Explore REDI Picks during the Winter Break
Wrap up the year by unwinding with REDI Picks—a curated collection of readings, films, and music designed to deepen your understanding of EDI. Whether you’re exploring the resilience of Indigenous communities, the lived experiences of refugees, the narratives of individuals with invisible disabilities, or the powerful voices of Black authors, each selection offers a window into unique perspectives and histories.
Discrimination
Discrimination is conduct that imposes burdens, obligations, or disadvantages on, or limits access to, opportunities, benefits, and advantages for specific individuals or groups, as defined by the BC Human Rights Code. UBC’s Discrimination Policy (SC7) flows from and is interpreted in a manner consistent with the BC Human Rights Code.
Conflict Engagement
The UBC Office of Equity and Inclusion’s Conflict Engagement Initiative defines conflict as “a difference that matters.” When conflict arises within a group or team, it can be either constructive or destructive. When destructive, it can create division, shut down communication, and lead to resentment. Recognizing the signs of destructive conflict is key to addressing and preventing them. Ultimately, conflict engagement skills encourage reframing conflict as constructive—a pathway to innovation and stronger relationships—rather than a recipe for division and blame.
Submit Your Unit’s Content to the REDI Newsletter
Does your unit have a story, event, or resource that supports REDI’s commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, justice, decolonization, or Indigenization? Is it relevant to a broad audience of faculty, staff, and learners across the Faculty of Medicine? If so, we invite you to share it for consideration in the REDI newsletter!
A Tribute to the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair: Champion of Justice and Reconciliation
With deep respect and gratitude, we honour the life and legacy of the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Mazina Giizhik (One Who Speaks of Pictures in the Sky), who passed away on November 4, 2024. Mazina Giizhik’s legacy extends across generations, communities, and sectors, leaving an indelible impact on Indigenous rights, justice reform, and reconciliation in Canada.
Increasing awareness and understanding of disability in the workplace
How a new workshop developed by Dr. Jon Breen and Dr. Susan Forwell is helping to reframe disability and increase inclusion at UBC and beyond.
Faculty/Resident Development Initiatives Grant (FRDIG)
The Office of Faculty Development, in partnership with REDI, is offering up to $5,000 in funding to support projects aligned with their mandates in health professions education. Projects must focus on faculty/resident development as teachers and include elements of equity, diversity, inclusion, Indigenization, or decolonization.
REDI Best Practices: Mitigating Cognitive Biases in Awards Adjudication
This tip sheet offers practical strategies to help committees mitigate conscious and unconscious cognitive biases, ensuring a fairer and more equitable awards decisions.
REDI Best Practices: Adjudicating Awards through an EDI lens
This tip sheet guides you in structuring and refining the awards process through an EDI lens. From encouraging diverse applications and nominations to creating transparent, bias-aware adjudication stages, it provides best practices to ensure fairness at every step.
REDI’s Media List for Dis/Ability Arts
The third week of October is Invisible Disabilities Week, a time dedicated to raising awareness of the experiences of people living with invisible disabilities. For medical professionals, developing a deeper understanding of these experiences is crucial for delivering compassionate, patient-centred care. One powerful way to gain that insight is through disability arts.