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We Welcome The Children Back Home: The Burden of Sorrow and Survival of the Indian Residential School Experience in Canada
Watch the recording for this Indigenous Speaker Series session which brought together a panel of survivors of the Indian Residential School experience in Canada. This important session welcomed and honored these brave and resilient survivors as they lead us in a discussion about the urgency and motivation to right and write a new history in…
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In the Midst of Grief We Are Healing: An Affinity Event for Indigenous Staff, Faculty and Students in STEM
Indigenous Staff, Faculty and Students are invited to come together on October 11th from 12:30- 2:00 PM for informal conversations, community building and healing as we navigate the ongoing journey of truth, reconciliation, and redress in our communities.
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Disability in the Workplace! Interactive workshop
Are you ready to deepen your understanding of disability awareness and inclusion in the workplace? Join this interactive virtual workshop developed specifically for Faculty of Medicine faculty and staff members by postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Jon Breen.
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We’re Still Dancing Around the Table: Reconstituting our Sensibilities about Truth, Reconciliation and Redress
Join us virtually on Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (PST), for a conversation with Chief Bill Wilson – Hemas KlaLeeLeeKla, who will bring both truth and truthfulness about past and present contexts of Indigenous peoples’ collective struggle to negotiate their legitimate and proper place in British Columbia and Canada.
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Pride Month Fireside Chat: Supporting the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community as Allies
Join a ‘fireside chat’ on Thursday, June 29th at 3 pm with Sheryl Staub-French, Julia Staub-French and Kim LaForest in a conversation about supporting the 2SLGBTQIA+ community through compassion, understanding, and allyship.
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IBPOC STEM Network: Garden walk
Enjoy a walk on June 20th from 3-4:15 pm through Nitobe Memorial Garden while connecting with other IBPOC women, transgender and non-binary persons working at UBC.
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JEDII STEM Series: How flexible workplaces can support retention, recruitment, collaboration and innovation
Join facilitators from the Centre for Workplace Accessibility, Skylight and the Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion on June 22nd from 2-3:30 pm for tips and tricks on creating a more flexible and accessible workplace for marginalized and/or disabled faculty and staff members.
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2023 UBC Pride Connect: 2SLGBTQIA+ faculty & staff reception
In celebration of Pride month, we invite you to join us on June 28th at the 2023 UBC Pride Connect: 2SLGBTQIA+ faculty & staff reception on the UBC Vancouver campus. The UBC Pride Connect reception is an opportunity to build and sustain your 2SLGBTQIA+ networks, and (re)connect with new and familiar colleagues across campus.
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SSC Leadership and EDI Workshop
Join other physician leaders for an insightful and informative in-person workshop organized by the Specialist Services Committee on Saturday June 10, 8:45 am – 5:00 pm. Hear keynote speaker Dr Sanjiv Chopra discuss Leadership styles in the 21st Century and participate in a series of reflection activities and learn how to work through unconscious biases.
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Disrupting the Status Quo: Intersecting Inequities Impacting Women in the FoM and Opportunities for Change
Watch the recording for REDI’s 2nd virtual Annual Symposium titled “Disrupting the Status Quo: Intersecting Inequities Impacting Women in the FoM and Opportunities for Change”
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Embracing Anti-racism in Health Care
Watch the recording for this panel which aims to shift the focus from mere awareness of racism to concrete anti-racism actions. The panel discussion will focus on practical ways we can promote anti-racism in our healthcare environments, education, and research.
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Transformation, Inspiration and Guidance: Celebrating 20 Years of Indigenous Excellence in Medicine
Watch the recording for a conversation with James Andrew, a member of Lil’wat Nation’s Mount Currie Band and Associate Director of Indigenous Initiatives at the Faculty of Medicine. James Andrew has been a source of inspiration and guidance in helping to create and transform the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Indigenous MD Admissions Pathway.
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Building Autistic Acceptance in the Workplace: Accessibility over Accommodations
April is Autism Acceptance Month! Join the UBC Centre for Workplace Accessibility and Autism Nova Scotia on April 27th for “Building Autistic Acceptance in the Workplace.” In this webinar, speakers emphasize a lived experience perspective on building autistic acceptance in the workplace, accessibility as an act of care rather than burden, and how to build…
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IBPOC Voices: A Conversation with Jorden Hendry
Watch a recording for a conversation with Jorden Hendry. Jorden is Tsimshian/settler and a member of the Lax Kw’alaams band. As a PhD student in the School of Population and Public Health, Jorden studies Indigenous Public Health and the systems that drive health disparities.
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UBC 23 24 Indigenous Cultural Safety: Creating Excellence in the Arenas of Truth, Reconciliation and Academia
Watch the recording for this Indigenous Speakers Series session with Dr. Nadine Caron, Dr. Gwendolyn Point and Courtney Smith to learn more about the work of cultural safety, cultural humility, and the broader work in regards to the recommendations from In Plain Sight, Truth and Reconciliation, and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples…
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Ramadan events at UBC Vancouver
As Ramadan begins, we wish Ramadan Mubarak to all who observe this spiritual time of fasting, worship & reflection. Throughout Ramadan, student clubs will be hosting Iftars & Taraweeh Prayers for Muslim students at the UBC Vancouver campus.
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IBPOC Connections faculty & staff lunch: Create joy and play (March 9)
IBPOC Connections is co-hosting a staff and faculty lunch with St. John’s College on March 9th from 12:00 – 1:30pm. Focused on creativity and connection, you will have the opportunity to enjoy a prepared menu by the St. John College culinary team, build community, and engage in some arts, crafts, and other expressions of joy.
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Yom HaShoah commemoration
Join the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver and Temple Sholom Synagogue for a community-wide commemoration of Yom HaShoah. This event will be held in person on Monday, April 17, 2023 from 7 PM at the JCC Wosk Auditorium.
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IBPOC Voices: A Conversation with Dr. Kishore Mulpuri
Watch the recording for a Conversation with Dr. Kishore Mulpuri. Dr. Kishore Mulpuri is the Head of the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia, as well as a Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at BC Children’s Hospital.
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Black Lives, Black Voices and Black Identities in the Faculty of Medicine
To commemorate Black History Month and as part of REDI’s commitment to amplifying IBPOC voices, we invite you to watch our panel “Black Lives, Black Voices and Black Identities in the Faculty of Medicine.”
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My Privilege, My Responsibility: A Higher Calling To Do Better in an Era of Truth, Reconciliation & Redress with Sheila North
Watch the recording of “My Privilege, My Responsibility: A Higher Calling To Do Better in an Era of Truth, Reconciliation & Redress with Sheila North” to learn about the activism of Sheila North, the creator of the widely used hashtag #MMIW – a movement that advocates for the end of violence against First Nations/ Indigenous…
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Pink Shirt Day (February 22)
Join us as we celebrate and promote Pink Shirt Day at UBC!
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IBPOC Faculty & Staff Get Together: Celebrating Black History Month
Celebrate the last day of Black History Month with an IBPOC Faculty and Staff Get Together organized by the UBC Equity office on February 28, 12:00 – 1:00 PM.
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Celebrating Black History Month
Celebrate the Black History Month and engage with these events and programs happening across the university!
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It Starts With Us: Contextualizing and Educating about the Holocaust
Watch the recording of “It Starts With Us: Contextualizing and Educating about the Holocaust,” in commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Roadmap for change: Implementing anti-racism commitments at UBC
Join this UBC-wide forum on January 25th, from 2:00 – 3:15pm, to learn about next steps for implementing the recommendations from the Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence Task Force Final Report, and how you can build a more equitable and anti-racist UBC.
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IBPOC Voices: A Conversation with Dr. Anita Palepu
Watch the recording for “IBPOC Voices: A Conversation with Dr. Anita Palepu”. Dr. Palepu, MD, MPH, FRCPC, MACP, FCAHS is a Professor and Eric W. Hamber Chair, Department of Medicine at UBC and Providence Health Care.
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REDI Empower Hour | Parts Known and Unknown: Derek Thompson – Thlaapkiituup Talks About the Bits and Pieces of a Meaningful Conversation
Join us for the November 17th REDI Empower Hour from 5:00 to 6:00 pm. We invite you to bring your favorite meal, pull up a virtual chair, and we’ll talk about the bits and pieces of a meaningful conversation, and chew on the many and layered flavors of telling the truth and reconciling for the…
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IBPOC Voices: A conversation with Dr. Kiran Veerapen
Watch the recording for a conversation with Dr. Kiran Veerapen. Dr. Veerapen is the Assistant Dean of Faculty Development, and Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine. She is committed to remaining responsive to emerging needs in undergraduate and postgraduate education in the Faculty of Medicine.
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Recording: We Are All That Is Possible: Indigenous Principles and Perspectives of Disability & Belonging with Joanne Mills
Watch the recording for a conversation with Joanne Mills. In this fourth session of the Indigenous Speaker Series, we had an opportunity to better inform our sensibilities and perceptions about Indigenous peoples whom are both challenged with, and gifted with, developmental disabilities.
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Recording: IBPOC Voices: A Conversation with Dr. Adrian Yee
Watch the recording for a conversation with Dr. Adrian Yee. IBPOC Voices is an opportunity to meet and have a conversation with guests who identify as Indigenous, Black and people of color.
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It Starts With Us: ‘Rock the Boat’
Join us on Tuesday, October 25th for It Starts With Us: Rock the Boat. Relevant to graduate students, staff, and faculty in supervisory relationships, this interactive event will illustrate the challenges that arise from the power dynamics inherent to supervisory relationships. The session will include watching videos of scenes of dramatic situations that can arise…
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Recording: Transformative Change According to Doug Kelly: Creating the BC First Nations Health Authority
Watch the recording of a conversation with Grand Chief Doug Kelly – Cheam First Nation. In this third session of the Indigenous Speaker Series, we learnt about the work and leadership of GC Doug Kelly in the creation of the First Nations Health Authority, and his experiences and insights as the former Chair of the…
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Women, Life, Freedom
In support of Iranian staff and faculty impacted by the unfolding violent situation in Iran, the newly formed Iranian Professionals Network, The UBC Persian Club and UBC Equity & Inclusion Office IBPOC Connections will be hosting a community gathering space.
