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.
Research Voices from the Field with Chelsey Perry
In this edition, Chelsey Perry, a Nisga’a First Nation scholar, a PhD candidate in the Department of Medicine, and researcher at the Indigenous Equity Lab, reflect on why they co-authored “‘Our bodies are sacred… the information we share with healthcare providers is sacred’: Envisioning the future of culturally safe healthcare systems for Indigenous women, Two-Spirit, Indigiqueer and gender diverse peoples”— a compelling call for current and future health-care providers to reflect on what culturally safe care can and should be.
REDI Moments That Matter: Onboarding
This guide focuses on Onboarding as a key moment that reveals whether commitments to equity, diversity, and inclusion are aligned with real-world practices. It highlights how early experiences shape belonging, engagement, and retention. It invites units to consider ways to level the playing field and create conditions for new faculty and staff to thrive.
REDI Digest Guides: Moving from Harm to Healing
In this edition, the guide draws on the It Starts With Us webinar Moving from Harm to Healing in EDI, Medical Education, and Clinical Practice (January 2025). It examines retributive and restorative justice approaches and their implications for responding to harm in educational and clinical settings, and invites reflection on how restorative practices can repair relationships, restore trust, and support accountability.
Braiding Accountability: A Ten-Year Review of the TRC’s Healthcare Calls to Action
Ten years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued its Calls to Action, what has been achieved in healthcare? Explore this landmark report to learn more.
New Year, New You: REDI’s New Year Book List
Explore a compilation of books that have deeply inspired the REDI team in their work. Immersing yourself in the stories, lived experiences, and perspectives of individuals from various historically marginalized groups can foster empathy, understanding, and even aid in mitigating bias in your teaching and clinical practice.
Research Voices from the Field with Cheryl Holmes
In this edition, Cheryl Holmes, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education and Clinical Professor of Critical Care in the Department of Medicine reflects on why she co-authored “Core Competencies for Students Entering Medical School: Reaching Pan-Canadian Consensus for Inclusive and Accessible Medical Education” — a must-read for leaders and educators seeking to embed disability justice into medical education.
Accessibility & Disability Inclusion Resources
Explore ways to better support and accommodate people with invisible and visible disabilities across our learning, research and clinical environments with this curated collection of resources. The collection features a TED Talk with Jennifer Brea about what it means to live with an invisible disability.
The ABCs of Compassionate Support
Explore trauma-informed strategies for supporting a learner or colleague, without overstepping boundaries or assuming their full story.
Research Voices from the Field with Faizal Haji
Faizal Haji, a pediatric neurosurgeon at the BC Children’s Hospital, Scholar at the Centre for Health Education Scholarship (CHES), and Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, reflects on why he co-authored “Defining a Framework and Evaluation Metrics for Sustainable Global Surgical Partnerships” with colleagues in the Branch for Global Surgical Care — a piece relevant to anyone interested in decolonization and global health equity.