Fairness is Excellence Curriculum

This training module, provided by the Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit and Unity Health Toronto, focuses on practices for promoting equity in Patient-Oriented Research.

Fairness is Excellence is intended for scientists, research staff, members of the public, Patient Partners and trainees involved in health-related research to apply an equity lens to your work and your future work as well as to the work of others.

The training includes approximately 15 minutes of material followed by three reflective exercises. To begin, click here: https://learning.unityhealth.to/course/view.php?id=1211

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Resources

Looking for resources on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion? We’ve compiled the following useful resources.

• A Tool for CIHR Applicants - How to Integrate Sex and Gender into Research

• CIHR - Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Action at CIHR

• CIHR - Gender Equity Framework

• Fem North Net & DAWN Canada - Diversity through Inclusive Practice: Toolkit for Creating Inclusive Processes, Spaces, & Events

• NSERC - Guide for Applicants Considering Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Your Research Application

• New Frontiers in Research - Best Practices in Equity Diversity and Inclusion in Research

• Gender Innovations Project

• Tri-Council Policy Statement Ch. 4 - Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans

• Tri-Council Policy Statement Ch. 9 - Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit, & Métis Peoples of Canada

Additional EDI Training Modules

• CIHR: Sex and Gender Training Modules

• Course 1: Sex and Gender in Biomedical Research

• Course 2: Sex and Gender in Primary Data Collection with Human Participants

• Course 3: Sex and Gender in the Analysis of Secondary Data from Human Participants

• Online Status of Women in Canada – Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) Training Course

• NSERC’s Bias in Peer Review Training Module