A Course for Action: Introducing the QHS EDIIA Action Plan

News & Announcements | 12 Mar 2023

From research to recruitment, mentorship to professional development, and culture to curriculum, the new Queen’s Health Sciences (QHS) Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Indigeneity, and Accessibility (EDIIA) Action Plan charts a clear course for QHS transformation over the next five years.

Read the full plan and report or the executive summary .
Visit the new QHS EDIIA Action Plan webpage

“Our vision is a more equitable, diverse and inclusive faculty that is contributing in meaningful ways to decolonization, Indigenization, anti-oppression and justice,” says Colleen Davison, Associate Dean, Equity and Social Accountability.

The Action Plan outlines nine pillars of EDIIA action with 25 specific goals (see full list below) and 127 recommended actions.

The ambitious, wide-ranging vision is the culmination of two years of hard work by the Dean’s Action Table on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (DAT-EDI) and its seven working groups, which featured over 160 members.

The working groups conducted an environmental scan of existing QHS activities and examined best practices to develop recommendations and metrics for the Action Plan. The process involved hundreds of volunteer hours, building relationships, undertaking consultations, conducting research, and more. (Learn more about the activities of each working group in the full Action Plan.)

QHS Dean Jane Philpott calls it “a truly grassroots approach.”

“I am proud of the work that has been done to date, and I am deeply grateful to those who brought it to fruition,” Dr. Philpott says. “Going forward, I commit to prioritizing the work ahead as we look forward to acting on these tremendous recommendations.”

Under the Office of Equity and Social Accountability, six QHS action committees are being formed to oversee the implementation and tracking of EDIIA goals and actions.