Related Guides
Cultural Safety and Cultural Humility in Healthcare
- CulturallyConnected"CulturallyConnected provides practical information and tools to enable health professionals to better support the health of children, youth, women, and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds."
- NCCIH Cultural Safety CollectionResources from the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health.
- Indigenous Relations Behavioural Competencies17 competencies for BC Public Service employees.
- Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis People of Canada (Tri-Council)The Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans - Chapter 9 is a framework for ethical conduct of research involving Aboriginal peoples. It is a joint policy of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
- Black Underrepresentation in Medicine and Community HealthPresentation from UBC Events' 2021 series Where are all the Black People?
- Indigenous Healthcare Education and Practice: Applying Digital Teaching and Learning Resources to the TRC’s Calls to ActionOpen access modules from Queen's University.
- Indigenous Health EquityWebinar series targeted to public health professionals, from the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Includes links to further Indigenous cultural safety modules developed by Cancer Care Ontario.
- Indigenous Cultural Safety Collaborative Learning SeriesNational webinar series on Indigenous cultural safety in the health and social services.
- Methods for Supporting Diverse Patient EngagementModules from the BC SUPPORT Unit with guidance on engaging d/Deaf communities; Immigrant, refugee, racialized, and ethnocultural communities; rural and remote communities; LGBTQ2S+ communities; and disabled communities.
Featured video series
Gender and Sex
- Positive Space: Foundations"The Positive Space: Foundations online course provides low-barrier access for students, staff, and faculty to learn about sex, sexuality, and gender diversity."
- Gender & Sex in Methods & Measurement ToolkitFrom UBC's Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity
- Stigma and Resilience among Vulnerable Youth Centre (SARAVYC) "At SARAVYC, we believe in research that makes a difference and focuses on resilience. Since 2006, we’ve been conducting rigorous, cutting-edge, and award-winning research that studies how stigma, discrimination, violence, and trauma affect young people’s health. Our goal is to identify factors that foster youth resilience in spite of stigma."
Queer Data by ISBN: 9781350230729Publication Date: 2022-02-24
Disability
- Anti-AbleismResource guide from University of Victoria
- Equity and Medicine - Disability JusticeResources from Wayne State University Library System
- Alliance for Disability in Health Care EducationLearning resources, organized by category: Interprofessional education, integrated care, discipline-specific, disability specific organizations, and disability advocacy and activism
- PCPE Living LibraryInterviews with patients and caregivers, produced by UBC Health. Topics covered include: Communication and Relationship Building with Healthcare Professionals; Stigma, Assumptions, and Stereotypes; Chronic Disease; Healthcare Teams; End-of-Life; Healthcare Advocacy; and Substance Use
- Disability in the Modern World: History of a Social Movement This link opens in a new windowPrimary source collection of newspapers, videos, texts and images that document the rise of a social movement around disability history and disability studies.
The play Alone in the Ring, from the UBC Research-Based Theatre Collaborative, explores the experiences of health professionals with disabilities. The video below describes its development.
Finding and Evaluating Literature
- ISSG Search Filters ResourceIn addition to search filters for study designs, this resource includes search filters for topics such as adverse effects and quality of life. It also provides information and guidance on how to critically evaluate filters.
- Trends in…Controlled Vocabulary and Health EquityArticle from Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 41(2): 2022
- PROGRESS-PlusTool to assess equity aspects of research. PROGRESS refers to: Place, Race, Occupation, Gender, Religion, Education, Socioeconomic status, and Social capital; Plus: personal characteristics associated with discrimination; features of relationships; and time-dependent relationships.
Core Readings
- Reckoning with the Truth, Working Together for a Better FutureThe UBC Faculty of Medicine Response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action
- UBC Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence Task Force ReportsFull report and reports from committees.
Equity Resources
- EQUIP Equity Action KitToolkit developed by UBC/UNBC/Western "designed to help guide organizations in diverse health and social service settings who want to implement equity-oriented care."