What is enough? When can we stop working to make TRU more inclusive?
None of us can claim to know what a completely equitable and inclusive university would look like. Nonetheless, it is impossible to look at our current population and practices and believe we have achieved it. If today our university were unshaped by biases and discriminatory structures one would expect the representation of various groups to roughly mirror their representation in the population.
Sceptics often maintain that the current demography in their discipline is merely the side effect of people choosing educational options and careers other than university. This kind of response merely moves the question back one step. After all, people tend to choose options that are good for them, so it merely changes the question as to how to make TRU a better option for members of underrepresented groups.
Try not to make things worse
Each of us has to assess our own skills and personality and decide what we can do to diversify our discipline. If you cannot in good faith follow some of these guidelines, see if you can follow some parts or another guide. Minimally, members of overrepresented groups can make sure that their colleagues do not have to take on an unfair burden of service by stepping up to do important but ungratifying work when needed and they can support rather than deride or block their colleagues’ attempts to make the discipline more inclusive.