Please submit support requests here, and we will get in touch with you shortly. We have hired two new equity advisors, and we are looking forward to providing consultation services to help you embed anti-oppressive, anti-racist, and decolonial approaches into the academic and administrative units within the Faculty. We also look forward to collaborating with units to provide educational opportunities that will meet the needs of your units. We encourage you to visit our new ‘How Can We Help’ page for further information on how we can assist and support you.
Our work supports individual and systemic change to embed Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) principles into all aspects of our endeavors. The REDI foundational core sessions focus on how we can work effectively and collaboratively within diverse communities. Depending on your needs, we can adapt these interactive sessions to different contexts. Typically, these core sessions are designed to support faculty, staff, and leadership collaboratively with leaders within the units
Core offerings
Respectful Environments
Respectful Environments- How do we define Respectful Environments in the Faculty of Medicine? How do we create and sustain our optimal work and learning environments so that we can support excellence and foster a sense of belonging. Respectful environments are the foundation of our Strategic Plan commitment to each other. Respectful Environments support each of us to be our best selves so that we may do our best. They are essential to realizing the Faculty’s vision and values and fostering excellence in all that the Faculty undertakes.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Identify sources of conflict in the work and learning environment
- Define the key concepts related to effective communication
- Recognize different strategies to deal with conflict situations
- Describe the principles of conflict engagement
- Demonstrate how to effectively engage in conflict.
Conflict Engagement
Why is dealing with conflict so difficult for most people? How can we develop tools to overcome barriers to effective engagement? Conflict occurs in all interpersonal relationships, and effectively addressing conflict is crucial to supporting healthy working and learning environments. This skill is essential when standing up to injustice and supporting our commitments and values. Approaches that view conflict as something negative, unwanted, and harmful can lead to ignoring the reality of conflict and its root causes. Instead, Conflict Engagement aims to reframe our approach to conflict in a more positive way empowering us to engage in change.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Identify sources of conflict in the work and learning environment
- Define the key concepts related to effective communication
- Recognize different strategies to deal with conflict situations
- Describe the principles of conflict engagement
- Demonstrate how to effectively engage in conflict.
Upstander Engagement
Why has the Faculty of Medicine adopted Upstander Engagement? UE is a social justice tool that challenges harmful, oppressive behaviours and builds stronger communities. By encouraging those with power and privilege to speak out in the face of injustice, we model our values and create opportunities for more vulnerable members of our community to speak out. UE supports our values and commitment to creating learning and work environments which recognize human rights and in which all members of our community feel included, valued, and have a sense of belonging. Developing a community of Upstanders creates psychologically safe spaces that encourage and empower all members of the community to participate fully.
Creating Inclusive Spaces
How do we build inclusive spaces for historically, persistently and systemically marginalized groups to thrive? Inclusion is built by individual and institutional responsibility through continuous engagement with diversity to inspire people, ideas, and actions for a better world. Inclusive learning and working spaces allow people to feel both physically welcomed and psychologically included. When we embrace the differences amongst us and actively seek to welcome and amplify the voices of those adversely affected by a lack of inclusion, we support culture change and create space for belonging.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Identify barriers to inclusion, especially for historically, systemically, and persistently marginalized groups
- Explore how to foster inclusive and psychologically safe environments within different contexts (e.g., classrooms, residency programs, faculty/staff meetings, etc.)
- Identify ways to engage in individual and systemic change to increase inclusion
REDI Service Request Form
If your unit is interested in working with REDI to support change please use the on-line request form and we will contact you to determine how we can best meet your needs.