Considering my social identity is an important aspect of unlearning and DISRUPTing my learning. My education has been through a Western European leans, therefore I must consider how that lens filters my knowledge and understanding of the world, and also how it has created biases-both conscious and unconscious. This perspective impacts my teaching and assessment practices. 

I have privileges based on being a white, able-bodied, heterosexual, cis-gendered, middle aged woman who has a University level education and a career. However, I am part of a marginalized group as I am a woman, and have experiences the effects of oppression my whole life, growing up in a patriarchal society. Living in Canada has also provided me with privileges in terms of a high quality of life, including access to world-class health care and education, while being guaranteed certain freedoms and rights.