EDI in Teaching + Research
Incorporating equity, diversity and inclusion in teaching helps to ensure that all students can participate and succeed. Inclusive and diverse research teams contribute to innovation and research excellence.
Teaching
- Accommodations and Accessibility: The U of A and its instructors are obligated to provide accessibility-related accommodations to students with disabilities.
- Incorporating EDI into fieldwork and field schools
- Universal Design for Learning for Inclusions, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility
- Inclusive Design: A list of practical suggestions and resources for instructors related to equity, diversity and inclusion, maintained by psychology professor Jennifer Passey
- Breaking Down Silos: Teaching for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Across Disciplines
- Compassionate pedagogy for neurodiversity in higher education
- SPARK-ENG, or Scholarship of Pedagogy and Application of Research Knowledge in Engineering, aims to enhance instructional practice, classroom interactions, assessment and understanding of graduate attributes for faculty members and instructors in the Faculty of Engineering.
- Community Service Learning
- Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education: An educational research and development centre at U of A that specializes in the synthesis of research, knowledge translation, and outreach
Research
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research, Office of the Vice-President (Research & Innovation)
- Black-led Research Network Initiative: Aims to build capacity for Black researchers and enhance Black research excellence at U of A
- How to incorporate EDI into fieldwork and field schools
- How to prepare a research group/lab manual which incorporates EDI principles
- Video: Writing effective EDI statements