The office of Faculty Affairs (FA) oversees faculty affairs within the Faculty of Medicine. We are comprised of the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), the Faculty Wellness Program (FWP), and the Office of Professionalism (OP). The Assistant-Deans and Director of these offices report to the Vice-Dean Faculty Affairs who is the head of the FA. The FA oversees the clinical faculty appointment process, annual reviews, academic promotion as well as other academic issues and faculty relations. The number of requests for faculty appointment and promotion continues to increase, a healthy indicator of the faculty engagement with the University.
Faculty Affairs
Welcome to the office of Faculty Affairs (FA)! We offer free, confidential services for our faculty, students and staff. You can seek assistance in the areas of Faculty Wellness, Equity and Diversity Issues, Professionalism.
Faculty Affairs - Update
Faculty Wellness Program (FWP):
FWP Seminar Series
Cracking the Resiliency Myth: Is it possible to get ourselves out of the stress and burnout spiral? How can the health care system heal itself?
Date:
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Time:
12:00 – 1:00
Introduction:
Join us as we welcome Dr. Tim Lau, Interim Assistant Dean of the Faculty Wellness Program who will discuss some of the overall literature on stress and resiliency.
Description:
We are experiencing record levels of burnout in medicine as more clinicians are leaving clinical practice. It is a crisis of health human resources with overcrowded emergency rooms, extensive wait lists, and so many patients needing care.
Clinicians are expected to provide compassionate, error-free care within a healthcare system plagued by limited funding, staff shortages, and excessive wait times. The personal lives of clinicians are in upheaval, and they are experiencing depression, substance misuse, and suicidality at alarming rates. The phenomenon of compassion fatigue, imposter syndrome, and moral distress has taken on heightened awareness resulting from lived experience. Organizations are scrambling to address this crisis, but interventions and wellness initiatives are often perceived as missing the mark.
We are learning that we need to shift our focus from burnout and wellness toward individual and organizational resilience, which are interconnected. And it has become increasingly obvious that the culture of wellness, where we work, the efficiency of practice, and personal resilience are all key contributors to our professional and personal fulfillment.
In this session, we will discuss some of the overall literature on stress and resiliency. In particular, review some of the lessons learned and barriers that exist at an individual, community, and organizational level in developing an institutional infrastructure for physician wellness. Finally, we will review some evidence-based decisions that can move clinicians from burnout to engagement, isolation to belonging, and illness to wellness.
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Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion:
EDI Seminar Series
The Burden of Identity: How can we dismantle systemic oppression in Healthcare?
Date:
Thursday, June 08, 2023
Time:
12:00 – 1:00
Introduction:
Join us as we welcome Dr. Kyle Wilby, who will discuss the burden of identity and how we can dismantle systemic oppression in Healthcare
Description:
This seminar will integrate theory, empirical evidence, and theory to address concepts relating to systemic oppression in healthcare and the challenges educators face in attempting to dismantle discrimination that exists within our training and practice programs.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe the minority stress model, including distal and proximal minority stress processes.
- Explain the lens of systemic oppression, including the intersection of individual, interpersonal, and systemic contributors.
- Identify strategies to reduce systemic oppression in both healthcare and education settings.
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“Inuit culturally safe care” and What does it Mean?
Date:
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Time:
10:00 – 11:30
Introduction:
Join us as we welcome Muckpaloo Ipeelie who will discuss "Inuit culturally safe care" and what does it mean?
Description:
Muckpaloo, an urban Inuk, is the CEO of the Urban Inuit Identity Project and is a registered Medical Laboratory technician (MLT). Muckpaloo teaches Inuit culture to help preserve it and helps equip service providers with the tools for giving Inuit culturally appropriate care. Muckpaloo bridges the gap in health care and social services by teaching the social determinants of health that impact Inuit with an emphasis on the importance of preserving Inuit identity and promoting wellness.
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Event organized by the Centre for Indigenous Health Research and Education & the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Educational exhibit: “Where are the Children? Healing the Impacts of Residential Schools”
Date:
Tuesday, June 20 - Thursday, June 22, 2023
Location:
Atrium, Roger Guindon Hall
In-person exhibit
Free | No registration required.
Introduction:
Presented by the Legacy of Hope Foundation.
Description:
This exhibition, the first in Canada to be developed on residential schools, spans over 125 years and contains photographs and documents from the 1880s to the present day. Photographs, text panels, and artifacts move the witness through the process of leaving home and arriving at school, to school activities and being part of a classroom. A section on the children who never returned home as well as on contemporary role models provides a wide range of perspectives.
The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is a national, Indigenous-led, charitable organization that has been working to promote healing and Reconciliation in Canada for more than 19 years. The LHF’s goal is to educate and raise awareness about the history and existing intergenerational impacts of the Residential School System (RSS) and subsequent Sixties Scoop (SS) on Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) Survivors, their descendants, and their communities to promote healing and Reconciliation.
Visit the exhibit’s companion website for a downloadable mobile tour, a video, a residential school timeline, a collection of 59 Residential School Oral Histories and Survivor Stories from across Canada, and a list of resources and further reading.
Event organized by the Centre for Indigenous Health Research and Education
Voices: Challenges and Solutions for Community Needs.
Date:
June 19, 2023
Time:
1:00 p.m.
Location:
In-person at FSS4007
Introduction:
The Sickle Cell Disease Association of Canada (SCDAC) and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health are pleased to present Voices: Challenges and Solutions for Community Needs.
Description:
On Monday, June 19, 2023, join us at the University of Ottawa, at the Faculty of Social Sciences, FSS4007, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, as we take this opportunity to share finding on Sickle Cell Research and raise awareness about a life-threatening debilitating disease that affects about 6000 Canadians.
This meeting will be a platform for patients, community leaders, and researchers to share their findings, ideas, and views on Sickle Cell Disease Research in Canada. It is the national event that will bring answers to Patients and caregivers on research across Canada and show the importance of your implication in the process.
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Event organized by The Sickle Cell Disease Association of Canada (SCDAC) and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health.