence strategic plan.
Inspiring inclusive excellence means embracing and promoting the enriching contributions that come from the diverse backgrounds, ways of knowing, ideas, perspectives, and experiences represented in our community.
To support further research of contributions that come from diverse backgrounds and ways of knowing, UTSC librarians and staff have assembled an ongoing list of resources under an expanding list of categories.
When searching for further specialized readings in your area of interest, feel free to contact a UTSC liaison librarian to help search and locate relevant sources to inspire inclusive excellence.
Inclusion
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Gender Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academia: a framework for sustainable transformation, Edited by Melina Duarte, Katrin Losleben and Kjersti Fjotoft. |
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Intersectionality and Higher Education: Identity and Inequality on College Campuses by Carson Byrd, Rachelle Brunn-Bevel and Sarah Ovink. |
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Serving diverse students in Canadian higher education, Edited by Carney Strange and Donna Hardy Cox. |
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Diversity and inclusion in organizations, Edited by Dianna Stone, James Dulebohn and Kimberly Lukaszewki. |
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Strategies for supporting inclusion and diversity in the academy: higher education, aspiration and inequality by Gail Crimmins. |
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On Being Included: racism and diversity in institutional life, by Sara Ahmed. |
Indigeneity
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Land as pedagogy: Nishnaabeg intelligence and rebellious transformation by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. |
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Racism, colonialism, and indigeneity in Canada: a reader, Edited by Martin Cannon and Lina Sunseri. |
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Transforming indigenous higher education: privileging culture, identity and self-determination by Marion Kickett. |
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Reclaiming Indigenous research in higher education, Edited by Robin Minthorn and Heather Shotton. |
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Anti-Racism & Radicalized Perspectives
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Policing Black Lives: State violence in Canada from slavery to the present by Robyn Maynard. |
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire. |
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Nuances of Blackness in the Canadian Academy: Teaching, Learning and Researching While Black, Edited by Awad Ibrahim, Tamari Kitossa, Malinda Smith and Handel Wright.
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Handbook of Race and Refusal in Higher Education: Like a Path in Tall Grasses, Edited by Kenjus Watson. |
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Decolonizing the University, Edited by Gurminder Bhambra, Dalia Gebrial and Kerem Nisancioglu. |
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Performing antiracist pedagogy in rhetoric, writing, and communication, Edited by Frakie Condon and Vershawn Ahsanti Young.
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Disability Studies
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From the periphery: real-life stories of disability by Pia Justesen |
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Beginning with Disability: A Primer, Edited by Lennard J. Davis. |
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Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer. |
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Barriers and Belonging: Personal Narratives of Disability, Edited by Michelle J. |
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Disfigured: on fairy tales, disability, and making space, by Amanda Leduc. |
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Ableism in Academia: Experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education, edited by Nicole Brown and Jennifer Leigh. |
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Disability and Other Human Questions by Dan Goodley. |
Women & Gender Studies
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Feminism Interrupted by Lola Olufemi. |
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Sisterhood interrupted: from radical women to grrls gone wild (and why our politics are still personal) by Deborah Siegel. |
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Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde. |
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the women that a movement forgot, by Mikki Kendall. |
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Queer Studies
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Trans Individuals Lived Experiences of Harm: Gender, Identity and Recognition |
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Queer studies: beyond binaries by Bruce Henderson. |
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Who's who in lesbian and gay writing, by Gabriele Griffin. |
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Poor Queer Studies: confronting elitism in academia, by Matt Brim. |
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Queer Methods and Methodologies: Intersecting Queer Theories and Social Science Research, Edited by Kath Browne and Catherine J. Nash. |
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Last update: October 2024