Diversity of worldviews: reflections about diversity, equity, and inclusion

The co-authors, a racialized woman from India and a Nanualco (Indigenous Mesoamerican peoples whose ancestral territory encompasses central Mexico to the tip of Costa Rica) man from Nahua-Pipil (another name for Nanualco people) territory in El Salvador are encountering increasing discourse and action about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within academia in Canada. The DEI initiatives rooted in the Eurocentric worldview are found to reproduce the same inequities they are attempting to address. Given this context, the co-authors engaged in a process of dialogic reflections and co-learning over a period of 6 years to critically examine the notions of DEI considering their lived experiences, the domination of Eurocentric worldview, and an emerging understanding of their own ancestral worldviews. The co-authors express the need to dismantle the domination of the Eurocentric worldview and to expand the notions of DEI by honouring diverse worldviews within and beyond academia.