Inclusive Research

Cultural Competence - Nicol A. Cooke treats cultural competence as a spectrum including incompetence, and three stages of competence from emerging to advanced. As a middle ground, cultural competence involves a willingness to accept and respect social and cultural differences; a willingness to both learn about and from cultures outside ones' own; advocating with and for diverse and often marginalized groups. (17-18)

Diversity - Representing variety and differences within and across groups and cultures. 

Equality - "the state of being equal, especially in status, rights and opportunities," (United Way). This means that everyone is given the same even if they can not use or apply certain tools. Since we all have different needs, 'equality' can actually exacerbate limiting social and economic opportunities.

Equity - Some would argue that equity across populations is a basic human right. It involves both removing barriers, and providing services to promote and provide fairness in opportunity and ideally practice and achievement. (Ainscow, 2020).

Inclusion - Accept everyone and make accommodations based on unique needs to allow for full participation and maximum benefit.  

Social Justice - promoting, creating, and maintaining an equitable society; aims to eliminate systemic practices that only benefit certain groups while leaving most others struggling/ trailing behind. 

Intersectional - aiming to understand how and where different groups social, political, gender, race, sexuality, religious, and ability identities align and differ often related to needs, privilege, and marginalization. 

Marginalized Groups - includes all populations that have historically faced collective discrimination, and/ or been excluded from or limited in opportunity for social, economic, political, and educational gain. 

Discovery - the act of seeking and identifying appropriate resources for a specified need or application, or stated purpose/ goal, and doing so without bias or to support/ fulfill a predetermined outcome.