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REDI Empower Hour: The journey from “I am not racist “to I am anti-racist” with Dr. Neila Miled
Join us for the October 13th REDI Empower Hour. In this session we will open the conversation on different strategies to engage deeply with anti-racism and become true allies and anti-racists.
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All-Day Sacred Fire Ceremony at the xʷcı̓cəsəm Garden at UBC Farm
The Indigenous Research Partnership, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, and The First Nations House of Learning invite you to an All-Day Sacred Fire Ceremony at xʷci̓cəsəm Garden at UBC Farm, on Friday September 30th, as one way to acknowledge, commemorate and appreciate the Canadian National Day of Truth and Reconciliation (TRC).
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Recording: Diagnosing Truth, Healing and Conciliation Inside BC Health Care Systems with Dr. Danièle Behn Smith
Watch the recording of a conversation with Dr. Danièle Behn Smith, Deputy Provincial Health Officer, Indigenous Health. In this second Indigenous Speaker Series session, Dr. Behn Smith’s shares her unique perspective on how health and academic systems can best approach the work in relation to the processes of Truth and Reconciliation.
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UBC Faculty of Medicine 2022 Commemorative Event for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | Orange Shirt Day
Tuesday, September 27, 2022 | 10:00 am – 11:30 am PT | Virtual
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Recording: We Are Children of Indian Residential School Survivors: Awakening Our Spirits, Our Purpose & Our Confidence
Thank you for joining us on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 from 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm (PST), for “We Are Children of Indian Residential School Survivors: Awakening Our Spirits, Our Purpose & Our Confidence”, the first session in this year’s Indigenous Speakers’ series. For those unable to attend a video recording is available.
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Kristallnacht commemoration
Join the Kristallnacht commemorative program on November 9 at 7pm. Keynote speaker Liliane Pari Umuhoza is a human rights advocate who uses her life experience of surviving the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and non-profit work to promote peace and summon global dialogue and actions against human right abuses.
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REDI Empower Hour: Snapshots of our Ancestors with Derek Thompson – Thlaapkiituup
Join us for the September 15th REDI Empower Hour. In this session, Derek Thompson- Thlaapkiituup will talk about some of the history and the tensions that live there still, and to reimagine a past that is simultaneously accurate and works to empower those that have been dispossessed in the trajectory of our shared and unique…
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Effective Mentorship of Racialized Graduate Students forum
On June 24, attend a day-long forum on effective mentorship of racialized graduate students.
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Out and Proud: Supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ People in Clinical Spaces
Join us on virtually on Tuesday, June 14 from 5-7 PM for Out Loud and Proud: Supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ People in Clinical Spaces
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Race Ideology: Historical Perspectives,Current Realities and Re-imagining the Future
Watch our inaugural virtual symposium on anti-racism
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Niw_Hk_M_Kanak | All My Relations
Seeking Inspiration in Our Own Histories and Stories with Paul LAH Chartrand
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Unpacking Racism and Engaging with Anti-Racism
Join us for the April 14 REDI Lunch & Learn session.
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Introduction to the Indigenous Initiatives Speakers Series
Join us for the April 07 REDI Lunch & Learn session.
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Invitation to Ni tipeyihtenan ōhi acimōwina
We own these stories. The marrow.
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Thanks for Joining Us for ‘Let’s Talk about Sex (And Gender)’
Access the event recording and transcript here.
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Invitation to Parts Known and Unknown
Join us on March 10 for the inaugural event of the REDI Lunch & Learn series.
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Invitation to Let’s Talk about Sex (and Gender)
Join us on February 22 for this virtual session
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Healing Our Spirit
Enduring the work of Grief, Hope, Truth & Reconciliation in our Communities
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Ni tipeyihtenan ōhi acimōwina | We Own These Stories. The Marrow.
Thank you to everyone who joined us on March 25, 2022 for the REDI Indigenous Initiatives Speakers Series. This series continues the important conversation that was started during the October 28, 2021 It Starts With Us: Truth Telling event to commemorate Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. REDI was honored…
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Sorry, Not Sorry
The Importance of Showing Up in an Era of Truth and Reconciliation
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It Starts With Us: Truth Telling Has Launched
A first step toward truth and reconciliation
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Invitation to It Starts With Us: Truth Telling
Save the Date: September 28, Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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It Starts With Us: Conflict Engagement, Part 3
Learn about our latest session and watch the recording
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It Starts With Us: Conflict Engagement
Introducing the newest module in our series to help build a strong, safe, and supportive community
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Community of Care Event
Share reflections with STEM BIPOC women, gender diverse folks, and allies on the recent shootings in Georgia
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‘It Starts With Us’ Has Launched
Introducing Upstander Engagement: the model chosen by the Faculty of Medicine to help us build a strong, safe, and supportive community