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
- Taking collective action toward Palestinian liberation: From shattering silence to generative dialogue within the health professions
Canadian health professionals have been silenced / silencing on the genocide of Palestinians, despite our obligation to promote human rights, health, and wellbeing. This hybrid session on March 27, 11–1 pm, challenges that silence through a panel on its impact and how health professionals can act locally and globally for justice. Co-sponsered by UBC Occupational Therapy, Equity and Inclusion Office, and the Jewish Faculty Network. - ‘My Name is Charlene’: Perseverance and Poise in an Era of Truth, Reconciliation, Anger & Rage
Join us on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, from 12:00 – 2:00 PM (PT), for a conversation with Chief Charlene Belleau of the Esk’etemc First Nation, who helped lay the foundations for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Her work supported the Commission’s mandate to document the history and legacy of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools, and guide reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. - Moving from Harm to Healing (part II): A Practical and Relational Lens on Harm and Conflict
Join us virtually on Monday, March 30, 2026, from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM (PT), for a session with Catherine Bargen, co-founder of Just Outcomes Canada and a recognized leader in restorative and relational conflict transformation. Moving beyond the “why” of restorative practice, this session provides both principles and examples to guide everyday situations. Participants will be introduced to frameworks for addressing conflict and harm, and for centring relationships by promoting belonging, accountability, and repair. - EDI Joint Interest Group
Staff and faculty leading EDI initiatives in their units are invited to join our group or drop in for a session. Apr. 27 | Supporting Learners Facing Microaggressions from Patients - Engaging Values, Shifting Culture (Master Class)
Join our Engaging Values, Shifting Culture Master Class on May 12 & 19 from 1 – 4 pm, which focuses on applying the strategies learned in the Common Cause Values and Frames Training. In this Master Class, you’ll have a hands-on opportunity to craft and frame messages that foster connection, reduce polarization, and strengthen a shared commitment to justice, equity, decolonization, Indigenization, and inclusion. This event is open to UBC Faculty of Medicine clinical faculty, faculty, and staff. - 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. - Frybread Power: The Significance of Indigenous Empowerment, Pride & Resilience
Join an Indigenous Speakers Series session featuring Dr. Evan Tlesla Adams on Monday, September 21, 2026, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The session will take place as a full-day, in-person event on the UBC Vancouver campus and will also be live-streamed online.
Recent Posts
- REDI Digest Guide: Engaging Values, Shifting Culture
In this edition, the guide draws on the It Starts With Us training Engaging Values, Shifting Culture: Evidence-Based Approaches to Frame Messages that Inspire Enduring Change (January 2026), facilitated by Mark Chenery of Common Cause Australia. It introduces values-based messaging strategies that help supports educators, leaders, and practitioners in communicating in ways that reduce defensiveness and inspire lasting cultural shifts. - Moments That Matter: Conflict
In this guide, we focus on Conflict as a key moment that can either strengthen respect and belonging or deepen resentment and exclusion. It highlights how conflict is inevitable and not inherently negative. The guide invites reflection on how to help ensure that conflict is addressed in ways that protect equity-deserving voices and support learning, and trust. - Research Voices from the Field with Tatiana Sotindjo
In this edition, Tatiana Sotindjo, Adolescent Medicine Specialist at the BC Children’s Hospital and Hudson Equity Diversity and Inclusion Scholar in the Department of Pediatrics, reflect on why she co-authored “The Impact of Intersectional Discrimination and Stigma on HIV Care for African, Caribbean, and Black Women Living With HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic in British Columbia: A Descriptive Study” — a must read for scholars, educators and clinicians committed to advancing equity in healthcare systems. - Seed2STEM Summer Research Program for Indigenous Youth
Are you a faculty member in a STEM field? Would you like to host a high school student from an Indigenous background in your lab this summer? Learn more and apply by March 20. - International Women’s Day (2026)
In honour of the 115th International Women’s Day (IWD), meet some of the outstanding women in the UBC Faculty of Medicine who are transforming health for everyone. - REDI’s Black Authors Book List
Celebrate the voices and stories of Black authors by exploring our curated book list. These works offer profound insights into the Black experience and its impact on history, culture, and society. Deepen your understanding of racial injustice and resilience, and join us in honoring the legacy of Black writers and their contributions to literature and beyond.
Recordings
- Engaging Values, Shifting Culture: Evidence-Based Approaches to Frame Messages that Inspire Enduring Change
Watch a recording for an It Starts With Us session with Mark Chenery, Co-Founder and Director of Common Cause Australia. Mark facilitated training on the Common Cause Values and Frames Fundamentals—an evidence-based approach designed for healthcare professionals, educators, leaders, and staff who want to communicate in ways grounded in shared human values. - We Are the Change We Seek: Leading Indigenous Health in British Columbia
Join us virtually on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, from 12:00–3:00 PM (PT), for an Indigenous Speakers Series session featuring Indigenous Vice Presidents from regional health authorities, and the Provincial Health Services Authority. They will share how Indigenous leadership is transforming health systems across B.C.—advancing Cultural Safety, Humility, and Truth and Reconciliation. - UBC Medicine & The Australian National University: Walking the Path of Reconciliation Together
Watch a recording for an Indigenous Speakers Series session featuring representatives from The Australian National University (ANU) and the UBC FoM. Learn about the historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in June 2024 to collaborate on advancing Indigenous medical education, health and wellness research, and reconciliation with Indigenous communities.
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.