Our work on EDI and VPFO projects supporting UBC’s EDI journey
Check back regularly for updates on our EDI progress and to learn how we’re performing as a portfolio. We will also be posting feature stories to illustrate how EDI at UBC comes to life though our day-to-day work.
Jun 07, 2021
UBC and community resources for those distressed by the recent residential schools coverage
We were heartbroken to learn of the confirmation of the burial site of 215 children on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Our thoughts are with the families, the communities, residential school survivors and all who mourn. If you need support, we recommend you reach out and get help from these UBC and community resources.
Apr 19, 2021
How do we foster cultural safety in the workplace?
Like most workplaces, UBC is an institution with hierarchies and power imbalances. While the notion of cultural safety emerged as a response to Indigenous people’s experience with health care inequalities in the 1980s, it also applies to the modern workplace.
Apr 12, 2021
How can you be an effective ally?
Everyone in the VPFO plays a key role in building a more open, respectful and inclusive UBC. How can we equip ourselves with the right tools and understanding as an ally to effect real change?
Apr 06, 2021
Microaggressions Part 2: How can you respond to microaggressions?
A key part of what makes microaggressions so dangerous is that they can happen so casually and frequently in everyday life. Next time a microaggression occurs, try using this simplified three-step approach.
Mar 29, 2021
