Anti‑oppression (EDIA)
In addition to the programs immediately below, there are additional resources available to faculty who provide clinical supervision to medical learners/residents. These resources can also guide you when preparing presentations for conferences and other speaking engagements. [Please scroll further down.] Common topics such as microaggressions, privilege, and implicit bias are included.
Supporting Diverse, Inclusive and Anti-Oppressive Learning Environments (EDIA course)
Faculty of Medicine's course for faculty and staff (in Brightspace). Earn up to 12 CME. Certificates are sent to completers, along with an email c.c.'d to your supervisor. This course is recommended for all faculty and staff.
White Fragility Clinics (WFC)
Led by Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed
Are you ready to shift from awareness to informed action?
Do you aspire to be a stronger ally and deepen your understanding, while gaining the tools, insight, and support to make that a reality?
This highly interactive session offers a safe, non-judgmental space.
Register for a White Fragility Clinic. 2025-26 dates are below and listed again for your convenience in the registration link. All session are on MS Teams, and run from 1-2 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the session, those attending may be able to:
· Discuss critical concepts such as whiteness, white fragility, and their roles in sustaining systemic racism [Professional, Scholar]
· Acquire capacity for racial resilience through reflection, dialogue, and practice [Professional, Leader, Collaborator, Communicator]
· Reflect on their understanding of allyship and assess how to show up with intention and accountability [Collaborator, Communicator, Leader, Professional]
· Integrate practical strategies for interrupting bias and fostering inclusion [Collaborator, Communicator, Leader, Professional, Scholar]
2025-2026
Thursday, September 11 & 25, 2025
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Thursday, November 6 & 20, 2025
Thursday, December 4 & 18, 2025
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Thursday February 12 & 26, 2026
Thursday, March 12 & 26, 2026
Thursday, April 9 & 23, 2026
Thursday, May 7 & 21, 2026
Thursday, June 4 & 18, 2026
Join us as we seek to understand our experiences and/or observation of oppression towards priority communities within the Maritimes and beyond. Learn skills to effectively create and support an anti-oppressive working and learning environment. These adeptly curated and insightful sessions will be hosted by the Serving and Engaging Society office.
Please watch this space for additional programs.
Additional Resources
Each of these brief resources serve as a starting point. As you take time to review and reflect on their meaning to you, we hope that you will be inspired to seek out further information. Feel free to contact Serving and Engaging Society, Faculty Development, or Global Health with additional questions.
Language Matters – Created by the Student Diversity and Inclusion Committee June 2022
Nixon, S.A. The coin model of privilege and critical allyship: implications for health. BMC Public Health 19, 1637 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7884-9
Georgetown University Glossary of anti-racism terms.
https://guides.library.georgetown.edu/antiracism/glossary
How to Think about 'Implicit Bias'.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-think-about-implicit-bias/
Microaggressions are like mosquito bites. [1:57]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDd3bzA7450
Black Physicians of Canada Resources.
https://blackphysicians.ca/issues
Indigenous Physicians of Canada resources.
https://www.ipac-amac.ca/events/racism-in-medical-education-roundtable
ERASE-ing patient Mistreatment of Trainees: Faculty Workshop.
https://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10865
Understanding the Johari Window model.
https://www.selfawareness.org.uk/news/understanding-the-johari-window-model
Stages of Change Model (Transtheoretical Model).
https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/toolkits/health-promotion/2/theories-and-models/stages-of-change