Focus Areas

CEDI focuses on the following research and policy areas:

• Disability
  This includes physical, intellectual, learning, cognitive or emotional disabilities, as well as other related medical conditions. This should not be a determining factor to exclude individuals from fully participating in our vibrant community.
• Gender
  We openly focus on the fluidity of gender (including gender identity) which can be different than the assigned gender at birth. This includes any person’s gender identity, be it male, female, transgender, or non-binary.
• Race
  No one should be discriminated against on the basis of their race, skin colour, nationality, or ethnic origin.
• Religion / Beliefs
  UNIC is a collection of different faiths and beliefs. The University encompasses people of different religious beliefs, backgrounds, outlooks, including people who do not subscribe to any of the above.
• Sexual orientation/identity, gender expression and characteristics
  A person’s sexual orientation including gay, lesbian, bisexual, transexual, heterosexual, or otherwise is not up for questioning, discriminating against, nor side-lining any member of our extended community. We rigorously provide support and do our best to raise awareness over the right to sexuality and sexual orientation.
• Socio-economic status
  How much or how little one earns does not and should not divide people into a hierarchical ladder in society. While the socio-economic status is understood as a metric for understanding whether there is a correlation between economic-financial merit and the social position one occupies in relation to others (based on the income, education, and occupation), we do not subscribe to such dichotomy. Instead, we encourage justice and equality of opportunity.
• Family Status
  (not the same as ‘civil status’) This is understood as parenting a person under 18 years or the guardian or resident primary carer or parent of a person with a disability. Such status should not prevent anyone from actively participating and enjoying all professional and extracurricular opportunities at our University.
• Civil status
  A person’s civil status (single, married, separated, divorced, widowed, civil partnered, formerly civil partnered) is a personal choice and not something that affects any individual’s status within our institution.
• Other categories of diversity (age, language, and others)