Toolbox
Best practices and EDI improvement in teamwork
EDI best practices in research
- Guide for research groups in Canada to implement an inclusive culture inside and outside the laboratory (in French only)
- EDI recommendations common to all sectors and specific to each field are formulated (in French only)
- Guide for research teams, enabling them to assess, consider and implement an action plan for EDI-related challenges encountered in their work
- Reflection document on unconscious bias and recruitment. Contains a series of introspective questions on these themes (in French only)
- Questionnaire for decision-makers, professors, recruitment committees, human resources and research staff. The document enables the creation of an EDI portrait of one's environment, a prerequisite for an action plan
- Toolbox of research principles in an aboriginal context
- Tool for self-diagnosis of one's organization, focusing on disability-related issues (in French only)
Professional Associations
Canadian Black Scientist Network
The Canadian Black Scientists Network exists to Elevate, Make Visible, Celebrate and Connect Black Canadians pursuing or possessing advanced degrees in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Medicine/Health) across sectors.IndigeSTEAM
IndigeSTEAM's mission is to provide culturally relevant, Aboriginal-led STEM/STEAM programs to foster a better STEM future for Aboriginal youth.oSTEM
Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM) non-profit professional association for LGBTQ+ people in the STEM community.Pride in STEM
Pride in STEM is a charity run by an independent group of LGBTQIA+ scientists and engineers from around the world. Their aim is to highlight and support all LGBTQIA+ people in STEM fields.SCWIST
Society for Canadian in Science and Technology (SCWIST) is a not-for-profit society that specializes in improving the presence and influence of women and girls in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) in Canada.
Inclusive writing
The GERAD team is committed to respecting the principles of inclusive writing in its communications, and would also like to raise awareness of this practice among its members. Here are a few resources to help you write inclusively:
Video clip
Inclusive writing Capsule 1 by FEMUL (Féministes en mouvement de l’Université Laval)(in French only)
Inclusive writing Capsule 2 by FEMUL (Féministes en mouvement de l’Université Laval)(in French only)
EDI resources and training, HEC Montréal (in French only)
HEC Montréal
Guides (in French only)
Office québécois de la langue française, Banque de dépannage linguistique (in French only)
Online self-study on epicene writing
Feminization and epicene writing
General principles of epicene writing
List of epicene writing
Appropriate methodologies and resources on unconscious bias for evaluation committees
- Unconscious bias and recruitment, IVADO (in French only): leaflet and video
- University’s recruiting guide, Québec Human Rights Commission, octobre 2021 (in French only)
- Training module on unintentional prejudice
- Bias and discrimination in artificial intelligence
- Recruiting without discrimination, Québec Human Rights Commission, October 2020 (in French only)
Promoting French language learning activities
- Learning French, TV5 monde
- Learning French, Québec
- Map of educational institutions offering part-time French courses
- Open-access tools and resources for learning French
- Integration support services offered by partner community organizations
- Franco-Canadian and Quebec cultural resources: