Office of Professionalism, Equity and Diversity
Building the bridges to a respectful, fair and inclusive Community
Building the Equity Bridge Symposium 2021
Register now for any or all of these free online sessions.
The symposium is open to all learners, faculty and staff in the Cumming School of Medicine, the University of Calgary community and others who are interested in the topics.
Registration now open!

Tuesday, January 26
Promises and Pitfalls of EDI at Canadian Universities
9:00-10:30 am MST
Speaker:
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Dr. Malinda Smith is UCalgary’s inaugural Vice Provost (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion), and a professor of political science. A recognized scholar in equity, diversity, and human rights in higher education and critical race theory, she is a coauthor of The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigenity at Canadian Universities.
Register for the Tuesday Jan. 26 session here
Wednesday January 27
Confronting Medical Colonialism & Health Disparities in Indigenous Peoples
9:00-10:30 am MST
Speakers:
- Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain, author of Fighting for A Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada, social-justice activist and Montreal pediatric emergency physician
- Dr. Alika Lafontaine, Indigenous physician of Cree and Anishinaabe heritage, based in Grande Prairie, brings a provincial perspective to this topic
Register for Wednesday January 27 session here
Thursday, January 28
8:30-10:00am MST
Health Equity in the COVID Era
Speaker:
- Dr. Esther Choo, is a practicing physician and Professor of Emergency Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University. She is a vocal advocate for more multiculturalism, gender parity and diversity in medicine and co-founder of Equity Quotient, and organization which monitors and addresses equity culture in healthcare organizations.
Register for Thursday January 28 session here
Recent publications on EDI
Recognizing and addressing implicit gender bias in medicine Katrina Hui, Javeed Sukhera, Simone Vigod, Valerie H. Taylor and Juveria Zaheer CMAJ Oct. 19, 2020 192 (42) E1269-E1270
Closing the gender pay gap in Canadian medicine Michelle Cohen & Tara Kiran; CMAJ August 31, 2020 192 (35) E1011-E1017
Nevertheless, They Persisted: How Women Experience Gender-Based Discrimination During Postgraduate Surgical Training Allison Brown, PhD, Gabrielle Bonneville, MDCM, Sara Glaze, MD FRCSC Journal of Surgical Education July 9, 2020
Gender equity in interstitial lung disease: Leticia Kawano-Dourado, Marilyn K Glassberg, Maria Molina-Molina, Mary E Strek, Marlies Wijsenbeek, Kerri A Johannson The Lancet July 17, 2020
Challenges for the female academic during the COVID-19 pandemic: Brooke Peterson Gabster, Kim van Daalen, Roopa Dhatt, Michele Barry The Lancet June 18, 2020
Applicant gender and matching to first-choice discipline: a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Canadian Resident Matching Service (2013–2019): Shannon M. Ruzycki, MD MPH; Madalene Earp, PhD; Irene W.Y. Ma, MD PhD CMAJ Open May 7, 2020 vol. 8 no. 2
Proportion of female recipients of resident-selected awards across Canada from 2000 to 2018: a retrospective observational study: Sarah Silverberg, MD; Shannon M. Ruzycki, MD CMAJ Open April 6, 2020 vol. 8 no. 2
Taking action against systemic racism
The Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) leadership team is committed to working as allies and in solidarity with Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) students and colleagues to truly achieve equity, diversity and inclusion within our CSM community
Please share your thoughts, questions, ideas, concerns and personal stories about systemic racism within our CSM community. Our leadership team is learning a lot from your input and is using this knowledge to determine how we’ll continue to make the changes that are necessary to truly achieve equity, diversity and inclusion within our faculty.
Please continue to share your thoughts by submitting through the online survey.

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