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REDI Digest Guide: Building a More Welcoming Movement Toward a Just Culture

REDI Digest Guide: Building a More Welcoming Movement Toward a Just Culture

In this edition, the guide summarizes key insights from the 2025 REDI Symposium, “Building a More Welcoming Movement Toward a Just Culture” (June 2025). It explores evidence-informed approaches to fostering lasting change through relationship-building, dialogue, and shared humanity rather than shame and polarization.

REDI Digest Guide: Moving from Harm to Healing (Part II)

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.

Inclusive Job Postings

REDI Best Practices: Inclusive Job Postings

Inclusive hiring starts with an inclusive job description. This tip sheet provides practical strategies for writing job descriptions that welcome candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds.

Advancing Indigenous cultural safety in practice

Advancing Indigenous Cultural Safety in Practice

Explore UBC CPD’s new self-paced online course, Alhgoh Together as One, Together as Community: Pathway to Indigenous Cultural Safety supports health professionals to meet new standards and build cultural safety and humility in everyday practice.

National Indigenous History Month and Indigenous Peoples Day Events in Lower Mainland (June 2026)

National Indigenous History Month and Indigenous Peoples Day Events in Lower Mainland (June 2026)

Celebrate Indigenous History Month and Indigenous Peoples Day in the Lower Mainland area.

From left to right: Drs. Keegan Marchand, Madeline Elder and Trudy Nasmith

Bringing an Indigenous perspective to internal medicine

A new residency training pathway at UBC is building capacity to support the diverse needs of Indigenous patients across British Columbia.
A Faculty of Medicine Pathways Magazine Story.

Associate Dean, Reconciliation, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI)

Job Posting: Associate Dean, Reconciliation, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI)

We are looking for an Associate Dean, Reconciliation, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion to lead our REDI team. Are YOU our next team leader?

Job Posting: Equity Education Specialist, Dialogue and Facilitation

Job Posting: Equity Education Specialist, Dialogue and Facilitation

We are looking for an Equity Education Specialist, Dialogue and Facilitation to join our REDI team. Are YOU our next team member?

Farewell Saleem Razack, Senior Faculty Advisor, REDI Office

Farewell Saleem Razack, Senior Faculty Advisor, REDI Office

We would like to congratulate Saleem Razack on his new role as Dean of Medicine at Dalhousie University. As he prepares to step into this position, Saleem will be moving on from his role as Senior Faculty Advisor in the Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI) in June.

Unpacking Polarities, Diversity Meets Reality: Grappling with the Hard Edges of Inclusive Clinical Teaching

Unpacking Polarities, Diversity Meets Reality: Grappling with the Hard Edges of Inclusive Clinical Teaching

This REDI Deep Dive Facilitation Guide is an adaptable lesson plan for health sciences and professions educators leading EDI learning sessions with colleagues. Through reflection, dialogue, and case-based discussion, participants examine tensions in inclusive medical education, and identify practical strategies and systems changes that support diverse learners and more inclusive learning environments.