Interdisciplinary Collaboration outside FoMD

PHASE 1

• Dr. Helly Goez, Assistant Dean of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry (FoMD), is the current president of the University of Alberta Academic Women's Association (AWA), an opportunity to bring crucial conversations on EDI issues.
• Collaboration with Research in Gender (RIG), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to deliver institutional workshops on EDI in research.
• The FoMD's EDI office was involved in the creation of the University of Alberta's institutional EDI framework.

Resources:

• Learn more about the UAlberta Academic Women's Association

PHASE 2

• The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry (FoMD) is currently collaborating with Alberta Health Services (AHS), the University of Calgary, the Alberta Medical Association and the Canadian Medical Association to create a provincial framework for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in health care.
• Dr. Helly Goez represents the FoMD in the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Diversity and Inclusion, looking at curricular approach to EDI and collaborative research.