Our EDI Committee helps ensure ICAS is committed to placing equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of all that we do. The committee helps ICAS to build a diverse membership and workforce that reflects and advances the communities we serve.
The committee is made up of nine CA members, one non-CA member, and five ICAS colleague members. It meets three times per year. Usually, two meetings are held virtually and one in-person, in Edinburgh.
Appointments for these voluntary roles are for an initial three-year term and may be renewed for a further three years.
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History of the EDI committee
On 23 December 1919, the UK passed legislation to remove any legal impediment to women becoming members of ICAS or any other professional organisation. The first female CA, Isabel Clyne Guthrie, was admitted as a member in 1923.
We have come a long way since then, and much has changed. However, we still have far to go in embedding a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion in our profession.
At its meeting in December 2019, the ICAS Council decided that the adoption, promotion and embedding of a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion should be a priority. This makes it a core strand of all ICAS thinking and business strategy, acting as a catalyst for change in the profession.
Members committed to equality, diversity and inclusion
ICAS members were invited to share their views on what the equality, diversity and inclusion priorities for ICAS should be in 2020, and to comment on a draft statement of intent. Taking on board all the feedback received, at its meeting in September 2020, the Committee finalised the ICAS statement of intent:
"ICAS is committed to placing equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of all that we do. With our partner organisations, we are committed to building a diverse membership and workforce that reflects and advances the communities we serve. We aspire to lead our profession in addressing these challenges, so that we can learn, grow and advance together."
