Advocacy

For some students, the demands of a clinical environment reveal unexpected disability-related issues that might not have required accommodations in the past.

This document has been created to provide instructors with information about accommodating students with disabilities.

Framework and resources to change the design of the learning environment rather than change the learner.

Tip sheets that support equitable, inclusive, accessible teaching and learning.

Serves as a reference for linguistic microaggressions and everyday, casual ableism.

This report provides an accounting of current and future actions to address and dismantle anti-Black racism at Temerty Medicine, with a particular focus on the MD Program and Postgraduate Medical Education.

These guidelines are intended to be an introduction to the topics of inclusivity, anti-racism, and anti-oppression and how these concepts can be practically integrated into medical education.

This video charts the history of antisemitism from its origins until today. It tackles the hard questions about different and changing forms of antisemitism, persistent anti-Jewish stereotypes, the complex racial position of Jews in contemporary America, and the precise line between criticism of Israel and antisemitism.

Navigating a career can feel complicated or confusing. For trans and nonbinary people, there can be additional barriers in place which make the process even more complex.

This guide outlines specific expectations for how occupational therapists (OTs) can provide services that are culturally safer while upholding the human rights of all clients and the people that OTs work with. These expectations apply to all OTs. Those in macro-level roles, such as leading and teaching, will be especially influential in actioning this work.

The purpose of critical analysis is to invite and promote dialogue that assists physical therapist clinicians, researchers, and students to arrive at new insights about the impacts of their day-to-day actions.

In this conceptualization of health inequity, we have limited the potential for disruptive action to end these enduring patterns.

This video reframes a trauma perspective in terms of learning brain versus survival brain as a way to make it easier for teachers to talk about trauma with students.

Learn more about microaggressions and their impact.

Social justice advocate and law scholar Dorothy Roberts has a precise and powerful message: Race-based medicine is bad medicine.

CBC Report: The police killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed have brought renewed attention to systemic racism. In Canada, some have been quick to deny its existence. But these experts say racism has been normalized within Canadian institutions.

Five ineffective strategies and five effective strategies for facilitating difficult race discussions.

This HealthCareCAN Report discusses critical issues facing Indigenous Peoples in Canada, and the role that Canadian health leaders play in helping to close the health gap.

Understanding implicit attitudes and how they influence behavior is important for healthcare professionals working with students.

The purpose of this framework is to promote an equitable and inclusive learning environment and to embed a health equity lens into the planning, development and delivery of education and training initiatives.

The Educators’ Guide video series reflects the lives realities of Muslim individuals and communities in Canada. There is a gap that exists in mainstream conversation about anti-Muslim racism. Using accessible and concise videos, this series brings knowledge and analysis of anti-Muslim racism to mainstream audiences.

The resource booklet provides books, interviews, webinars, documentaries, articles, reports, toolkits, and resources on the experiences of Black communities in Canada and the impacts of systemic anti-Black racism.

Unpacks the compounding experiences of being Muslim and Black and the intersections of anti-Muslim racism and anti-Blackness; examines the role of Islam in shaping social change; adresses historical and present-day manifestations of anti-Muslim racism.

An open source starter guide to help you become a more thoughtful and effective ally.

Introduces participants to the language and frameworks of anti-oppression and social justice.

Project Implicit is the product of a team of scientists whose research produced new ways of understanding attitudes, stereotypes, and other hidden biases that influence perception, judgment, and action.

Outlines intersectional theory, the study of how overlapping or intersecting social identities—and particularly minority identities—relate to systems and structures of discrimination.

Defines the ASPE (ASPE) Standards of Best Practice (SOBP) for those working with human role players (SPs) in Simulation.

This eLearning module is based on the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine's Standards of Professional Behaviour for Medical Clinical Faculty. It will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

This guide is meant to be used in a variety of ways to engage faculty members in discussions about the critical role that professional values play in teaching and learning contexts, as well as the evolution of how we articulate and support these values today.

Learn about a simple strategy you can practice today to help when feeling stressed or overwhelmed. By using your five senses, you will be able to increase your awareness of your environment and, in the process, regulate both your emotional and physical reactions.

In this video, we explore the difference between practicing gratitude and comparing oneself to others. Often when we try to cheer ourselves up we can unintentionally minimize how we are feeling. Learn what to look out for and how to replace this habit with a strategy that helps create space for your emotions without judgement.