Category: Bibliographies and Other Reference Material

Friday Reading List. 06/01/2023. (Theme: Implicit Bias)

Six subheadings in this entry: 1) About the overarching EDI initiative in Canadian universities 2) Canadian Universities, Implicit Bias & EDI, examples 3) Why are some reluctant to criticise EDI programmes? 4) Hunting Implicit Biases (e.g anonymous reporting and bias incident response teams) 5) Questions and Controversy Around the Accuracy of Tests, the Efficacy of … Continue reading Friday Reading List. 06/01/2023. (Theme: Implicit Bias) →

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Book. In Praise of Dangerous Universities And Other Essays (2022)— Mark Mercer

What is a Dangerous University? In a 2010 University Affairs/Affairs universitaires opinion article, Mark Mercer explains "By [dangerous university] I mean a place where you'll encounter disturbing ideas."[1] In this article, Mercer contrasts a safe university with a dangerous university as follows: A safe university isn’t a university free of theft, vandalism and violence. It’s … Continue reading Book. In Praise of Dangerous Universities And Other Essays (2022)— Mark Mercer →

Friday Reading List. 23/12/2022

Every Friday I will post EDI and related articles that I've read through the week or have been sitting in my stash of articles. Tonight's entry is short, with just two articles. Subsequent entries will be substantially longer. Aryan Karimi, "How equity, diversity and inclusion are becoming a tool for capitalism," The Conversation, December 22, … Continue reading Friday Reading List. 23/12/2022 →

A Directory of Canadian Universities with Links to Their Respective EDI & EDI-Related Offices: Ontario

Please find below a DOCX and a PDF directory of Ontario Universities with links to their respective EDI & EDI-Related Offices. I've not exhausted all of the latter. Note that I'll be publishing one province at a time in this series. And I'll provide a concatenated document (Canada-wide) when all provinces are accounted for.  Ontario DirectoryDownload … Continue reading A Directory of Canadian Universities with Links to Their Respective EDI & EDI-Related Offices: Ontario →

Meet: Will Valley, a white, cis-gender heterosexual man and Associate Dean of EDI, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC.

Meet: Will Valley, a white, cis-gender heterosexual man and Associate Dean of EDI, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC. Valley says he knows, "it is counter-intuitive to have a white, cis-gender, heterosexual man in a position of power and visibility associated with EDI." And so Valley has a colleague interview him in order to … Continue reading Meet: Will Valley, a white, cis-gender heterosexual man and Associate Dean of EDI, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC. →

Vascular Dynamics Lab, McMaster University, Adopts an Action Plan for an Anti-Racist Lab (Chaudhary & Berhe)

"The Vascular Dynamics Lab at McMaster University  ... endeavour to build “an anti-racist lab” according to the guidelines set out by scholars in our field: Chaudhary & Berhe’s “Ten simple rules for building an anti-racist lab” (in review: PLOS Computational Biology)." View the 10 Rules here. "VDL Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Declaration," Exercise Metabolism Research … Continue reading Vascular Dynamics Lab, McMaster University, Adopts an Action Plan for an Anti-Racist Lab (Chaudhary & Berhe) →

A Directory of Canadian Universities with Links to Their Respective EDI & EDI-Related Offices: Alberta

Please find below a DOCX and a PDF directory of Alberta Universities with links to their respective EDI & EDI-Related Offices. I've not exhausted all of the latter.  Note that I'll be publishing one province at a time in this series. And I'll provide a concatenated document (Canada-wide) when all provinces are accounted for.  Alberta … Continue reading A Directory of Canadian Universities with Links to Their Respective EDI & EDI-Related Offices: Alberta →