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CANOE Approach Workshop for Community-Engaged Research with Indigenous Communities

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.

REDI Digest Guide: Moving from Harm to Healing (Part II)

REDI Digest Guide: Moving from Harm to Healing (Part II)

In this edition, the guide draws on the It Starts With Us webinar “Moving from Harm to Healing, Part II” (March 2026). It explores how restorative approaches can reshape responses to harm by emphasizing dignity, belonging, accountability, and repair rather than blame and punishment.

REDI Digest Guide: Building a More Welcoming Movement Toward a Just Culture

REDI Digest Guide: Building a More Welcoming Movement Toward a Just Culture

In this edition, the guide summarizes key insights from the 2025 REDI Symposium, “Building a More Welcoming Movement Toward a Just Culture” (June 2025). It explores evidence-informed approaches to fostering lasting change through relationship-building, dialogue, and shared humanity rather than shame and polarization.

Resources for Faculty and Staff

Introduction to the REDI Office: Resources for Faculty and Staff

Are you new to UBC or the Faculty of Medicine? Learn about the REDI Office’s range of resources to support your role, from professional development and EDI best practices to strategies for fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace.

Resources for Learners

Introduction to the REDI Office: Resources for Learners 

Discover a wealth of resources from the REDI Office designed to support your learning journey. Join upcoming events, and access over 50 hours of recorded events.

Advancing Indigenous cultural safety in practice

Advancing Indigenous Cultural Safety in Practice

Explore UBC CPD’s new self-paced online course, Alhgoh Together as One, Together as Community: Pathway to Indigenous Cultural Safety supports health professionals to meet new standards and build cultural safety and humility in everyday practice.

Transforming Health for Everyone Strengthening Medical Curriculum in an era of Truth, Reconciliation and Inclusion 

REDI Digest Guide: Strengthening Medical Curriculum in an era of Truth, Reconciliation and Inclusion 

In this edition, the guide explores barriers to Indigenous health, cultural safety, and decolonization in medical education, and invites reflection on the responsibilities of educators and leaders in advancing curricular change, accountability, and reconciliation.

National Indigenous History Month and Indigenous Peoples Day Events in Lower Mainland (June 2026)

National Indigenous History Month and Indigenous Peoples Day Events in Lower Mainland (June 2026)

Celebrate Indigenous History Month and Indigenous Peoples Day in the Lower Mainland area.

Unpacking Polarities, Diversity Meets Reality: Grappling with the Hard Edges of Inclusive Clinical Teaching

Unpacking Polarities, Diversity Meets Reality: Grappling with the Hard Edges of Inclusive Clinical Teaching

This REDI Deep Dive Facilitation Guide is an adaptable lesson plan for health sciences and professions educators leading EDI learning sessions with colleagues. Through reflection, dialogue, and case-based discussion, participants examine tensions in inclusive medical education, and identify practical strategies and systems changes that support diverse learners and more inclusive learning environments.

4 Steps to Help Deepen Awareness of Bias

4 Steps to Help Deepen Awareness of Bias

This guide outlines four practical, reflective steps to help deepen awareness of bias in everyday interactions and decision-making. Adapted from Deep Diversity by Shakil Choudhury, these steps are intended as an ongoing practice to support more equitable, reflective, and inclusive approaches in education, research, and clinical environments.