EDI Scholarship in Health and Medical Education Funding Competition

Please note that these are records of our previous Award Recipients for the competition focused on health and medical education scholarship in the areas of Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and Indigenous health. The Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship in Health and Medical Education Funding Competition.

This funding competition no longer exists. 

There were 9 Letters of Intent received with 7 of those invited to submit a full proposal.  All 7 submitted a full proposal which were reviewed by the EDI Funding Competition Review Committee representing ILGH, OHMES, and OPED. Five of the proposals received total funding of $49,754:

Dr. Tito Daodu
Standardized Transformative Anti-Racism Training (START) - Implementation of Anti-Racism Education for Post-Graduate Medical Learners ($9,990)

Dr. Janet de Groot
Education to enhance embodied learning with a decolonizing narrative-based pedagogical tool to address anti-Indigenous racism ($9,764)

Dr. Shannon Ruzycki
Exclusivity of Spaces and Structures in the Medical Training Environment ($10,000)

Dr. Prism Schneider
Applying EDUCATE to Medical Student Intimate Partner Violence Training (mEDUCATE) – Continued Research ($10,000)

Dr. Lauren Walker
Expanding Understanding Sexual Function and Sexual Practices among Transgender and Non-binary People (EXPAND-TNB) ($10,000)