An Action-Based Roadmap for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Teaching Linguistics

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Abstract This chapter discusses a three-year pedagogical initiative at the University of Toronto to bring more equity, diversity, and inclusion into the linguistics classroom and to address linguistic injustice more generally in teaching beyond linguistics courses. In an effort to provide a model for anyone interested in doing similar work in their own departments, the authors focus on implementational details, concrete steps, outcomes, and generalizable action-based advice on how individual pieces of our project can be adapted in different contexts. They provide an overview of the initiative and details of a number of its resulting products, including a variety of materials that they developed and collected into a publicly accessible online repository. The authors also discuss numerous connections and collaborations that helped expand the scope of the initiative, and conclude by offering helpful suggestions and further reflections on why this work is important and why linguists must prioritize it.