Transforming EDI from Commitment to Operations: Strategies for Sustainable Integration
In this virtual workshop, participants will understand and reconnect with the importance of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) within institutions and be given practical tools and resources to implement EDI. The session will be facilitated by Jodie Glean-Mitchell,...
Practical insights into diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging: becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable
The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute is hosting Darren Higgins (Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School) for an in-person lecture about equity, diversity and inclusion. All are welcome to attend.Embedding EDI principles into biomedical and health research: who, what, where, when and why
Imogen Coe (Toronto Metropolitan University) will be speaking as part of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology’s Monday seminar series. It is well established across a range of disciplines that more diverse research teams produce more impactful...
EPIC announces recipients of its inaugural Inspire Summer Studentships
The Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) has announced the four recipients of the 2023 Inspire Summer Studentships. These studentships aim to foster inclusive excellence by providing third-year Black and Indigenous undergraduate students with opportunities to engage in infectious disease research with and receive mentorship from EPIC’s faculty members. Each award provides $7,500 to support the student for a 16-week work term.