Welcome Nitasha Rajoo: REDI’s Equity Education Specialist
Meet Nitasha Rajoo, REDI’s Equity Education Specialist, Dialogue and Facilitation, who brings global perspectives and experience across the arts, education, and healthcare to our shared work of culture transformation across the Faculty of Medicine.
Share Your Feedback on Our Updated REDI Website
We’ve been working behind the scenes to make the REDI website more accessible, engaging and easier to use. Take a look around and tell us what you think. Your feedback helps us keep improving.
PHSA Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility Learning Pathway for Health Professionals
PHSA offers a free learning pathway in diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility for clinical and non-clinical health professionals who want to build practical skills for safer, more equitable patient care. Accredited through UBC CPD, the courses use healthcare-specific scenarios to help you apply DEI, anti-racist and anti-oppressive principles in your daily practice.
REDI Best Practices: Inclusive and Accessible Meetings
Practical tips for reducing barriers and creating inclusive, accessible meetings where everyone can meaningfully participate and contribute.
Research Voices from the Field with Katherine Collins, Kimberly Huyser and Michelle Johnson-Jennings
In this edition, Katherine Collins, Kimberly Huyser and Michelle Johnson-Jennings reflect on their article “Planning for your CANOE journey in community-engaged research with Indigenous communities” and share how the CANOE framework bridges the gap between the why of engaging Indigenous communities in research and the how of doing so responsibly.
A Sacred Commitment to Truth and Reconciliation: From Generation to Generation
Written by Derek Thompson in Kitsilano to celebrate the birth of his grandson, Miles Thompson, on the morning when the Thunderbirds brought him into the world.
REDI’s Reading list for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is observed annually on September 30th to honour Residential School Survivors and their families, and to remember those who did not make it. The date was chosen because it is the time of year in which children were taken from their homes. We invite you to listen with open ears to the stories of survivors and their families.
Explore our new “Explore” web page: A new way to browse the REDI website
Our new Explore web page is built to guide you through what the site has to offer. With 50+ recordings, 100+ resources, and 100+ stories and posts, you’re bound to find something that meets your EDI needs. You can now browse the REDI website and easily filter content by equity and inclusion themes or areas of practice across academic, clinical, and workplace domains.
Research Voices from the Field with Faisal Khosa
In this edition, Faisal Khosa, Professor of Radiology and Chair of the Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Advisory Committee for Doctors of BC, reflects on his edited book “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Sisyphean Undertaking to an Achievable Reality” and shares his hope for a kinder, more inclusive future that we can build together, one gentle step at a time.
REDI Digest Guide: Moving from Harm to Healing (Part II)
In this edition, the guide draws on the It Starts With Us webinar “Moving from Harm to Healing, Part II” (March 2026). It explores how restorative approaches can reshape responses to harm by emphasizing dignity, belonging, accountability, and repair rather than blame and punishment.