Just Medicine Podcast Episode 32: Realizing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s health-related calls to action
Listen to an episode of Just Medicine, where host Sandra speaks with Derek Thompson about the role of non-Indigenous medical learners and trainees in advancing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s 94 Calls to Action, particularly those related to health.
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.
REDI Best Practices: Writing Inclusive Case Studies
Case studies shape how future clinicians understand patient care, but do they reflect the diversity of the people they will serve? This guide offers strategies for writing inclusive cases that challenge stereotypes, highlight systemic factors affecting health, and ensure all patients are seen as complex individuals. By integrating these principles, educators can foster more equitable and effective clinical learning.
Research Voices from the Field with Saleem Razack
Saleem Razack, Paediatric Intensivist, BC Children’s & REDI Senior Faculty Advisor, reflects on why he co-authored “Cutting Close to the Bone: Student Trauma, Free Speech, and Institutional Responsibility in Medical Education” and how it can be relevant to those in medicine, healthcare, and beyond.
Shaping Praxis: REDI’s Essential Book and Podcast List
Shaping Praxis is a curated collection of influential books and podcasts that have shaped the REDI team’s approach to justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, decolonization, and Indigenization. These pivotal works offer insights, tools, and inspiration for advancing meaningful change in education, medicine, healthcare, and beyond.
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.
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.
REDI’s Media List: Indian Residential School Experiences
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation honours the children who never returned home, and the Survivors of residential schools, their families and communities. We invite you to watch films and documentaries that delve into the experiences of Indian residential schools and reflect on the strength, courage, and resilience of Indigenous peoples.