The University of British Columbia
is committed to equity and diversity in
employment. All UBC staff and faculty
are asked to complete this questionnaire
to help create an accurate picture of
our workforce. While completion of the
survey is not mandatory, return of
the questionnaire is required in order
to ensure that you have received it.
The survey takes only a few
minutes of your time. You may self-
identify in more than one category. You
may decline to answer any or all of the
questions. All responses to this survey
are confidential, will be reported only in
summary or aggregate form and will be
kept separately from employee records.
If you do not wish to complete this census,
please check this box, and email equity@
equity.ubc.ca your completed survey.
Alternate formats are available on request.
Personal & Confidential
Membership in Designated Groups
As a participant in the Federal Contractors Program,
UBC is required to ask all of its faculty and staff to
identify if they are members of the following four
designated groups under the Employment Equity Act:
women, visible minorities, Aboriginal persons and
persons with disabilities.
1. sex
For the purposes of employment equity, women are
a designated group.
Do you self-identify as a woman?
No
Yes
2. aboriginal persons
For the purposes of employment equity, an “Aboriginal
person” is a North American Indian (status, non-status,
treaty or non-treaty), Métis or Inuit.
Based on this definition, do you self-identify as an
Aboriginal person?
No
Yes
3. visible minorities
According to the Employment Equity Act, members
of “visible minorities” are a designated group. At UBC,
we define this term as “persons (other than Aboriginal
persons, defined above), who self-identify as “people of
colour”. Members of visible minority groups include both
persons who were born in Canada or other countries.
Examples of visible minorities include, but are not
limited to, persons who identify as:
• Black
• Non-white Latin American