By Ron Thomas

Campus is a colourful place at this time of year, and that includes the two dozen bulletin boards used by the Office of Human Rights. Each contains a 16" x 20" painting of a tree that the artist, Tessa Nunn, discovered in a park just outside Edmonton. The limited edition poster, which is titled Expanding Our Vision, Embracing Diversity, is OHR's way of getting people to think about respecting and including people with disabilities. "It is my opinion that we all have a disability of one sort or another, so when asked to create an image that represents 'people with disabilities', I felt overwhelmed," Nunn said. "In order to depict such a large and diverse portion of the population, I turned to nature.
"Humans are captivated by the natural world; we ,He especially awestruck by nature that is unusual. This tree illustrates visually how our world is enriched by that which is different."

Expanding Our Vision, Embracing Diversity is the third poster to be created for OHR. Impetus for the practice came from Opening Doors: A Plan for Employment Equity at the University of Alberta (one of the document's recommendations was that the OHR install bulletin boards in high traffic areas and use the space for postings pertaining to human rights and employment equity).
"We feel that the poster series is a unique form of education and communi- cation" says Employment Equity Coordinator Cathy Anne Pachnowski. Nunn's painting occupies half of each bulletin board, and the other half contains notices/ announcements which periodically give way to new ones.