Resources
Navigation Tool for EDI
The Faculty’s Navigation tool provides students with information on definitions, policies, and EDI resources—both within FHSD and campus-wide.
In creating this tool, our objectives are to minimize misinformation, retelling experiences, and time spent navigating various websites. The tool also provides information on resources of support and connection.
The tool is available in two formats:
Learning RESOURCES and connection
As part of our commitment to fostering ongoing learning, we have highlighted learning opportunities and resources to find community, connection, and support. Resources are organized by Indigenous resources first, then other resources in alphabetical order.
UBC Courses
- Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education
- Indigenous Learning Pathways: Land Acknowledgements at UBC
- Weaving Relations Course
UBC Resources
- Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health’s UBC Learning Circle (UBCLC)
- Decolonization & Anti-Racism: Library Guide
- Resources to build competencies related to reconciliation, Indigenization and decolonization
- Indigenous & Two-Spirit Resources to build competencies related to reconciliation, Indigenization and Decolonization
- Indigenous Portal for Professional Development
- Indigenous-led research: Office of Research Services
- Xwi7xwa Research Guides
Courses Beyond UBC
UBC Courses
- Gender-Affirming Perinatal Care: Safe, Respectful, and Celebratory
- Gender and Sexuality: Applications in Society
- Gender-Affirming Primary Care
- Positive Space: Foundations
UBC Resources
- Gender diversity hub
- Towards More Trans-Inclusive Classrooms: An Introduction
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Inclusive Education SOGI UBC
- 2SLGBTQIA+ Library Resources
- 2SLGBTQIA+ Health Library Guide
Courses Beyond UBC:
Reports and Frameworks
We are committed to advancing dignity and human rights within teaching, learning, research, and practice. The selected reports and frameworks serve as powerful resources to guide our work, offering valuable insights and knowledge about responsibilities, and how to create safer environments.
UBC Taskforces Reports and Plans:
- Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP) and Implementation Toolkit
- Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence (ARIE) President’s Task Force Final Report
- Trans, Two-Spirit and Gender Diversity Task Force Final Report
UBC Reports:
- Declaration of Truth and Reconciliation Commitments: 2021 Annual Report
- Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at UBC
- Indigenous Strategic Plan
- Equity & Inclusion Office: Plans, Policies and Reports
- Institutional initiatives and reports: Equity and Inclusion Office
- UBC Strategic Equity and Anti-Racism (StEAR) Framework
Non-UBC Reports:
- Disaggregated demographic data collection in British Columbia: The grandmother perspective
- In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care
- Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
Non-UBC:
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
- Standards of Care for the Health of Trans and Gender Diverse People
- The Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Higher Education
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
- United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Campus Resources
- Indigenous Centre
- Indigenous Graduate Students
- Accessible and all gender washrooms
- Chest feeding- Okanagan baby friendly initiative
- Harm Reduction Team (HaRT)
- International Student Guide
- Library Accessibility Supports
- Preferred Name Change
- Student Assistance Program
- Spiritual & multi-faith space
- Student Union Okanagan: Advocacy Office
- Student Union Okanagan: Food Pantry
- Indigenous Graduate Students- UBC SAGE program and network
- African Caribbean Student Club
- Black Caucus
- Black Mental Wellness Project
- Graduate Community Facilitators
- IBPOC Faculty and Staff Group (Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows)
- IBPOC Stem Network: Women and Gender-diverse faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students
- Resources for Trans & Gender Diverse Students
- Student Union Okanagan: Pride Resource Centre (PRC)
- Student Union Okanagan: Student Associations
- Centre for Workplace Accessibility
- Disability Affinity Group
- Faculty and staff mental health resources
- Faculty and Staff: Unions and Associations
- Foreign workers and work permits
- Gender-affirming health care
- Getting support as a Transgender, Two-Spirit, and Non-Binary employee
- Health and wellbeing supports for those experiencing domestic violence
- Housing, Immigration and Relocation Services
- HR Advisor or Associate
- IBPOC Faculty and Staff Group
- Income Replacement & Disability Benefits
- Observances + Religious Accommodation
- Positive Space Committee
- Queer Faculty and Staff Collective
RESPECT is a digital magazine run by students at the University of British Columbia (UBC) to promote an immersive dialogue on equity, diversity and inclusion. The interdisciplinary project is supported by the Equity Enhancement Fund at UBC Okanagan.
Like an acrostic poem, RESPECT stands for Representation and Equity in Systemic Practices to Effect Change Today. RESPECT magazine may be your first opportunity to get published. It can also be an alternate way to share, react, collaborate, and inform our community.
Feedback and Suggestions
We recognize that language matters. The resources may have terms considered outdated or nuanced. As language evolves, it is best practice for us to revisit these terms and revise as needed. To provide feedback or recommendations on the language or resources posted on this site, please contact the EDI coordinator.