Welcome Nitasha Rajoo: REDI’s Equity Education Specialist
Meet Nitasha Rajoo, REDI’s Equity Education Specialist, Dialogue and Facilitation, who brings global perspectives and experience across the arts, education, and healthcare to our shared work of culture transformation across the Faculty of Medicine.
Share Your Feedback on Our Updated REDI Website
We’ve been working behind the scenes to make the REDI website more accessible, engaging and easier to use. Take a look around and tell us what you think. Your feedback helps us keep improving.
PHSA Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility Learning Pathway for Health Professionals
PHSA offers a free learning pathway in diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility for clinical and non-clinical health professionals who want to build practical skills for safer, more equitable patient care. Accredited through UBC CPD, the courses use healthcare-specific scenarios to help you apply DEI, anti-racist and anti-oppressive principles in your daily practice.
REDI Best Practices: Inclusive and Accessible Meetings
Practical tips for reducing barriers and creating inclusive, accessible meetings where everyone can meaningfully participate and contribute.
Cancelled | Recruiting and Supporting Indigenous Students into UBC’s Health Career Programs: Honouring the Journey, Inspiring the Future
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Join an Indigenous Speakers Series session on the 25-year journey of the Indigenous Doctor of Medicine (MD) Pathway, as well as efforts to recruit and support Indigenous students in Midwifery, Physical Therapy, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
EDI Joint Interest Group
Upcoming Sessions:
October 19 | Giving Difficult Feedback with Katherine Wisener and Madison Tardif
November 16 | Indigenizing the Curriculum: Lessons from Physiotherapy with Shannon Field and Robin Roots
Building Networks for Lasting Impact: An Affinity Lunch for Indigenous & Black Staff, Faculty, & Clinical Faculty in the FoM (October 2026)
Oct 29, 12:00 pm—1:30 pm FoM Indigenous and Black staff, faculty and clinical faculty are invited to join us in person on UBC Vancouver Campus. This affinity lunch offers a unique opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue, and develop collaborative networks with colleagues across the Faculty.
Explore our new “Explore” web page: A new way to browse the REDI website
Our new Explore web page is built to guide you through what the site has to offer. With 50+ recordings, 100+ resources, and 100+ stories and posts, you’re bound to find something that meets your EDI needs. You can now browse the REDI website and easily filter content by equity and inclusion themes or areas of practice across academic, clinical, and workplace domains.
Research Voices from the Field with Faisal Khosa
In this edition, Faisal Khosa, Professor of Radiology and Chair of the Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Advisory Committee for Doctors of BC, reflects on his edited book “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Sisyphean Undertaking to an Achievable Reality” and shares his hope for a kinder, more inclusive future that we can build together, one gentle step at a time.
CANOE Approach Workshop for Community-Engaged Research with Indigenous Communities
February 4, 2027 or March 4, 2027
Are you prepared to navigate the research waters of community engagement in a meaningful and reciprocal way? Join the CANOE Approach workshop to reflect on your identity and readiness to embark on a community-engaged research journey with Indigenous communities. This in-person small group workshop is co-facilitated by Dr. Kimberly Huyser, Derek Thompson, and Daniele Gallardo, and co-organized by CIEDAR & REDI.