Among the many rights and freedoms that we have as Canadians, under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, each us is entitled to fair and impartial treatment by the law. This ensures that we are not discriminated against based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental and physical ability. Everyone has the right to the equal protection.

We honour these rights at DC in our core values – we embrace, uniqueness and champion all learners.

Identity is a complex word and can be categorized in many ways. We can choose an identity and an identity can be assigned to us. Identities can change over time and in different settings and there are many layers to one’s identity.

Within those identities, each of us has our own lived experiences that make us unique. Understanding identity is an ongoing journey that is constantly evolving as we continually learn how to respect the many identities that we engage with.

Liberal, Buddhist, female, bisexual, Indigenous, child, tall, first-generation student, new Canadian, intersex, Atheist are a very small list of identities that we might find in our DC campuses.

For over 50 years, the one thing that has held our DC “village” together is the high value we place of treating everyone with dignity in a dynamic and supportive learning environment.