Research Environments and Practice

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Resources to support an equitable, diverse, and inclusive research environment. These include EDI strategies in developing a diverse research team, hiring and recruitment, trainee program, and much more.

Institutional services, supports and networks

U of T Accessibility For Ontarians With Disabilities Act (AODA) Office

TIDE Unconscious Bias Education Modules

Black Founders Network (BFN)

Black Research Network (BRN)

Indigenous Research Network

U of T Family Care Office – Family Leaves

School of Graduate Studies – Parental Grant (full-time doctoral students)

VPRI: Guide to Canada Research Chairs Nominations & Renewals

Office of the Vice-Provost, Faculty & Academic Life(VPFAL): Strategies for Recruiting an Excellent and Diverse Faculty Complement

VPFAL: Advancing Equity and Inclusion

VPRI: Addressing EDI in Your Research Funding Application (Research Teams and the Training of Highly Qualified Personnel)

VPRI: Addressing the Impacts of COVID-19 on Research and Training Productivity in Research Funding Applications

Division of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation(VPRI): Best Practices in Peer Review

Division of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation (VPRI): Best Practices in Peer Review

Team composition

Collaboration and Gender Equity among Academic Scientists.

Eight Ways to Support Women in Science.

Equity in Author Order: A Feminist Laboratory’s Approach.

References on Chilly Climate for Women Faculty in Academe.

Does Diversity Pay?: Race, Gender, and the Business Case for Diversity.

Systemic inequalities for LGBTQ professionals in STEM.

“Diversity is Indispensable to Excellence: The Canada Research Chairs Program,” The Conversation (2019)

“Why Diversity Helps to Produce Stronger Research,” Nature (2018)

“Science Benefits from Diversity,” Nature (2018)

“Gender Diversity Leads to Better Science,” PNAS (2017)

“Diversity in STEM: What It Is and Why It Matters,” Scientific American (2014)

“How Diversity Can Drive Innovation,” Harvard Business Review (2013)

“Illusion of Inclusion,” Inside Higher Education (2021)

“The Science and Value of Diversity: Closing the Gaps in Our Understanding of Inclusion and Diversity,” Journal of Infectious Diseases (2019)

“Are Gender Gaps Due to Evaluations of the Applicant or the Science? A Natural Experiment at a National Funding Agency,” The Lancet (2019)

“The Gender Gap in Science: How Long until Women Are Equally Represented?” PLoS Biology (2018)

“Job Satisfaction in Academia: Why Are Some Faculty Members Happier than Others?” Political Science & Politics (2013)

“If There’s Only One Woman in Your Candidate Pool, There’s Statistically No Chance She’ll Be Hired,” Harvard Business Review (2016)

“Diversity in Science: Next Steps for Research Group Leaders,” Nature (2020)

“Underrepresented Faculty Play a Disproportionate Role in Advancing Diversity and Inclusion,” Nature Ecology & Evolution (2019)

“Systemic Inequalities for LGBTQ Professionals in STEM,” Science Advances (2021)

Promising Practices for Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2020)

“These Labs are Remarkably Diverse: Here’s How They’re Winning at Science,” Nature (2018)

Trainee program

ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS ANTI-BLACK RACISM IN RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS

How to Mentor Graduate Students (University of Michigan).

“How Gender and Race Stereotypes Impact the Advancement of Scholars in STEM: Professors’ Biased Evaluations of Physics and Biology Post-Doctoral Candidates,” Sex Roles (2020)

“Seven Potential Barriers to Engaging in Undergraduate Research for Historically Underrepresented Minority Students,” Elon University Center for Engaged Learning (2018)

“Debiasing the Evaluation Process of In-person Review Panels for a Postdoctoral Fellowship,” Nature Astronomy (2019)

“Factors that Predict Life Sciences Student Persistence in Undergraduate Research Experiences,” PLoS ONE (2019)

“Debiasing the Evaluation Process of In-Person Review Panels for a Postdoctoral Fellowship,” Nature Astronomy (2019)

“Ten Simple Rules Toward Healthier Research Labs,” PLoS Computational Biology (2019)

“Evidence-Based Strategies for Improving Diversity and Inclusion in Undergraduate Research Labs,” Frontiers in Psychology (2019)

“Ten Simple Rules for Building an Antiracist Lab,” PLoS Computational Biology (2020)

“Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: A How-To Guide,” Physics Today (2022)

Mentorship & sponsorship

Mentoring: Necessary but insufficient for advancement

A Mentoring Guidebook for Faculty (Case Western Reserve University).

Mentoring: A guide for Faculty (University of Washington).

Nature's guide for mentors.

Don’t Just Mentor Women and People of Color. Sponsor Them.

“Why Women Leave Medicine,” Association of American Medical Colleges (2019)

The SAGE Handbook of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, Chapter 27: Mentoring Graduate Students of Color (2012)

“Promoting Inclusive Metrics of Success and Impact to Dismantle a Discriminatory Reward System in Science,” PLoS Biology (2021)

Accessible research environments

Landscape of Accessibility and Accommodation in Post-Secondary Education for Students with Disabilities.

So, you want to host an inclusive and accessible conference?

Disability Barriers in Academia: An Analysis of Disability Accommodation Policies for Faculty at Canadian Universities.

Ableism in Academia Theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education.

“Combining the Maker Movement with Accessibility Needs in an Undergraduate Laboratory: A Cost-Effective Text-to-Speech Multipurpose, Universal Chemistry Sensor Hub (MUCSH) for Students with Disabilities,” Journal of Chemistry Education (2018)

Council of Ontario Universities – Accessible Event & Conference Planning

Council of Ontario Universities/National Educational Association of Disabled Students – Accessible Science Laboratories

“Inclusivity for All: How To Make Your Research Group Accessible,” Science (2020)

Outreach and access

U of T Office of Vice-Provost, Students: Outreach and Access Programs

U of T Dalla Lana School of Public Health: Outreach and Access Program

Inclusive Indigenous Language