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Equality Diversity and Inclusion Unit
University College Cork
https://www.ucc.ie/en/edi/
www.hackettdigital.ie
ediunit@ucc.ie
021 490 1993/1825
UCC Diversity
Calendar
2018/2019
The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Unit was established in January 2018.
Some of the key responsibilities of the EDI Unit are to:
• Lead on the development and delivery of the EDI strategy across UCC, working with the University senior leadership team and wider partners in support of the
University Strategic Plan.
• Lead and oversee the University’s Athena SWAN award and other national initiatives and provide effective management and support of various University
committees and groups.
• Support staff to demonstrate their commitment to EDI.
• Raise awareness amongst all staff to fulfill their responsibilities to comply with UCC’s regulations, policies and procedures.
The EDI Unit is happy to advise students and staff on equality-related issues. Students and staff seeking to make a formal complaint about an equality-related
issue have a range of supports, which include (as relevant):
• UCC Student Advisor and Ombudsman: https://www.ucc.ie/en/studentombudsman/
• UCC Campus Watch: https://www.ucc.ie/en/studentexperience/campuswatch/
• UCC Human Resources Business Manager (relevant to your University Area): https://www.ucc.ie/en/hr/people/
• UCC Staff Ombudsman: https://www.ucc.ie/en/staffombudsman/
Other Supports for Staff Other Supports for Students
Employee Assistance Programme: Student Budgetary Advisor: https://www.ucc.ie/en/studentbudget/budgetaryadvisor/
https://www.ucc.ie/en/hr/eap/ Student Assistance Fund: https://www.ucc.ie/en/saf/
Irish Federation of University Disability Support Service https://www.ucc.ie/en/dss/
Teachers (IFUT, UCC): Email chair. First Year Experience Co-Ordinator: https://www.ucc.ie/en/study/undergrad/orientation/first-year/
ucc@ifut.ie
First Year Student Peer Support: https://www.ucc.ie/en/pass/
Services Industrial Professional Mature Student Office: https://www.ucc.ie/en/mature/
and Technical Union (SIPTU, UCC): Student Counselling and Development: https://www.ucc.ie/en/studentcounselling/
Email g.hurley@ucc.ie
Student Health Centre: https://www.ucc.ie/en/studenthealth/
UCC Researcher Staff Association: Student Union Welfare Officer: welfare@uccsu.ie
https://www.ucc.ie/en/rsa/ UCC Niteline Listening service Mon-Thurs 9pm-1am: 1800 32 32 42 or Chat https://www.ucc.ie/en/pass/niteline/onlinelistening/
UCC PLUS+ Access Office https://www.ucc.ie/en/uccplus/
A Note from the President
UCC is an ambitious university of historic heritage with a modern focus. We are a city within a city. People come to UCC from a huge
variety of backgrounds and experiences, mirroring the modern society in the historic community around us. Support for diversity and
equality is more than just a good idea. Diversity nurtures the fertile fields in which great ideas grow. Diversity of background, of thought,
of approach, and of action together promote a robust and sustainable society. The richness of life experiences and differences that
all of you bring to our community help make us make us stronger and better individually and collectively. At UCC, we are dedicated
to promoting diversity and to building welcome, culturally-inclusive, equality-driven communities within and around the university.
We must all be ambassadors who spread the word about the importance of diversity and equality inside and outside UCC.
Our UCC Diversity Calendar highlights our equality and diversity related events and opportunities throughout the academic year.
Professor Patrick G. O’Shea
President
University College Cork
About this Calendar
UCC Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Unit created this calendar to highlight a variety of religious, civil and University dates and
events. The ‘Significant Dates’ section of each month highlights specific internationally recognised religious and civil events. A call was
put out to UCC students and staff to name these significant dates. Please note that certain religious events are subject to the lunar
calendar, and that this calendar can only offer an approximate indication of when these events will happen. Unfortunately we do not
have space to provide details on each event, but we hope that they will raise conversations about diversity, and about local flexibility
for staff and students observing events of religious significance in particular.
