Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (EDIA) Initiatives
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- Failure Learning in Progress
The Failure: Learning in Progress (FLIP) project examines pedagogical struggle and failure using an equity-focused approach. With students-as-partners, the FLIP team has developed discipline agnostic teaching and learning resources and […]
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- The Peer Support Model as a Path to Student Academic Success, Resilience, and Well-Being
This two-year LEAF-funded initiative integrates robust mental health, accessibility, community-building, and academic peer support directly into English A02—a large, multi-section, first-year course that serves as a prerequisite for further English […]
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- Promoting Engagement with Anti-Racist University Pedagogy
The Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy (ISUP) at UTM, with its skilled staff and faculty expertise, is leading an initiative to create programming and resources supporting anti-racist curricular […]
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- Campus Curriculum Review Resource Hub
The University of Toronto Scarborough’s the UTSC Curriculum Resource Hub is an inclusive hub developed in response to curriculum review recommendations and in partnership with the UTSC Campus Curriculum Review […]
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- Weaving EDIIA into Basic Medical Science Research and Program Curricula
This multi-pronged project integrates Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Indigeneity and Accessibility (EDIIA) principles across undergraduate health science education programs within the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, enhancing diversity, equity and cultural competence. […]
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- Students-as-Partners Approach in Development of Inclusive and Equitable Resources
We are using a students-as-partners approach to enriching and strengthening EDI in the Department of Biology curriculum at UTM. Student fellows will gather, select, and build an initial set of […]
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- The Social Justice Classroom: Dismantling Racism and Destabilizing Power Structures in Curriculum with Students as Partners
This project drives social justice change in curriculum design by leveraging students as partners to co-create anti-racist curriculum while dismantling structural inequities and destabilizing power structures in the classroom. The […]
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- Embedding Inclusive Excellence Strategies and Resources for a Video Assignment in a Large First-Year Life Science Breadth Course
In a large 500-student first year science breadth course, students currently create a short video as one of the assessments. Assignment instructions are currently in written form. We will support […]
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- Fostering Science Identity for STEM Students: Developing Curricular Resources for First-Year STEM Courses to Promote Contributions of Underrepresented Scientists
With the assistance of work-study students, preferably themselves from underrepresented groups and who have just completed the core STEM courses of biology, calculus, chemistry and physics, we will compile a […]
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- Using Generative AI and Retrieval Augmented Generation for Accessibility Services Note Taking Requests
Students requesting note taking as part of their accessibility accommodations experience many barriers in being able to fulfill their needs. Such barriers include (but not limited to): no available note […]
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- Understanding Psychology in Context: Taking a Students-as-Partners Approach to Support the Development of a New Breadth Course in Psychology
This project will take a ‘students-as-partners’ approach to support the development of a new second-year breadth course titled “Psychology in Context”. Guided by principles of equity, inclusion, and diverse ways […]
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- Integrating EDI Principles into the Arts & Science Co-op Curriculum
The Arts & Science Co-op program is committed to integrating Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) principles into every aspect of our curriculum. Our goal is to make EDI central to […]
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- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office (EDIO) Curricula Enhancement Initiative
Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) aims to nurture academic excellence by understanding and responding to the root causes of inequity and exclusion. The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office’s […]
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- Master of Public Health – Black Health Program Development
Evidence suggests that experiences of anti-Black racism in the healthcare system led to higher rates of chronic health outcomes, including increased morbidity and mortality among Black community members. Dalla Lana […]
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- Scaffolding an EDI Explicit Curricula across Orientation, Foundation and Advanced Years
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work (FIFSW) aims to ensure the MSW curriculum represents the lived experiences and learning goals of our diverse student group while preparing students with the EDI […]
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- Decolonizing Curriculum Faculty Fellows Program
In response to the evolving landscape of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) discussions, the Faculty of Information (FoI) has established dedicated offices for EDI and teaching and learning over the […]
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- Enhance Faculty Capacity to Continuously Seek and Include Multiple Divergent Voices in Curricular Content and Pedagogical Practices
The Daniels Faculty already has resources in place to advance anti-colonial, Indigenous-centred and anti-racist pedagogical practices through their more traditional course delivery methods. However, design studios, laboratories and fieldwork still […]
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- Foundations of Equity in Music Studies: A Multimodal Pedagogical Resource
This Faculty of Music project responds to the need for a comprehensive and accessible resource on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in music, building on existing text-based Quercus modules. This […]
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- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Law Resource Centre
In response to the demand for centralized resources on anti-racism, allyship and inclusive teaching practices, the EDI Law Resource Centre project within the Faculty of Law seeks to establish a […]
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- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Speakers Series
Amidst the evolving discourse on equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) within the Faculty of Law, the EDI Speakers Series addresses the critical need for targeted training sessions, engaging legal experts […]