Learn about EDI in Science
EDI organizations
- The Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion provides an extensive range of EDI learning resources including webinars, education materials, and many more! The University of Alberta is an employer partner, which provides us with free access to webinars, community of practice events, and more!
- Right to be (formerly Hollaback) provides EDI training
- Project Implicit Implicit Association Test
Government of Canada
- Canada Research Chairs Unconscious Bias Training Module
- Government of Canada Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA+) course
- Canada Research Chairs Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Requirements and Practices
Movies and Videos
- Picture a Scientist (currently available on netflix)
- Coded Bias (currently available on netflix)
- Unconscious Bias at Work - Making the Unconscious Conscious
- How to reduce bias in your workplace
Books
- Bob Joseph, 21 Things you may not know about the Indian Act
- Desmond Cole, The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
- Frances Henry, Enakshi Dua, Carl E. James, Audrey Kobayashi, Peter Li, Howard Ramos, Malinda S. Smith, The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities.
- Ibram X. Kendi, How to be an Antiracist
- Robin Diangelo, White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism
University of Alberta library guides
University of Alberta Podcasts, Vodcasts, and Radio Interviews
- Blacktalk, W. Andy Knight & Zack Penddah
- Presenting our Presence, Florence Glanfield & Cindy Gaudet
- The glass obstacle course: Why so few women hold the top spots in STEM, CBC Quirks and Quark
- Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation, George Lee & Jessica Vandenberghe
University of Alberta MOOCs
Websites
- Canadian Association of University Teachers, Underrepresented & Underpaid: Diversity & Equity Among Canada’s Post-Secondary Education Teachers
- Universities Canada, Equity, diversity and inclusion webpage
Articles
- Forrester, N. (2020). Diversity in science: next steps for research group leaders. Career Guide, Nature. 23 September, 2020. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02681-y
- Gaudry, A. & Lorenz, D. (2018). Indigenization as inclusion, reconciliation, and decolonization: navigating the different visions for Indigenizing the Canadian academy. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 14(3), 218-227. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1177180118785382
- Hartwell, E. E., Cole, K., Donovan, S. K., Greene, R. L., Storms, S. L. B., & Williams, T. (2017). Breaking down silos: Teaching for equity, diversity, and inclusion across disciplines. Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, 39, 143-162. https://www-jstor-org.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/stable/90007877
- Heath, K. and Wensil, B.F. (2019) To Build an Inclusive Culture, Start with Inclusive Meetings, Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2019/09/to-build-an-inclusive-culture-start-with-inclusive-meetings
- Jimenez, M.F., Laverty, T.M., Bombaci, S.P., Wilkins, K., Bennett, D.E., & Pejchar, L. (2019). Underrepresented faculty play a disproportionate role in advancing diversity and inclusion. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3, 1030-1033. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0911-5
- Moss-Racusin, C.A., Pietri, E.S., van der Toom, J., Ashburn-Nardo, L. (2021) Boosting the Sustainable Representation of Women in STEM with Evidence-Based Policy Initiatives. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2372732220980092
- Pete, Shauneen. 100 ways to Indigenize and decolonize academic programs and courses. https://www.uregina.ca/president/assets/docs/president-docs/indigenization/indigenize-decolonize-university-courses.pdf
- Smith, M.S. (2019) Diversity is indispensable to excellence: The Canada Research Chairs Program. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/diversity-is-indispensable-to-excellence-the-canada-research-chairs-program-97358?utm_medium=email
- Willis, L., Mehta, D., and Davis, A. (2020) Twelve Principles Trainees, PIs, Departments, and Faculties Can Use to Reuce Bias and Discrimination in STEM, ACS Cent. Sci., 6(12), 2294-2300. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.0c01120