History of BRT

In 2013, WWU President Bruce Shephard authorized the creation of the President's Taskforce on Equity, Inclusion and Diversity 2013-2017 Final Report

In 2018, WWU President Sabha Randhawa produced a timeline of institutional initiatives to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion at Western. Among those initiatives was the Council on Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice. Read the Final Report of the 2018-2018 Council on Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice or the charge for the 2019-2020 academic year.

In the fall of 2020, the WWU President's Council on Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice recommended the creation of a Structural Equity and Bias Response Team. Since that time, new resources to better support Western’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts now exist through the Office of Equity and the Chief Diversity Officer which replace the Structural Equity work. The Bias Response Team (BRT) continues to work and now reports to the Chief Diversity Office.

• 2020-21 Bias Response Team Report
• 2021-22 Bias Response Team Report.pdf (PDF)
• 2022-23 Bias Response Team Report

• Recommendation to Create a Structural Equity and Bias Response Team
• President Randhawa’s charge to the Council on Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice for 2019-20
• 2020-21 Structural Equity Team Report
• 2021-22 Structural Equity Team Report