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DEI at BH

Branksome Hall is committed to making sure our school community is a diverse, equitable and inclusive place to learn and to work. Our aim is to be a community that embraces diversity, equity and inclusion so that it permeates our institutional culture, guides our actions, and is reflected in our students’ and employees’ lived experiences. We also aim to be a community where diversity, equity, inclusion and restorative justice involve engaging multiple perspectives, critically challenging assumptions, and taking empathetic, informed and responsible action in our school, our partnerships and in the world.

We are collaborating across campus to support diversity, equity and inclusiveness, as well as community engagement and action. This site offers a range of resources to support our community in living these values. What is offered here is a starting point and will be continually updated. We hope that these resources prove useful and we welcome any suggestions of additional content to share.

Facts & Figures

Voices

What Our Community Is Saying about DEI

We are proud to have a diverse community of students, employees, parents, friends and alum whose views are valued as we move through our DEI journey.

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DEI News

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  • Joy, Trauma and Fantasy: Branksome Hall Presents "She Kills Monsters"

    Adolescents go through a wide range of experiences in their young lives. From navigating friendships and dating, to finding new hobbies and dealing with emotions, life can get tough for young adventurers. Students explored these themes on November 29 and 30, 2023, when Branksome’s talented Senior School thespians and artists brought performances of She Kills Monsters to the community.
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  • Dr. Carolyn Mak, Director of Well-Being and School Counselling

    Dr. Carolyn Mak Honoured with the 2023 School Social Work Achievement Award

    Dr. Carolyn Mak, Branksome’s Director of Well-Being and School Counselling, has been honoured with the Ontario Association of Social Workers’ 2023 School Social Work Achievement Award. The award is in honour of her support in the development and delivery of social-emotional learning (SEL) content school-wide, as well as leading the school’s team of School Counsellors and Social Workers. This is Dr. Mak’s ninth year at Branksome Hall, and she spent her first seven years as the Junior School Social Worker, working closely with the Junior School teaching team to provide in-class programming for students around development of social-emotional learning skills, as well as counselling and consultation to students and their families. As Director of Well-Being and School Counselling, Carolyn holds a key role in developing and implementing school-wide well-being programs and curriculum; supervising and building expertise in our counseling and social work team; and strengthening and developing parent education.
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  • The Grade 9 students gathered in the gym to screen their films.

    Creativity and Collaboration: Grade 9 Students Visit From Branksome Hall Asia

    Each fall, Branksome Hall welcomes Grade 9 students from Branksome Hall Asia (BHA), our sister school on Jeju Island, South Korea, to campus for a week of hands-on learning in the Arts. From creating beautiful animations during the Interdisciplinary Unit Week (IDU), which took place from Monday, October 16 to Friday, October 20, 2023, to bonding with new friends at the Boarding cultural dinner, their most recent visit was one to remember.
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Our Team

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  • Dr. Mira Gambhir

    Head, Research & Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Shelby McPhee

    Coordinator, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Nya Daley

    Administrative Assistant DEI and Well-Being

Community Updates

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We wish to acknowledge this land on which Branksome operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work and go to school on this land.

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