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 Wellness Program (FWP):

FWP Seminar Series

No seminar at this time.

Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion:

September 5, 2023

We recognize the contributions of the EDI Action Plan working group.

Dr. Ewurabena Simpson and Dr. Nadine Wiper-Bergeron co-chaired the EDI Action Plan Working Group.  The Working Group consisted of 5 teams from different sectors across our faculty and affiliated teaching institutions including learners, staff, and faculty that convened over the 2022-2023 academic year. Each team, described below, performed a deep and thoughtful analysis of current EDI practices and made actionable recommendations to address barriers and improve the integration of EDI principles into our activities. Dr. Simpson and Dr. Wiper-Bergeron would like to take this opportunity to thank all the participants of the action plan working groups and to acknowledge the time and effort they devoted to this important task. The Faculty of Medicine and its partnered institutes will benefit from the insight and analysis.

Stakeholders were divided into five (5) groups.

RECRUITMENT AND RECOGNITION

• Equitable recruitment and admissions processes
• Development of guiding principles for prizes, awards, and scholarships
• Recruitment and retention (Faculty and staff)
• Mentorship
• Pathway programs for recruitment

Team:

• Dr. Christopher Kennedy
• Alexandre Messager
• Dr. Geneviève Lemay 
• Dr. Jonathan Lee
• Dr. Alireza Jalali

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP IN EDI

• Support for grant writing
• Guidance for forming diverse research teams
• Guidance for conducting inclusive research
• EDI Training for research supervisors
• Internal grant support for EDI-related research
• Internal network/mechanism for collaboration between uOttawa EDI-focused researchers

Team:

• Dr. Kednapa Thavorn
• Dr. Jocelyn Côté
• Dr. Katey Rayner
• Dr. Vicki LeBlanc
• Dr. Paul MacPherson
• Dr. Catherine Tsilfidis

INCLUSIVE CULTURE IN THE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT

• Inclusive programs, spaces, language, and initiatives
• Recognition of ethnocultural events and groups
• Diversity in the classroom
• EDI Education (topics, the format of training, mandatory versus optional)
• EDI Resources (funding, services)
• Programs to support success (trainees, ECRs, etc.)

Team:

• Dr. Manisha Kulkarni
• Dr. Sumaiya Ahmed
• Dr. Rishi Kapur
• Dr. Salomon Fotsing
• Dr. Gregory Manning
• Kieran Chalmers
• Allison Tscherner
• Patricia Burhunduli

EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION POLICIES

• Parental and family leave
• Harassment policy
• Antiracism policy
• Accessibility policy
• Diversity in the classroom
• Recruitment, hiring and retention

Team:

• Dr. Camille Munro
• Dr. Stuart Harman
• Dr. Alan Chaput
• Heidi Baier
• Carole Bourque
• Kailey Thrower

DATA COLLECTION AND SYSTEM REVIEW

• Demographic data collection
• Program evaluation (EDI policies, EDI education, EDI culture, EDI resources)
• Data reporting (content, format, frequency, and audience)
• Data targets (should we have them, what should they be based on, and how will we know if we are doing well?)
• Accountability (who is responsible for collecting/holding/disseminating this data, and who are they accountable to?)

Team:

• Dr. Claire Kendall
• Dr. Michael Quon       
• Dr. Fahad Masud

EDI Seminar Series

No seminar at this time.