Collaborative Leaders
Purposefully Build Partnerships and Networks to create EDI results
Demonstrate a Commitment to coalitions among diverse groups and perspectives aimed at learning to improve service
Need to make an effort to bring people up
Mobilize Knowledge
Navigate Socio-Political Environments
Need to bring people with different levels of power
Developing EDI-Informed Coalitions
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, University of Ottawa & Canadian Health Workforce Network
Just as EDI considerations inform leadership capabilities within one’s discipline, group or organization, it also translates to the development of coalitions with others, the fourth D in the LEADS Framework. Collaborative leaders develop coalitions to create EDI awareness and achieve EDI goals within and across disciplines, groups and organizations. Partnerships are purposively built to create these EDI results with notable time and attention paid to create ongoing relationships of trust. This may involve coming to terms with broken trust from past interactions, a key lesson from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action. Collaborative leaders demonstrate a commitment to coalitions with diverse groups and perspectives aimed at learning how to improve service accessibility and cultural safety and acceptability. EDI knowledge within and across organizations is mobilized towards those ends. A purposeful effort to bring people with different voices, experiences, and forms of power to the table and mentoring up, within and across organizations helps to navigate complex socio-political and cultural environments.
Indigenous social exclusion to inclusion: Case studies on Indigenous nursing leadership in four high income countries
This paper highlights the visibility of Indigenous nurses' efforts in advancing strategic approaches for improving health outcomes and resource allocation. Using a Kaupapa Māori case study approach, Indigenous nurse academics from four countries identifies strategies for change, such as Indigenous nationhood, nursing leadership, workforce development, culturally safe practice, and activism.
Supporting diverse health leadership requires active listening, observing, learning and bystanding
This paper studies leading practices that will help apply and promote diverse health leadership.
Leading practices for men to support women’s health leadership: A toolkit of resources to initiate change
This study proposes three types of resources to help men in leadership positions understand the importance of their actions through mentorship and sponsorship when supporting women in health.
Building Solidarity with Black Nurses to Dismantle Systemic and Structural Racism in Nursing.
This paper studies how systemic and structural racism affect nurses of colour and what the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and the government can do to address the situation.
Leadership for change: how medical associations are working toward equity, diversity, and inclusion.
The first paper in the four-paper series "Leadership for change"presents the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians frameworks, EDI strategies and institutional programs.
Building More Bridges: Indigenous leadership in a study assessing the impact of distance to care on markers of quality HIV care in Saskatchewan
This paper discusses how Indigenous living with HIV in Saskatchewan can play a major role in HIV research and HIV care.
Nurse practitioner affecting systems change in the context of a LEADS leadership framework: Experience from the field.
This study identifies a new role for Adance Practice Nurse/Nurse Practicioner as the clinical planning lead in order to develop a model of care and service delivery or children living with health complexity.
Leadership for change: a step-by-step pathway for developing local capacity for equity, diversity and inclusion.
The fourth paper of the "Leadership for change" series examines what local institutions can do to focus on EDI.
Leadership for change: working toward equity, diversity, and inclusion.
The second paper of the "Leadership for change" series presents the work of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians in integrating EDI in Emergency medicine through educational interventions, changes to organizational structure, and incorporation of EDI in strategic planning.
Organisational best practices towards gender equality in science and medicine
This paper is an analysis of issues and proposes actions that could achieve gender equality in science and medicine.
Inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility: From organizational responsibility to leadership competency
This paper discusses anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism and barriers within the health sciences and proposes the LEADS framework to boost leadership of the racialized groups.
BlackChat the Podcast
Dedicated to healing Black communiteis in the lower mainland trhough family reunion styled gatherings
Addressing systemic racism in healthcare
A reflection article that shares the racism experienced by Dr. Nabeela Nathoo, a second- generation Canadian of East-Indian descent
Breathe, then speak
Tenille discusses the harmful impact of settler colonialism and the intentional and unintentional perpetuation of negative stereotypes about Indigenous communities. She reflects on attempts to avoid invoking or repeating narratives about trauma and healing, particularly in what she often perceives to be unsafe settler spaces.
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
The National Inquiry’s Final Report reveals that persistent and deliberate human and Indigenous rights violations and abuses are the root cause behind Canada’s staggering rates of violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people. The two volume report calls for transformative legal and social changes to resolve the crisis that has devastated Indigenous communities across the country.
White Fragility: Why its so hard for white people to talk about race
Dr. Robin DiAngelo participates in a panel discussion at the University of Manitoba. The panellists explore the violence of ongoing settler colonialism and whiteness in relation to health and well being in Canada. Dr. Anderson speaks of the myth of “colour blindness” in Canada because of Universal Health Care in Canada we treat everyone the same despite evidence of great disparities in health between white settlers and Indigenous peoples and people of colour
The missing voice of women in COVID-19 policy-making
The article highlights the underrepresentation of women in decision-making roles in Canada amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Women, especially working mothers, bear the brunt of caregiving responsibilities and are affected by job loss. Their voices are essential to advocate for investing in care infrastructure, which is crucial for economic recovery.
Women Who Lead website
The goal of Women Who Lead is to create a movement that fills the pipeline with diverse women leaders who are ready to advance the healthcare landscape, equipping them with the skills and opportunities they need to succeed. Most importantly, it is a platform for partnership and inspiration that elevates and amplifies the contributions of women and the broader community.
CAUT welcomes settlement on equity targets for Canada Research Chairs Program
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) is welcoming the announcement that an agreement has been reached to ensure more robust equity targets, transparency, and accountability within the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) Program. The settlement builds upon recent government changes to enhance equity, diversity and inclusion in the CRC program, and caps a process started in 2003 by eight academics who, with the support of CAUT, filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission over the program’s failure to reflect the diversity of Canada’s university researchers.
12 Steps to Close the Gender Pay Gap by 2025
The issue of the gender pay gap is complex and the product of many contributing factors. Closing it will require a multi-level strategy. This is why the Equal Pay Coalition has compiled the following 12 steps. While none of these efforts will close the gap on their own, we believe that change is possible, and that in concert they will contribute to our goal of a 0% gap by 2025.