The lower middle section of each month highlights both UCC events and Irish events specifically relating to the Equal Status grounds.
Month-long global events are noted here also. Note that certain equality-related events may be subject to change, and that certain
dates were not available at the time of going to print. Finally, the left hand column of each month highlights particular UCC initiatives
and related themes that support the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda.
Photo credits include: Tomás Tyner, Emmet Curtin, Clare Keogh, Sebastian Knuettel, John Sheehan, Wavebreak Media and The Glucksman, UCC.
We welcome suggestions for improvements to the calendar in future years.
UCC Peer Support
September 2018
International Sign Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun
Language Day is
celebrated this month. Significant Dates
The Irish Sign Language
Act was signed into 1 2 9th-11th
law on December 24th
Rosh Hashanah
2017, making Irish Sign Judaism
Language an official state
language. 13th
Ganesh Chaturthi
The Disability Support 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Hinduism
Service provides Irish Sign
Language Classes twice 18th-19th
every academic year. Yom Kippur
Judaism
If you would like to
know how to support 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 21th
International Day of Peace
students who are deaf
or hearing impaired, visit 23rd
https://www.ucc.ie/ Mabon
en/dss/academicstaff/ Pagan/Wiccan/Pantheism
disabilityinformation/ Tekufat Tishrei
deaf/ 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Judaism
International Sign Language Day
24th
First Day of Sukkot
Judaism
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
25th
Feast of St. Fin Barre
Christianity
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24th-27th September is: Bi+ Visibility Week (UCC LGBT* Society)
Sexual Health and Guidance Week (SHAG) Week (UCC Student Union)
UCC Africa Society
October 2018
Black History Month Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Significant Dates
Ireland was initiated
in Cork in 2010. This
month celebrates 9th-17th
the contribution of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Navaratri
African diasporic Buddhism
communities in Ireland
and internationally, and 10th
World Mental Health Day
highlights the racial
injustice that Black
31st
and minority ethnic 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Halloween
communities face. Look All Hallows Eve
out for events marking Samhain
Black History Month Wiccan
during October in UCC.
UCC recently joined the 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
international Universities
Studying Slavery
consortium. Amongst
its concerns, this project
addresses historic and
contemporary issues 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
regarding race/racism
and higher education.
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October is Black History Month (Ireland and UK) Disability Awareness Week (UCC Student Union) is 15th-18th October
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Global) Ceiliúrfear Seachtain na Gaeilge (Comhaltas na Mac Léinn UCC) 22ú-25ú
Positive Ageing Week (Ireland) is celebrated 1st-7th October Deireadh Fómhair
Coming Out Week (UCC LGBT* Society) is 8th-11th October
UCC Indian Society
November 2018
UCC’s Bystander Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Significant Dates
Intervention Module
addresses the issues of
sexual and relationship 1st
violence. It encourages 1 2 3 4 All Hallows/All Saints Day
an understanding of Christianity
the dangers of the
social normalisation of 2nd
All Souls Day
abusive behaviour and
Christianity
the related capacity of a
bystander to intervene. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7th-12th
Diwali
This module, which has Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism,
been successfully piloted Jainism
in the Schools of Law,
Applied Psychology and 10th
Nursing and Midwifery, 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Universal Children’s Day
will be available online
for all undergraduate 19th
International Men’s Day
students during semester
2 of the 2018/2019
25th
academic year. The
module will include a 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 International Day for the
Elimination of Violence Against
face-to-face workshop Women
element.
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November is Men’s Health Awareness Month (Movember - Global)
Mental Wellbeing Week (UCC Student Union) is 12th-15th November
Trans and Non-Binary Awareness Week (UCC LGBT* Society and Student Union) is 19th-22nd November.
UCC Christmas Tree
December 2018
UCC has a number Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Significant Dates
of places for quiet
contemplation and/or
prayer. These include 1st
the prayer room in the 1 2 World AIDS Day
Chaplaincy, Iona House,
College Road, and two 2nd
prayer rooms normally International Day for the
Abolition of Slavery
used by Muslim students
in Brookfield Health
2nd-10th
Sciences Complex. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Hanukkah
Judaism
3rd
International Day of Persons
with Disabilities
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
8th
Feast of the Immaculate
Conception
Christianity
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 10th
International Human Rights
Day
18th
International Migrants Day
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 21st
Tekufat Tevet
Judaism
Yule Begins
Pagan/Wiccan/Pantheism
31 25th
Christmas Day
Christianity
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Arriving Into View: Public mural created by young
asylum seekers, refugees and asylum seekers in
collaboration with the Glucksman, UCC.
January 2019
UCC has a variety of Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Significant Dates
outreach programmes
to create equal
opportunities for students 4th
from underrepresented 1 2 3 4 5 6 World Braille Day
groups. This means UCC
is a place where people 6th
seeking sanctuary are Feast of the Epiphany
Christianity
welcome, where people
Nollaig na mBan/Women’s
learn about seeking
Little Christmas
sanctuary and where 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Irish Tradition/Christianity
practice is shared with
other institutions. 7th
Orthodox Christmas Day
Seven UCC Sanctuary Christianity
Scholarships
were awarded to 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 13th
undergraduate students Bodhi Day
who are asylum seekers Buddhism
or refugees in August
20th
2018. UCC runs a range of
World Religion Day
scholarship and bursary
programmes, including 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
27th
the Quercus Scholarships International Day of
and 1916 Bursaries. Commemoration of Victims of
the Holocaust
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UCC Refugee Week (University of Sanctuary Working Group) is 21st-25th January.
Equal Physics Opportunities Network in Academia (EPONA)
February 2019
UCC has a variety of Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Significant Dates
outreach programmes
to create equal
opportunities to students 5th
from underrepresented 1 2 3 Chinese New Year
groups. Buddhism, Confucianism,
Daoism, Non-religious
These include Assistive
8th
Technology Outreach
Nirvana Day
in second level, UCC
Buddhism
PLUS+ Outreach 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
programmes, Mature 11th
Student Support, UCC International Day of Women
Open Day, and Outreach and Girls in Science
in the College of Science,
Engineering and Food 20th
Science. Adult and 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 World Day of Social Justice
Continuing Education
has pioneered the Skellig
Centre for Research
and Innovation and
fostered Cork Learning
Neighbourhoods. UCC 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
also has a Civic and
Community Engagement
Strategy. See the UCC
website for further
details.
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UCC Asian Week (South East Asian, Indian, Korean and Japanese Societies Collaborative Event) is 18th-21st February 2019.
Climbing at the UCC Mardyke Arena
March 2019
The Equality Committee Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Significant Dates
has been in place in UCC
for over 20 years. This
committee consists of 1st
representatives of UCC 1 2 3 Self-Injury Awareness Day
Colleges, ACE, Staff and
Student Unions and HR 5th
amongst others. The Shrove (‘Pancake’) Tuesday
Christianity
Committee advocates
for equality across the
6th
Equal Status Grounds, 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ash Wednesday
and formulates equality Christianity
strategy.
6th
The Equality Committee Lent Begins
is also the internal Christianity
steering group for 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
the EDI Unit. The EDI 8th
Unit works to enable International Women’s Day
staff and students
20th
to create positive
Ostara
change. It manages
and supports initiatives 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pagan/Wiccan/Pantheism
Tekufat Nisan
like Athena SWAN, Judaism
Sanctuary Scholarships
and the development 21st
of an Equality Action International Day for
Plan in collaboration the Elimination of Racial
with a variety of UCC
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Discrimination
departments. For World Down Syndrome Day
more see the EDI Unit
webpages: //www.ucc.
ie/en/edi New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter
The Anniversary of Recognition of Travellers as an Ethnic Group in Ireland is March 1st.
UCC Equality Week (UCC Equality Committee) is 4th-8th March.
The Anniversary of Famine Relief Donation by Choctaw Nation is March 23rd.
Autism Friendly University Project Launch
April 2019
UCC is on the way to Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Significant Dates
becoming an Autism
Friendly University. This
three-year project was 2nd
launched in collaboration 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 World Autism Awareness Day
with AsIam.ie founder
Adam Harris in July 2018. 4th
As part of this project, International Day for Mine
Awareness and Assistance in
the Student Union
Mine Action
will renovate the Old
Bar space to create a 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 7th
Sensory Room and Quiet World Health Day
room. The refurbishment
will include a lift, 19th-27th
accessible bathrooms Passover
and gender-neutral Judaism
cubicles. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
19th
Good Friday
Christianity
21st
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Easter Sunday
Christianity
22nd
Earth Day
23rd
29 30 World Book Day
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April is Autism Awareness Month (Global)Raising the Transgender Pride Flag at UCC
May 2019
UCC’s Gender Identity Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Significant Dates
and Expression Policy
and Guidelines will be
launched during the 1st
2018/2019 academic 1 2 3 4 5 Beltane
year. The policy and Pagan
guidelines support
transgender and non- 3rd
World Press Freedom Day
binary students and staff
in particular.
6th
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Ramadan Begins
The policy and guidelines Islam
cover issues such as use
of inclusive language, 8th-10th
use of facilities, changing Shavout
one’s University records Judaism
and taking a stance 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
against transphobic 9th
discrimination. Europe Day
17th
For more see the EDI
International Day Against
Unit webpages: www.
ucc.ie/en/edi 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Homophobia, Biphobia and
Transphobia
21st
World Day for Cultural
Diversity Dialogue and
Development
27 28 29 30 31
29th
International Day of UN
Peacekeepers
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30th
Ascension DayIn Touch with Tradition: An exhibition by young Traveller girls responding to
their heritage, in collaboration with Mayfield Youth Café and Glucksman, UCC
June 2019
The Glucksman UCC Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Significant Dates
and associated artists
regularly engages the
power of art to give a 4th-5th
platform to the views 1 2 Eid al-Fitr
and experiences of a Islam
range of children, adults
and young people from 9th
Pentecost
various social groups.
Christianity
Examples include the
Traveller-focused ‘In 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13th
Touch with Tradition’ International Albinism
exhibition (August Awareness Day
2018), the ‘Arriving
into View’ project with 20th
young asylum seekers World Refugee Day
(September 2017). 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
21st
Litha
Pagan/Pantheism/Wiccan
Tekufat Tammuz
Judaism
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 World Humanist Day
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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Traveller Pride Week is celebrated in June every year.
The Anniversary of Decriminalisation of Homosexuality in Ireland is March 24th.UCC LGBT Staff Network at Cork Pride
July 2019
UCC’s Staff LGBT Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Significant Dates
Network was established
in 2007. The aim of
the network is to work 11th
with management and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 World Population Day
staff to create a safe,
inclusive and diverse 17th
working environment World Day for International
Justice
that encourages a culture
of respect and equality
17th
for all regardless of their 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Dharma Day
sexual orientation: See Buddhism
https://www.ucc.ie/en/
lgbtstaff/
UCC Student LGBT*
Society provides a 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
similar safe space for
its members and raises
awareness of LGBT issues
through campaigns
and events. See http://
lgbtsoc.ucc.ie 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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Cork LGBT Pride Week is celebrated from 28th July to August 4th.August 2019
The International Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Significant Dates
Office provides a
range of supports to
international students 1st
before and during 1 2 3 4 Lughnasadh
their time in UCC. Peer Wiccan
Support volunteers are
matched with students 9th
World Indigenous People’s
before their arrival. The
Day
Welcome Programme
provides a huge range of 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 9th-14th
events for international Hajj
students including the Islam
Community Garden, City
Walking Tour, and the 11th to 15th
Fáilte Fest (organised Eid al-Adha
by Admissions). The 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Islam
International Office
collaborates with 12th
International Youth Day
a range of Student
Societies to host events
19th
throughout the year.
Visit https://www.ucc. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 World Humanitarian Day
ie/en/international/
studentinfohub/ for
more details.
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