Inclusion

Everyone belongs at Monash Sport

At Monash Sport, our facilities, services and programs are for everyone. We believe all people should be treated with respect and dignity, and protected from discrimination, harassment and abuse; in and beyond our sporting environments. Everybody belongs at Monash Sport. Click the link below to learn more about Monash Sport’s commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.

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Our Commitment

We know that physical activity benefits the health and wellbeing of everyone in our community, and we endeavour to foster and maintain environments that embrace, empower and celebrate the rich diversity of the Monash University community.

Monash Sport is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion, which is rooted in mutual respect and support, and translates into meaningful outcomes for all.

Learn about the 'Sport at Monash' Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Action Plan

Our Principles

At Monash Sport, we are guided by the principles outlined in the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Framework 2022-2030. These principles guide our practices and actions.

  • Whole of community

    Every member of the Monash community, whether they be staff, students, local community members, or other partners and collaborators, values their role in progressing EDI, no matter where in the world they are.

  • Intersectional

    We acknowledge that individuals have many facets that make up their identity and that if we focus on ending disadvantage through only one lens, we will miss the compounding impacts discrimination can have. In our EDI practice, we seek to consistently apply an intersectional lens.

  • People-centered

    Our focus is on caring for and supporting members of our community through understanding the diversity of individuals’ lived experiences. It means not taking a one-size-fits-all approach, and instead ensuring we work meaningfully with many different people to capture the diverse realities of our communities' experiences.

  • Dynamic and iterative

    We do not have all the answers, nor do we know with certainty that each initiative or action will be effective. We create extensive and evolving standards for monitoring and evaluating our new Framework and practices to ensure we remain dynamic and contemporary.

Our Goals

At Monash Sport our goals are aligned to the University’s broader EDI goals, which include:

  • Diversity championed and embedded throughout, and beyond, Monash Sport
  • Strong collaborative partnerships across the University and broader communities we engage
  • Enhanced community knowledge to support EDI
  • Dismantled barriers through structural change
  • Enhanced intersectional data, reporting and evaluation
  • We also aim to enhance our facilities to be more accessible and usable and broaden the suite of EDI services, programs and initiatives we offer our communities.

Our EDI Services, Programs and Initiatives

We currently offer an array of services, programs and initiatives to strengthen EDI at Monash Sport. To learn more about these EDI projects, click on the links below:

Our Resources

We have several resources and support EDI at Monash Sport. These include:

In addition to these resources, Monash Sport also utilise the below resources to inform our approach to EDI:

Australian Sports Commission Resources: