Geoscience is a wide-ranging discipline that comes with a unique set of challenges to building diverse and inclusive communities. This session invites presentations that advance the topic of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity (EDI) as it relates primarily to Black, Indigenous and Persons of Colour (BIPOC) students and researchers in any of CGU sections (Biogeosciences, Geodesy, Hydrology, Solid Earth). This session will focus on barriers to inclusion and representation and highlight solutions and strategies that promote EDI in geoscience research, teaching, and outreach. We welcome submissions related to: assessments of the obstacles faced by marginalized and underrepresented groups; data related to professional or student underrepresentation; research and teaching pedagogies; evidence or experiences of systemic barriers to inclusion; and novel strategies to identify and overcome these barriers and obstacles. Please identify early-career researchers in your abstract as we will give priority to their voices.

Conveners: Joseph Shea, Geography, Earth, and Environmental Science, University of Northern British Columbia; Akalya Kandiah, Geography, Earth, and Environmental Science, University of Northern British Columbia, Department of Political Science, McMaster University; Maria Chadid-Hernandez, Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, University of Northern British Columbia, Riddhi Dave, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada; Natasha Leclerc, Chemical & Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga; Adeyemi Olusola, Environmental & Urban Change, York University

10:30am - 10:45am    Hidden Figures: A review of representation statistics quantifying the impact of EDI trends in academia and Geosciences
Presenter(s): Riddhi Dave

10:45am - 11:00am    An Environmental Scan of Colonial Legacies in the Geosciences
Presenter(s): Maria Chadid

11:00am - 11:15am    Roundtable #1

11:15am - 11:30am    Aligning Community Questions and Academic Expectations in Environmental Archaeology
Presenter(s): Natasha Leclerc

11:30am - 11:45am    Performing Science: Findings and Lessons from Observations of Three Disciplinary Conferences in Canada    
Presenter(s): Aklaya Kandiah

11:45am - 12:00pm    Roundtable #2