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Together with the Office of Research Services (ORS), the Quality Assurance Team, and the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the Office of the Associate Vice-President: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (AVP: EDI) develops training and leads structural changes that advances equity, diversity, and inclusion in research and academic excellence.
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council recognize that achieving a more equitable, diverse and inclusive Canadian research enterprise is essential to research excellence. An equitable research environment advances knowledge and understanding, and responds to local, national and global challenges.
EDI in Research Excellence
Laurier is aligned with the Tri-Agency Commitment to EDI. The Office of the AVP: EDI supports ORS in implementing Laurier’s Canada Research Chairs Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan. This work includes the development of training and resources that provide guidance on how to embed EDI into research and the development of EDI data collection, analysis, and mobilization.
Laurier offers researchers an array of training opportunities and toolkits that provide strategies for bringing EDI into research. Browse this roster of online modules below, which were developed with researchers in mind and are accessible to the Laurier community. Many recorded resources can also be accessed on Laurier's AVP: EDI Playlist.
External Resources
Online Modules
This self-paced hybrid course and toolkit provide concrete strategies for incorporating equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) into labs and research teams. In completing the course, participants will build a working understanding of foundational EDI concepts, understand how to embed EDI in research processes and systems and how to foster a collaborative research environment rooted in equity and excellence.
This module is available on MyLearningSpace. Instructions on how faculty and staff can access the course are available on the EDI Learning Opportunities page on Connect.
This self-paced online course provides practical strategies that help scholars embed EDI into research assessment. There are certain moments in which a scholar might be in a position of power to adjudicate the merits of another’s research profile. In these moments, a scholar may decide whose research is amplified, funded, and cited, and who is hired and promoted. This course provides guidance for scholars as they deliberate on others’ work by providing practical considerations and strategies for how EDI can shape research assessment.
This module is available on MyLearningSpace. Instructions on how faculty and staff can access the course are available on the EDI Learning Opportunities page on Connect.
This course will be forthcoming in fall 2025.
Academics
The Office of the AVP: EDI works with the Quality Assurance Office and the Teaching Excellence and Innovation team to embed EDI into classrooms, program, and curriculum.
Collaboration with the Quality Assurance Office supports the implementation of university policies 2.1 and 2.2. This work includes the provision of training for those developing new programs and for programs undergoing the cyclical review process.
The Teaching Excellence and Innovation team provides professional development resources to instructors on various pedagogical approaches and builds community between instructors at Laurier. The Office of the AVP: EDI co-develops resources that support instructors in embedding EDI into teaching.
View a list of recorded workshops on inclusive teaching (Laurier faculty and staff only).
Contact Us:
Andrea Davis, Associate Vice-President: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion