The Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (REDI) has been established to provide leadership across the Faculty of Medicine in the areas of professionalism, learner mistreatment, equity, diversity, and inclusion, anti-racism, and anti-discrimination.
Events
- Disability Needs to be Decolonized: Ableism, Colonialism, and Why Indigenous Knowledges are Important to Health Research
Join ICON virtually on Thursday, August 28, 2025, from 12:00–1:30 p.m. Guest speaker Dr. Rheanna Robinson, from the Manitoba Métis Federation, will share how her work as an Indigenous scholar living with chronic illness and disability demonstrates the powerful ways Indigenous knowledges advance equity and inclusion. - 2025 Intergenerational March to Commemorate Orange Shirt Day
Join the Intergenerational March on Tuesday, September 30, from 11:45 am–3:00 pm at the UBC campus to commemorate Orange Shirt Day (OSD). Members of the UBC community, families, and those in solidarity are welcome to participate. The Faculties of Land and Food Systems and Forestry are honoured to host this event. - The Nature of All Things Indigenous: Discussing the Changing Climate of Truth, Reconciliation and Nurturing Connections
Join our second in-person Indigenous Speakers Series session on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (PT) at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre on UBC Vancouver campus. In this event, we are honoured to welcome Dr. David Suzuki and Dr. Shane Pointe, who will share their perspectives and experiences on our changing climate. We need one another to spark an urgent call for change—to reset our relationship with Mother Earth and the sacred, finite resources we all share. - What’s love got to do with teaching? Embedding humanity into our teaching to spark transformation and joy
Join the Office of Faculty Development on Friday, September 12, 2025 from 8:30 am – 1:00 pm for a half-day hybrid+ event exploring the transformative power of teaching with love in health professions education. As part of the R&R Series, Katie Lee Bunting will share key dimensions of love as a pedagogical practice. Together, we’ll explore how compassion and connection can be meaningfully integrated into your teaching. - Shame in Healthcare Network
Join the Shame in Healthcare Network international webinar series on July 9, 2025, October 8, 2025, January 14, 2026, or April 8, 2026, from 10–11 a.m. PT for a presentation and discussion that openly and authentically explore experiences of shame in healthcare. - Postponed: Dubayaax a ts’awalk – Everything Is One: The Need for Meaningful Engagement & Relationship Building
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the session with the Ditidaht First Nation Chief & Council has been postponed. In the meantime, we are excited and honoured to welcome Dr. David Suzuki and Dr. Shane Pointe on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (PT)! - Disability in the Workplace! Interactive workshop
Are you ready to deepen your understanding of disability awareness and inclusion in the workplace? Join this interactive virtual workshop developed specifically for faculty, staff, and leaners at the Faculty of Medicine, led by Dr. Jon Breen, Equity Advisor with the Dean’s Office. Upcoming sessions: Sep 18 & 23, Oct 9 & 21.
Recent Posts
- Congratulations to Derek Thompson
Congratulations to Derek Thompson on receiving the 2025 UBC Department of Medicine Faculty & Staff Award. - Indigenous Student Lounge
The Indigenous Student Lounge (Biological Sciences Building, Room 2032) is open to all Indigenous students—undergraduate and graduate—across STEM disciplines. Drop in to enjoy free snacks, a microwave, comfy couches, and desks for getting work done or taking a break. - Introduction to the REDI Office: Resources for Faculty and Staff
Are you new to UBC or the Faculty of Medicine? Learn about the REDI Office’s range of resources to support your role, from professional development and EDI best practices to strategies for fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace. - Introduction to the REDI Office: Resources for Learners
Discover a wealth of resources from the REDI Office designed to support your learning journey. Join upcoming events, and access over 40 hours of recorded events. - REDI In-Person Event Travel Bursary for FoM Faculty & Staff
REDI is offering a limited number of travel bursaries for FoM Faculty & staff members located outside of Vancouver to attend REDI in-person events at UBC Point Grey campus. - Research Voices from the Field with Kevin Eva
In this edition, Kevin Eva, Associate Director and Scientist in the Centre for Health Education Scholarship, and Professor and Director of Educational Research and Scholarship in the Department of Medicine, reflects on why he co-authored “Considerations of equity, diversity and inclusion in peer reviews conducted for Medical Education.”
Recordings
- Building a More Welcoming Movement Toward a Just Culture
What motivates real cultural change? How can we create movements that feel hopeful and actionable? Watch a recording for REDI’s Fourth Annual Symposium to learn about evidence-based approaches in psychology, social change, and transformative education to creating lasting, inclusive change—grounded in science, compassion, and care. - Advancing Inclusive Research in Medicine: Anti-Racist and Decolonial Approaches
Watch a recording for a discussion on how medical and health researchers can cultivate more reciprocal, collaborative, and inclusive research practices that are culturally sensitive, anti-racist, and welcoming to historically, systemically, and persistently marginalized (HSPM) communities. - To Bear Witness: A Meaningful Conversation about my Mom on Belonging and Perseverance
Watch a recording for a conversation with Maï Yasué, Associate Director of the REDI Office, about Derek’ mother, Maude Thompson. Maude was a Haisla First Nations woman, a Survivor of the Indian Residential School experience, and a cook at the Tsow-tun Le Lum Society – Substance Use and Trauma Treatment Centre for nearly 40 years.
With gratitude, we acknowledge that the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine and its distributed programs, which include four university academic campuses, are located on traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of First Nations Peoples and communities around the province.
We respectfully acknowledge that the UBC Vancouver-Point Grey academic campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and UBC operations in Vancouver more generally are also on the territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh).
We respectfully acknowledge that the UBC Okanagan academic campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation.
We respectfully acknowledge that the University of Northern BC Prince George campus is located on the traditional territory of the Lheidli T’enneh, who are part of the Dakelh (Carrier) First Nations.
We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territories the University of Victoria is located and the Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
Learn more about the Faculty of Medicine’s commitments to reconciliation.