Educational and supportive resources
The Institutional Equity Office supports many equity offices and institutional partners that support all U of T students, staff and faculty.
The Centre for Faculty Development (CFD) hub contains materials related to advocacy, scholarship, leadership and teaching. Many of these resources are helpful in equity-informed practice.
Many of the educational areas, departments, research centres and other units at Temerty Medicine have designated offices or a committee that is available for support in EDIIA issues.
Discrimination and cultural proficiency
Educational materials that teach about the identities and experiences of structurally minoritized groups.
Equity integration and awareness
Knowledge that can be applied to specific educational and academic processes to create a more inclusive to create a more inclusive culture.
Accessibility and disability inclusion
- Accessibility at University of Toronto (webpage)
- Duty to Accommodate (Ontario Human Rights Commission) (eModule)
- Access Living - Ableism 101 (2019; webpage)
- Being Neurodivergent in Academia (webpage)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Health Equity for People with Disabilities (2024; webpage)
- Health Sciences Information Consortium - Accessibility and Disability library guide (2024; webpage)
- World Health Organization - Global report on health equity for persons with disabilities (2022; book)
- Valuing Neurodiversity on Campus: Perspectives and Priorities of Neurodivergent Students, Faculty, and Professional Staff (2024; article)
- Verywell Mind - Types of ableist language and what to say instead (2024; webpage)
Anti-racism, faith-based discrimination, and cultural diversity
- Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Office - Trainings and Workshops (webpage)
- Call It Out: Racism, Racial Discrimination, and Human Rights (Ontario Human Rights Commission) (eModule)
- Kaiser Family Foundation - Key Facts on Health and Health Care by Race and Ethnicity (web resources)
Anti-Asian racism
- U of T Anti-Asian Working Group Final Report (2023; document)
- TMCC: East Asian Learner Experiences (2024; document)
- Anti-Asian Racism Alliance Forum Recommendation Report (2022; document)
Anti-Black racism
- Black Health Primer (eModules)
- TAHSN - Introduction to Anti-Black Racism eLearning Module (eModule)
- TAHSN - The Coin Model of Privilege and Critical Allyship: Setting the Stage for Action on Anti-Black Racism (2022; interactive media)
- Addressing Anti-Black Racism at Temerty Medicine - Accountability Report (2022; document)
- Addressing Anti-Black Racism at Temerty Medicine - Findings Report (2022; document)
- Report of the U of T Anti-Black Racism Task Force (2021; document)
- Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education (2021; document)
Antisemitism
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- Reflecting on historical Jewish student quotas in Toronto medical education (2022; webpage)
- U of T Antisemitism Working Group reports and supporting documents (webpage)
- Berkeley Hillel - Antisemitism Education (2021; interactive media)
- Government of Canada - Combatting Antisemitism (webpage)
Islamophobia
- Canadian Medical Education Journal - The conditional inclusion of Muslims in medicine: intersectional experiences of Muslim medical students at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine from 1887-1964 (2024; journal article)
- TMCC: Muslim Learner Experiences (2023; document)
- Institute for Social Policy and Understanding - Black Muslim Experiences (webpage)
- Muslim Student Experiences (U of T Student Life): Insights for Higher Education (2021; document)
- Government of Canada - Combatting Islamophobia in Canada (webpage)
Economic disadvantage
- AFMC - MCAT Fee Assistance Program (webpage)
- Health Quality Ontario - Income and Health (2016; document)
- Price of a Dream (webpage)
Indigenous sovereignty and reconciliation
- San’yas Anti-Racism Indigenous Cultural Safety Training Program (eModules)
- Answering the Call Wecheehetowin - Final Report of the Steering Committee for the University of Toronto Response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2017; document)
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- First Nations House (organization)
- Resource Centre (webpage)
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- Office of Indigenous Initiatives (organization)
- Land Acknowledgements (webpage)
- Training (webpage)
- Royal College - Indigenous Health Primer (2019; document)
- Toronto Regional Indigenous Cancer Program - Supporting and Enabling Indigenous Ceremonial Practices (document)
- Women's College Hospital - Centre for Wise Practices in Indigenous Health (webpage)
Spirituality and faith
Interfaith
- Office of Learner Affairs: Religious Supports for Learners (webpage)
- TAHSN Standards for Religious Attire for Health Care Workers, Learners and Volunteers in Hospital Areas with Sterile Procedures (2022; document)
- TAHSN Standards for Religious Attire Videos (2024; video series)
- U of T Multi-Faith Centre for Spiritual Study and Practice (organization)
- U of T Student Organization Portal: Spirituality & Faith Communities (webpage)
- U of T Vice-Provost, Students: Accommodations for Religious Observances (webpage)
Buddhism
- Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies (organization)
- U of T Student Organization Portal: Buddhism (webpage)
Christianity
- Newman Centre Catholic Mission (organization)
- St. Michael's College: Christianity and Culture program (webpage)
- U of T Student Organization Portal: Christian (webpage)
