Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (EDIA)

• Our commitment to Reconciliation
• Your voice, your space
• Inclusiveness in academia and professional settings
• Related resources
• Contact us

Traditional Territories Acknowledgement

Please read the University of Manitoba Traditional Territories Acknowledgement.

Indigenous resources

• The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action
• Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre (MFNERC)
• Truth and Reconciliation Week
• Indigenous Resources - UM's CATL
• Wawatay program
• The Indigenous community at UM
• UM's path to reconciliation workshop
• How to include Indigenous researchers and their knowledge - Nature
• Video – Chapter 2: Two-Eyed Seeing in Medicine, with Albert Marshall

• Diversity and scientific careers (nature.com)
• Respectful Work and Learning Environment (RWLE) Policy | University of Manitoba

2SLGBTQIA+

• UM 2SLGBTQ+ community
• Navigating LGBTQ+ discrimination in academia: where do we go from here? | The Biochemist | Portland Press
• How LGBT+ scientists would like to be included and welcomed in STEM workplaces (nature.com)
• Coming out in STEM: Factors affecting retention of sexual minority STEM students | Science Advances
• 500 Queer Scientists

Sexism and gender bias

• Gender bias in academia: A lifetime problem that needs solutions - ScienceDirect
• Attract More Female Candidates: Best Practices - Academic Positions
• If you want more women in your workforce, here’s how to recruit (nature.com)
• Bias Interrupters
• Sexism in academia is bad for science and a waste of public funding | Nature Reviews Materials (PDF)

Racism and anti-racism

• Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Action: First Steps – Columbia University
• Teaching Race: Pedagogy and Practice – Vanderbilt University
• Anti-Racism in Academia
• The Micropedia of Microaggressions

Intersectionality in academia

• Intersectional inequalities in science | PNAS
• Women Academics’ Intersectional Experiences of Policy Ineffectiveness in the European Context - PMC (nih.gov)
• Intersectionality and Privilege | The University of Edinburgh

University of Manitoba

• Equity transformation at UM
• Office of Equity Transformation
• President's Task Force on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
• Employment equity
• Equity in academic hiring
• Student health and wellness
• Student Accessibility Services
• Libraries: Accessibility services
• Anti-ableism survey results
• Learning and Organizational Development (LOD) EDI workshops
• Office of Human Rights and Conflict Management
• Multi-faith calendar
• Family resources

The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching (UM)

• Equity, diversity, and inclusion: inclusive pedagogies
• Universal Instructional Design

Career services

• Career Resources: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Research and academia

• NSERC Dimensions (EDI)
• Canada Research Chairs EDI Requirements & Practices
• Banting's Reducing Unconscious Bias in Selection
• Unconscious Bias Training Module (CRC)
• Picture a Scientist
• Diversity in science: next steps for research group leaders (Nature)
• Colour me better: fixing figures for colour blindness
• Harvard implicit bias test (harvard.edu)
• Creating an Equitable, Diverse and Inclusive Research Environment: A Best Practices Guide for Recruitment, Hiring and Retention