FoMD Accessibility, Community + Belonging Pillars of Progress

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The FoMD office of the Assistant Dean of Access Community & Belonging (ACB) works to identify and promote practices and principles that celebrate the strengths in difference and equitable opportunities in employment, health sciences education and delivery of care.

We are proud to present the progress of these pillars in our daily practice, aligned with the main themes of the 雅伎著's Access, Community and Belonging Strategic Plan. We invite you to learn what we are doing and join us in advancing an exciting plan for the near future.

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Grow Wisely

  • The Faculty implemented the resource with the goal to eliminate bias hiring by highlighting areas during the search where bias may infiltrate.
  • The FoMD's ACB Office advocates for the acknowledgment of career interruptions on evaluation forms of candidates that are applying for Chair positions.

Data Collection

Phase 1

  • The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry (FoMD) conducted a voluntary survey in the second half of 2017 to measure the diversity of academic faculty, clinical faculty and support staff within the FoMD, a first-ever effort at the 雅伎著 as a Faculty.
  • Benchmarking of Human Resource Services survey results gave the Faculty a better picture of where we stand in comparison to larger population statistics, collecting information from the 雅伎著 and Statistics Canada.
  • Asking important questions from data: Are we diverse? If we are diverse, how similar is our faculty's population to the general public that we serve? Where are the gaps? These questions informed the following steps to provide a safe, diverse and equitable space in our Faculty.

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Align with Institution

Phase 1

  • The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry's (FoMD) Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) voluntary survey in 2017 to measure the diversity of academic faculty, clinical faculty and support staff within the FoMD, was a first-ever faculty effort to understand where we stand in comparison to larger population statistics, including information from the 雅伎著.
  • Collaboration in institutional/ACB plan:
    • The FoMD is raising awareness about the principles of Dimensions Canada (previously known as Athena-SWAN) to encourage and recognize ACB in workforce and learning environments.

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Phase 2

The FoMD remains an institutional leader in EDI. Our Faculty is already reaching the second-year goals outlined in the 2019 雅伎著's institutional Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity Strategic Plan.

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Knowledge Translation + Dissemination

Phase 1

  • The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry's (FoMD) Office of the Assistant Dean of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) created a website to disseminate information about ACB principles, initiatives and events.
  • The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion sends periodical communications to members of the FoMD with updates and important information.
  • Reporting our progress. The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion creates annual reports and content to provide updates on initiatives conducted and future plans related to EDI.
  • Annual ACB Symposiums open conversations about ACB perspectives and pressing issues.
  • We share our developed documents, including survey questions and best hiring practices, within the 雅伎著 and with other institutions.
  • We are sharing our Terms of Reference with the 雅伎著 Faculty of Education and the Canadian Glycomics Network (Glyconet).

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Interdisciplinary Collaboration within FoMD

Phase 1

  • The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry (FoMD) worked with its Office of Research, sharing data for Canada Research Chair applications and building capacity for review of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) perspectives in grant applications.
  • Substantial gains in improving the diversity of its Canada Research Chairs (CRCs). As of November 31, 2019, 15 CRCs are held by males (60 per cent) with 10 by females (40 per cent). If all seven applications that are currently under review are successful (FoMD has a 100 per cent success rate for the last 10 years), this will improve to 18 held by males (56 per cent) and 14 by females (44 per cent).
  • Workshop on ACB in research, open to 雅伎著 researchers, co-initiated, co-chaired and co-sponsored by the FoMD's ACB office in 2019. Multidisciplinary teams provided practical tools for inclusion of ACB perspectives in grant applications.
  • Collaboration with the Faculty's Indigenous Health Initiatives Program to improve access to guidance and preparation for the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). MD AIDE was created to remove barriers for post-secondary students from low-income and Indigenous backgrounds to prepare for the MCAT.
  • Collaboration in the development of Faculty Evaluation Committee (FEC) guidelines to include ACB perspective.

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Phase 2

  • The office of the Assistant Dean of Access, Community and Belonging continues ongoing work to include ACB perspectives in research and grant applications.
  • There is ongoing work with the Faculty Evaluation Committee (FEC) for future opportunities of mentorship, data collection and promotion of these data.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration outside FoMD

Phase 1

  • Collaboration with Research in Gender (RIG), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to deliver institutional workshops on ACB in research.
  • The FoMD's ACB office was involved in the creation of the 雅伎著's institutional ACB framework.

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Phase 2

  • The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry (FoMD) is currently collaborating with Alberta Health Services (AHS), the University of Calgary, the Alberta Medical Association and the Canadian Medical Association to create a provincial framework for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in health care.

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