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The President’s Advisory Committee on Building an Inclusive Community (PACBIC) aims to identify and anticipate issues affecting equity-seeking communities both within the University and relevant to those seeking access to the University, and to advise the President on such issues.
PACBIC Working Groups
Priorities and Planning (P&P) Read More About P&P
Priorities and Planning functions as a coordinating and steering committee of PACBIC
Disability, Inclusion, Madness, Accessibility, Neurodiversity (DIMAND) Read More About DIMAND
Disability, Inclusion, Madness, Accessibility, NeuroDiversity (DIMAND) Working Group endeavours to identify and recommend to the University, through PACBIC, the prevention and removal of barriers that persons with disabilities encounter on the main campus and other McMaster sites as well as through programs, policies, practices, and services provided by the University.
Gender and Sexuality (G&S) Read More About G&S
Advocating for gender and sexual diversity at McMaster
Interfaith (IF) Read More About IF
To foster awareness of and advocacy for various religious/spiritual identities at McMaster
Race, Racializiation and Racism (R3) Read More About R3
The R3 Working Group brings together Black, Indigenous and racialized students, staff and faculty to discuss race-related issues and how to bring down these barriers to ensure all racialized individuals thrive at McMaster
Former Working Groups
First Nation, Métis and Inuit Priorities (FNMI) Read More About IEC
Although no longer a working group under PACBIC, the First Nation, Métis and Inuit Priorities (FNMI) group and its members are still actively working to create a more inclusive environment at McMaster. The Indigenous Education Council (IEC) and McMaster Indigenous Research Institute (MIRI) launched the Indigenous Strategic Directions on National Truth and Reconciliation Day – September 30, 2021