[1] Initially started as Intercultural and Diversity Studies of Southern Africa (iNCUDISA) at the University of Cape Town,[2] WiCDS was then established at Wits in 2014 and aims to build capacity to meet the challenges of diverse societies, especially in post-apartheid South Africa through interdisciplinary postgraduate education and research.

[4] WiCDS is grounded in social justice imperatives, the research and education of the programme is informed by Melissa Steyn’s 2007 notion of Critical Diversity Literacy.

[5] The Centre has adapted the racial literacy concept developed by sociologist  France Winddance Twine to analyse other axes of oppression, such as gender, sexuality, disability and class amongst others to describe the field of critical diversity studies as that which develops diversity literacy in scholars and researchers.

[7] Notable people who have spoken at the conference include Lewis Gordon,[8] Grada Kilomba,[9] Boaventura De Soussa Santos,[10] Shelley Tremain and Garth Stevens.

- a web series via YouTube presenting short videos, each portraying a different diversity issue currently playing out in South African society.