April 2023 Newsletter
The Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (REDI) shares upcoming events, stories, and links to recordings from previous speakers.
UBC student cycling across Bangladesh to raise awareness of climate change impacts
UBC student Abul Bashar Rahman is preparing for an epic bike ride across Bangladesh to produce a documentary about how those most vulnerable to climate change in the country are experiencing and preparing for its impacts.
Climate Change and Health Equity
This Earth Day, the UBC Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) calls specific attention to climate justice, which seeks to address the inequities associated with the impacts, causes, and solutions to climate change.
UBC Orthopaedics READI Spotlight – Charles Bouchard
UBC Department of Orthopaedics READI Spotlight series features an in-depth conversations with a department member about how respect, equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion (READI) appears in their life. In this spotlight, we speak with UBC Orthopaedics Trauma Fellow, Dr. Charles Bouchard.
March 2023 Newsletter
The Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (REDI) shares upcoming events, stories, and links to recordings from previous speakers.
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Observed annually on March 21, it commemorates the day police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against apartheid “pass laws” in 1960.
Happy Nowruz!
What is Nowruz? and how is it celebrated?
New legislation will reduce barriers for people
British Columbia will become the first province in Canada to systematically amend provincial laws to remove outdated gendered and binary language, better reflecting the diversity of the province and ensuring everyone can access provincial programs and services.
EDI Student Scholarships in Orthopaedics
UBC Orthopaedics announced to new annual EDI related scholarship for students. The first is for Indigenous and Underrepresented Students; and the second is for Orthopaedics Resident working on a project in the area of respect, equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion (READI) in Orthopaedics.
Meet WOW (Wonderful Orthopaedic Women)
In celebration of International Women’s Day (March 8, 2023), the Orthopaedics Department would like to recognize WOW: Wonderful Orthopaedic Women.