Hinduism
- Hinduism at U of T (2019; webpage)
- U of T Student Organization Portal: Hindu (webpage)
Islam
- Ramadan Meals: food court and vending information (document)
- Ramadan 2022: What to Know (2022; document)
- Muslim Medical Association of Canada (U of T chapter) (organization)
- Institute of Islamic Studies (organization)
- U of T Student Organization Portal: Muslim (webpage)
Judaism
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- Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies (organization)
- Jewish Medical Students Association (organization)
- U of T Student Organization Portal: Jewish (webpage)
Sikhism
- Research guide: Introduction to Sikhism (webpage)
- U of T Student Organization Portal: Sikhism (webpage)
Foundational concepts
- Guideline for Employees on Concerns and Complaints Regarding Prohibited Discrimination and Discriminatory Harassment (Discrimination Guideline) (PDF, 425 kB) (2018; document)
- Harassment, Statement on Prohibited Discrimination and Discriminatory Harassment [March 31, 1994] (1994; webpage)
- Human Rights, Statement on [July 12, 2012] (2012; webpage)
- Department of Family & Community Medicine - Social Accountability (webpage)
Application to healthcare and medicine
- Fitchburg State University - Systemic Racism: Healthcare & Medicine (2023; webpage)
- National Academy of Sciences - The Right Thing to Do, The Smart Thing to Do: Enhancing Diversity in Health Professions (2001; book)
Intersectionality
- Columbia Law School - Kimberlé Crenshaw on Intersectionality, More than Two Decades Later (2017; webpage)
- Medium - Understanding Intersectionality (2017; webpage)
Glossaries and definitions
- Department of Medicine - Glossary of Terms: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (webpage)
- Ontario Human Rights Commission - Appendix 1: Glossary of Human Rights Terms (webpage)
- University of British Columbia - Equity and Inclusion Glossary of Terms (2023; webpage)
- University of Kansas - Social Justice Resources: Glossary (2024; webpage)
Microaggressions
- Duquesne University Center for Teaching Excellence - Pedagogy and Micro-Resistance: A Strategy for the College Classroom (2015; webpage)
- Georgetown University School of Medicine - Stop, Talk, Roll (2017; webpage)
- Stanford Medicine - Microaggressions in medical training: Understanding, and addressing, the problem (2018; webpage)
- University of California Santa Cruz - Tool: Interrupting Microaggressions (document)
Unconscious bias
- Toronto Initiative for Diversity and Excellence (TIDE) - Unconscious Bias Education Modules (2023; eModules)
- AAMC - Unconscious Bias Resources for Health Professionals (interactive media)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Bias in Peer Review (interactive media)
- Harvard University - Project Implicit (interactive media)
- University of British Columbia - Unconscious Bias: Compilation of Studies (2017; document)
Selections and recruitment
Admissions
- BPAS 2.0: Unconscious Bias Information for Selection Committees (2024; webpage)
Hiring and recruitment
- Canada Research Chairs - Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Best Practices for Recruitment, Hiring and Retention (2021; webpage)
- Guidelines for Department of Medicine Search Committees Using an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Lens (2024; webpage)
- Guidelines for Excellence Through Equity - Appointments of Faculty and Academic Administrators (2021; document)
- Ontario Human Rights Commission - Interviewing and making hiring decisions (2008; webpage)
- U of T Office of the Vice-Provost, Faculty and Academic Life - Strategies for Recruiting an Excellent & Diverse Faculty Complement (2021; webpage)
Search Committees
- Chronicle of Higher Education - How Search Committees Can See Bias in Themselves (2016; webpage)
- U of T Office of the Vice-Provost, Faculty and Academic Life - Search Committee Principles & Practices (2006; webpage)
- University of British Columbia - Fostering Inclusive Excellence: Criteria & Interview Questions to Address Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) in Faculty and Staff Searches (document)
Operations
Events
- Association of American Medical Colleges - Engaging Effectively in Inclusive and Relational Meetings (document)
- Inclusive Educational Events (2024; document)
Communications
- Social Media Guidelines for Faculty (2023; webpage)
- U of T materials for accessible communication (webpage)
Professional development
Safety and wellness
- Canadian Mental Health Association (organization)
- Centre for Addictions and Mental Health - Family supports, resources and engagement (webpage)
- Connex Ontario (organization)
- Hope For Wellness Helpline (organization)
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre - Coping Card (document)
- Temerty Medicine - Director of Faculty Wellness (webpage)
- Temerty Medicine - GLSE Embedded Counselors (webpage)
- Temerty Medicine - Office of Learner Affairs (webpage)
- Temerty Medicine - Wellness Resources for Faculty (webpage)
- Temerty Medicine - Wellness Resource for Students (webpage)
- U of T - Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP) (webpage)
- U of T - NAVI (interactive media)
Research and data
- Socio-demographic Data Guide for Program Evaluation - Centre for Research and Innovation Support (2024; webpage)
- Resources Hub - Centre for Research and Innovation Support (utoronto.ca) (webpage)
- National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada - Strengthening Research Excellence through Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (2017; document)